After Sappho Glossary

by Selby Wynn Schwartz

After Sappho Glossary

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Infamy

Disrepute, scandal

Ominous

Sinister, threatening

Palliate

Relieve, ease

Peripheral

Outer surrounding

Surmise

Conclude, speculate

Reverence

Worship, awe

Insipid

Tasteless, unflavoured

Recapitulated

Restated, summarized

Harrowing

Acutely distressing

Abyss

Depth, bottomless hole

Garish

Violent, loud

Enamour

Infatuated with someone

Beguiled

Charmed, attracted

Arbitration

Intervention, conciliation

Convoluted

Intricate, complex

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