A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times

A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times Glossary

battered

injured by repeated blows

lanky

long

strands

thin lengths of material

ebb

movement out to sea

palatial

massive; spacious and splendid

punctuating

interrupt or intersperse with

gorging

eating greedily

boisterous

loud

copacetic

in good order

proprietress

female store owner

intricate

complex

languid

slow and relaxed

bourgeois

characteristic of the upper middle class, typically used in a critical manner

salvation

state of being saved

fending

to look after

frizzy

messy, used to describe hair

expanse

wide space

speculative

expressed thoughts based on predictions

impromptu

unannounced

hearty

wholesome and substantial

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