My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging Glossary

by Rachel Naomi Remen

My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging Glossary

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Deprecatory

Reproachful, sneering, disapproving

Repudiated

Abjured, discarded, abandoned

Immaculate

Pristine, spotless

Quaint

Eccentric, picturesque, stunning

Peignoir

A woman's gown

Waddling

Staggering, limping

Dissuade

Scare off, prevent, divert

Sardonically

Ironically, with bitterness

Convulsion

Extreme muscle contraction

Clamoring

Roaring, screaming

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