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Rope Glossary

Harvard

A prestigious Ivy League university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

undergraduate

A student pursuing a bachelor's degree at a college or university

homicide

Murder.

crystal

Exceedingly transparent glassware.

inferior

lower in rank, status, or quality.

philosophy

a system of thought that aims to explain the world in a cohesive way.

radical

advocate for revolutionary political change.

icebox

A refrigerator.

fastidious

meticulous and detail-oriented.

prep school

A private school which prepares students for college or university.

Housemaster

Male teacher and dorm parent at a prep school.

horoscope

A predictive forecast based on astrological precepts.

The Strand

A Manhattan movie theater built in 1914.

James Mason

A British movie actor.

Ingrid Bergman

A Swedish actress.

Eroll Flynn

An Australian actor known for his performances as swashbuckling romantic heroes.

Cary Grant

A famous British actor, known as Hollywood's leading man. A foil for James Stewart.

Freud

The founder of psychoanalysis and a prolific theorist on the nature of psychology.

Nietzsche

A German philosopher often misguidedly associated with the rise of fascism and Nazism.

tight

intoxicated, or drunk.

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