The Pool Glossary

by W. Somerset Maugham

The Pool Glossary

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lithe

flexible, bendy

sycophantic

flattering , smooth-tongued

truculence

rage

bedraggled

dirty

slovenly

untidy

titivate

smarten oneself up

irk

tire, weary

enrapture

express intense pleasure

gaiety

entertainment

half-caste

a person whose parents are of different races

benign

good, kind, humane

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