Skipping Christmas Glossary

By Monica Barry · Edited by Patrick Kennedy · Last reviewed October 27, 2022

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Written by Monica Barry

Incipient

Emerging, developing

Extolled

Acclaimed

Detrimental

Harmful, evil

Prerogative

Right, consent

Unkempt

Messy, untidy

Overwrought

Tense, nervous

Sardonic

Taunting, satirical

Ubiquitous

Global, universal

Precept

Rule, command

Expedient

Practical, useful

Truncate

Shorten

Castigate

Scold, rebuke

Catharsis

Freeing, release

Amorphous

Shapeless, unformed

Incarcerated

Jailed, imprisoned

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