The Voyage Out Glossary

by Virginia Woolf

The Voyage Out Glossary

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Ascertained

Established, made out

Decipher

Solve, decode

Musty

Dump, stuffy

Nullification

Refusal

Coerced

Pressed, obliged

Parricide

Killing of the closed ones

Bereavement

Mourning, loss

Affianced

Engaged

Sentinel

A guard who keeps watch

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