The Skull Beneath the Skin Glossary

The Skull Beneath the Skin Glossary

Allay

Diminish (fear)

Amorphous

Shapeless

Apprehensive

Fearful

Atavistic

Reverted to type

Augury

Omen

Benison

Blessing said before a meal

Bog

Toilet

Copper

Policeman

Crisps

Potato chips

Cursory

Hasty, hurried

Despise

Look down on with contempt

Disport

Frolic

Egregious

Outstandingly bad

Espouse

Adopt or support a cause

Exigencies

Urgent needs or demands

Foible

Idiosyncrasy

Gaucherie

Gauche manners

Guernsey

A thick hand-knitted traditional sweater

Hermetic

Airtight

Indolence

Laziness

Laconic

Brief or concise way of speaking or writing

Lucid

Clearly expressed

Lugubrious

Mournful

Nihilism

Rejection of all religious and moral principles

Obtuse

Slow to understand

Pallor

Paleness

Percolator

Coffee maker

Platitude

Trite remark

Opulence

Show of luxury or wealth

Ostentatious

Vulgar display of wealth

Querulous

Peevish

Repertory

Seasonal series of plays

Sedulous

Dilligent

Solecism

Grammatical mistake

Sonorous

Loud and deep sound

Soporific

Sleep-inducing

Threnody

Lamentation

Transitory

Brief

Tutelage

Guardianship

Vichyssoise

Chilled potato and leak soup

Voluble

Excessively talkative

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