In the Penal Colony

In the Penal Colony Glossary

decipher

to decode or discern

exposition

a large public exhibition

elaborate

detailed and intricate

scrutinize

to examine

penal

relating to the punishment of offenders

judicial

legal

transfiguration

change of form or appearance

apparatus

a machine

dilapidated

rundown, shoddy

caustic

sharp, bitter

harrow

a cultivating tool set with spikes, teeth, or disks and used primarily for breaking up and smoothing the soil (m-w.com)

meticulously

perfectly and precisely

labyrinthine

maze-like

lacerated

cut

premonition

a sense that something, usually bad, is going to happen in the near future

discordant

loud and clashing, not harmonious, out of sync

impugn

to criticize, to say negative things about as with someone's honor or motives

inscribe

to write upon a surface

eventualities

possible outcomes

calibrated

standardized, adjusted

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