Mathilda (Shelley Novel) Glossary

By Anastasia Melnyk · Edited by Patrick Kennedy · Last reviewed August 30, 2020

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Written by Anastasia Melnyk

roseate

glad, joyful, cheerful

impenetrable

impossible to enter

hideous

ugly, disgusting

indulgence

tolerance

squander

waste money

nurture

breeding, upbringing

blaspheme

to speak unrespectfully about God

perpetual

eternal, everlasting

fickleness

changeability, unsteadiness

surmount

overcome, overpass

reliance

trust, confidence

felicity

happiness

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