The Golden Bowl Glossary

by Henry James

The Golden Bowl Glossary

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Prodigious

Colossal, monumental

Rudimentary

Primary, introductory

Perennial

Perpetual, abiding

Gruesome

Horrendous, appalling

Admonition

Lecture, reproof

Contingency

Chance, eventuality

Wantonness

Unconstraint, abandonment

Precipitation

Haste, hurry

Imperturbably

In a collected and composed way

Quandary

Predicament, trouble

Plausible

Rational, credible

Assuage

Mitigate, alleviate

Patronize

Haughty, supercilious

Susceptibility

Sensitivity, vulnerability

Perversity

Deviation from the norm

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