A Christmas Story

A Christmas Story Glossary

Obsequious

Servile, submissive

Malignant

Spiteful, cruel

Edifice

Construction, premises

Mutilated

Butchered, disfigured

Rapturous

Ecstatic, enthusiastic

Primitive

Ancient, indigenous

Infallible

Meticulous, flawless

Blasphemy

Irreverence, profanity

Irrevocable

Relentless, inexorable

Transgression

Felony, offence

Silhouetted

Shadowed, outlined

Insensate

Stupefied, unconscious

Indubitable

Positive, undeniable

Maneuver

Operation, move

Connoisseur

Epicure, authority on

Scheme

Make plans

Seethe

Contain intense but unexpressed rage

Indelible

Unable to be removed

Surmountable

Able to be overcome

Tapestry

Intricate combination of things

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