Gone Girl

Gone Girl Glossary

Automat

A cafeteria in which food and drink are obtained from vending machines

Bridle

Piece of equipment used to direct a horse

Embodiment

A tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling

Gaffe

An unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator

Guffaw

A loud, unrestrained burst of laughter

Hoi polloi

General populace; masses

Hunker

To squat or crouch down low

Impassive

Without emotion; apathetic; unmoved

Morbid

Characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease

Pendulum

A weight hung from a fixed point so that it can swing freely backward and forward, especially a rod with a weight at the end that regulates the mechanism of a clock

Slack

Not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose

Strewing

To let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface

Unspooling

Unwind from or as if from a spool

Dubious

Doubtful

Stutter

Stumbling over speech and repeating words

Derivative

Something which is based on something else

Ruinously

Destructive

Foreign

Strange and unfamiliar

Underwhelmed

Failing to impress

Preemptively

Without being asked; proactively

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