Celeste Ng: Short Stories Glossary

By Monica Barry · Edited by Sierra Moore · Last reviewed July 13, 2022

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Salubrious

Beneficial, wholesome

Relinquished

Surrendered, renounced

Calamity

Catastrophe, misfortune

Propitiate

Soothe, mollify

Fastidious

Pedantic, scrupulous

Caustic

Destructive, burning

Blithe

Heedless, unworried

Alleviate

Diminish, reduce

Alacrity

Zeal, willingness

Cajole

Beguile, persuade

Repudiated

Abjured, abandoned

Apocryphal

Doubtful, unverified

Erudite

Cultured, scholarly

Litigation

Legal prosecution

Cloister

Monastic establishment

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