The Doctor Stories Glossary

by Richard Selzer

The Doctor Stories Glossary

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Obstinacy

Perversity, inflexibility

Implore

Exhort, entreat

Precarious

Insecure, hazardous

Evasive

Explicit, imprecise

Levity

Merriment, carefreeness

Polemical

Corrosive, critical

Misogyny

Belittling of women

Reiterate

Restate, rehearse

Inscrutable

Cryptic, enigmatic

Vivacious

Cheerful, bubbly

Convival

Affable, sociable

Berserk

Demented, insane

Odious

Sickening, nauseous

Abrogate

Revoke, annul

Construe

Understand, interpret

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