Brown Girl in the Ring Glossary

by Nalo Hopkinson

Brown Girl in the Ring Glossary

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Jeopardy

Insecurity, menace

Antipathy

Abhorrence, antagonism

Unappalling

Bearable

Perpendicular

At right angles

Zenith

Top, peak

Tenacity

Determination, resolution

Undulation

Fluctuate, vibrate

Insatiable

Ravenous, unquenchable

Imminent

Brewing, impending

Declivity

Downward slope

Ammunition

Cartridges, bullets

Abnegation

Surrender, rejection

Circumvent

Overcome, avoid

Scantily

Revealing, insufficient

Venality

Corrupt, greedy

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