The Poems of Margaret Atwood Glossary

The Poems of Margaret Atwood Glossary

Abattoir

A slaughterhouse.

Beery

The drinking of large amounts of beer.

Cauterized

To burn the flesh of a wound with a heated instrument to stop bleeding or prevent the wound from becoming infected.

Facsimile

An exact copy.

Gutturals

A guttural consonant sound.

Imploring

Begging.

Languorous

Languid, lacking enthusiasm.

Lilting

Rythmic swing or cadence.

Nebulous

Hazy, unclear, undefined.

Oblique

Slanting.

Opaque

Not transparent.

Piecemeal

In pieces or parts.

Pretense

An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.

Province

1. A principal administrative division of certain countries or empires.

2. An area of special knowledge, interest, or responsibility.

Shrink

Slang for therapist.

Tarmac

A type of road surfacing.

Unloose

Undo, free.

Varicose

Gnarled and swollen, usually relating to veins.

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