In the Lake of the Woods Glossary

By Karen Wang · Edited by Patrick Kennedy · Last reviewed March 04, 2022

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Written by Karen Wang

Despodency

Discouragement

Epistolary

Writing in correspondence form

Imperium

Absolute power

Salient

Outstanding, notable

Pandemonium

Uproar, chaos

Revet

Retain with concrete

Circuitous

Oblique, indirect

Expurgate

Purify, sanitize

Corrosive

Stringing, burning

Deteriorating

Becoming worse, shabby

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