The Drowned and the Saved Glossary

by Primo Levi

The Drowned and the Saved Glossary

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Abet

(verb): to support or assist someone to do something wrong.

Adversity

(noun): a state of misfortune/ unpleasant event

Ambiguous

(adjective): to express more than one meanings

Anomalous

(adjective): to deviate someone from the common order

Brusque

(adjective): quick and rude in speech

Clandestine

(adjective): to conduct something secretly that is officially not allowed

Construe

(verb): to understand or analyze someone's actions in a particular way

Discern

(verb): to find or detect with the senses

Dupe

(noun): someone who is tricked

Effigy

(noun): to represent a person in the form of sculpture

Exonerate

(adjective): ice-cold or frozen

Hubbub

(noun): a noisy situation caused by a crowd of people

Insipid

(adjective): tasteless or lacking flavors/unpleasant to the sense of taste

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