On Writing Glossary

On Writing Glossary

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Depredation

Ransacking, looting

Chattel

Any property that's not connected to real estate

Abrogated

Overruled, revoked

Apostille

Attestation that's valid in all nations

Vortex

Swirl, Whirlpool

Reckoning

Estimation, score

Clouted

Struck, smacked

Inscrutable

Enigmatic, impassive

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