A Thousand Ships Glossary

by Natalie Haynes

A Thousand Ships Glossary

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Paucity

Famine, poverty

Forbearance

Patience, endurance

Relegate

Demote, exile

Emollient

Oil, lotion

Pellucid

Transparent, clear

Corpulent

Plump, overweight

Maverick

Outsider, rebel

Flagrant

Brazen, evident

Inchoate

Not fully formed

Contentious

Unsure, controversial

Trite

Stock, ordinary

Vituperate

Scold, attack

Expedient

Tactical, useful

Debacle

Ruin, failure

Pejorative

Abusive, insulting

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