Clybourne Park Glossary

By Monica Barry · Edited by Patrick Kennedy · Last reviewed July 13, 2022

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Written by Monica Barry

Pernicious

Destructive, unhealthy

Ornate

Adorned, elaborate

Demure

Unassuming, diffident

Refuted

Invalidated, exploded

Paramount

Cardinal, supreme

Feasible

Realistic, practical

Abysmal

Inadequate, frightful

Chasm

Cleft, opening

Perfunctory

Superficial, fleeting

Scrupulous

Attentive, sedulous

Inferno

Underworld, hell

Confounding

Astonishing, shaking

Cordiality

Friendly and polite behaviour

Tribulation

Affliction, anxiety

Propelled

Tossed, drove away

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