Crossing the Mangrove Glossary

by Maryse Conde

Crossing the Mangrove Glossary

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Dastardly

Foul, iniquitous

Conflagration

Inferno, blaze

Tantamount

Equivalent, identical

Dissuaded

Prevented, discouraged

Preparatory

Elementary, prior

Corroborated

Confirmed, clarified

Insinuation

Inference, imputation

Astounding

Stupefying, amazing

Feasibility

Viability, practicality

Menacing

Dangerous, threatening

Acrimonious

Baleful, poisonous

Interpolated

Incorporated, introduced

Maligned

Abused, defamed

Verbosity

Convolution, babbling

Colloquial

Informal, conversational

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