"Poor Liza" and Other Stories Glossary

By Julia Wolf · Edited by Patrick Kennedy · Last reviewed April 12, 2018

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Written by Julia Wolf

deplorable

disgraceful, shocking, very sad

ignite

inflame

hapless

unfortunate, ill-fated

plunder

robbery

rapacious

greedy

sate

overfeed

pine

to fade away, to wither

languishing

feeble, weak

thrive

prosper

pittance

a very small amount of money

betrothed

engaged

despondent

sad and cheerless

variegated

multicolored

ardor

passion

threescore

sixty

chaste

pure, virgin

amiable

friendly

revulsion

aversion, disgust

misuse

ill-use, abuse

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