The Lifted Veil Glossary

by George Eliot

The Lifted Veil Glossary

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Fumbling

Handling something in a clumsy way

Meager

Thin, deficient in quality

Infinitesimal

Microscopic, minute, teeny

Agitated

Distressed, flustered

Diaphanous

Sheer, translucent

Conduit

Channel for conveying food or water

Metamorphosis

Transfigured, transformed

Dereliction

Rejection, desertion, ruin

Imperceptible

Undetectable, unnoticeable, inaudible

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