The Argonauts Glossary

The Argonauts Glossary

Befuddlement

Confusion resulting from failure to understand.

Boojie

Slang term meaning bourgeois.

Bougainvillea

A brightly-coloured flower variety.

Catastrophic

Of, relating to, or involving a catastrophe.

Cisgendered

Identifying as having a gender that corresponds to the sex one has been assigned at birth; not transgender.

Conformity

Action or behavior in correspondence with socially accepted standards, conventions, rules, or laws.

Crestfallen

Dispirited and depressed; dejected.

Cul-de-sac

A dead-end street.

Eradicate

To get rid of; eliminate

Exalt

To glorify, praise, or honor.

Extinction

Disappearance, Vanishing, Abolition (Noun).

Gleaming

Shining, Glittering, Glimmering, Shimmering (Adjective).

Heteronormativity

The assumption that heterosexuality is the only norm.

Indeterminacy

The philosophical concept that truth can never be known. It is related to Nietzsche’s criticism of the Kantian noumenon.

Interlocutor

A person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation (Noun).

Molloy

Existentialist comedy novel by Samuel Beckett.

Motley

Diverse, Assorted, Sundry (Adjective).

Petrified

Benumbed, Paralyzed, Stupefied (Adjective).

Plethora

An abundance or excess of something.

Rafter

A beam to support a roof (Noun).

Reverential

Respected, Admirable (Adjective).

Unequivocal

Unmistakable, Undeniable, Indisputable (Adjective).

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