The Shadow Lines

The Shadow Lines Glossary

monasticism

religious way of life involving renunciation of worldly pursuits and pleasures

glaring

looking at someone or something harshly

Calcutta

A major city in India

Dhaka

The capital of Bangladesh

alien

unfamiliar

hysteria

a state of emotional excess

marooned

trapped

testimony

evidence or proof

hostile

unwelcoming

dentures

false teeth

symmetry

similarity or identity between things

irradiation

illumination or light

contemptuous

hateful

Khulna

A city in Bangladesh

phalanx

group of people in close formation

atlas

map

relic

religious artifact

decorum

proper behavior

circuitous

unnecessarily lengthy

subterranean

underground

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