True Grit Glossary

True Grit Glossary

Fathom

To comprehend

Spinster

Usually an older, unmarried woman

Grandeur

Magnificence

Frenzy

A state of wild behaviour

Precipice

A very steep rock face or cliff

Feeble

Physically weak

Persistent

Determined

Exalted

Someone who is high-ranking

Excursion

A trip; usually conveying a sense of adventure and excitement at arriving somewhere new and slightly exotic.

Apprehension

A state of uncertainty about facing a situation that often approaches the level of anxiety and dread.

Felonious

Criminal in nature; associated with illegal activity in some respect.

Absolve

To forgive one of their sins or past criminal acts.

Incommensurate

Disproportionate lack equality between two related components or aspects.

Chagrin

Embarrassment to the point of being humiliated; mortified in shame.

Sanguinary

Gruesomely blood; gory.

Imprudent

Unwise and ill-advised.

Presumptuous

Inappropriately crossing the boundaries of etiquette and conventional expectations of courtesy.

Woolgather

Daydreaming; fantasizing.

Hydrophobia

The irrational fear of water.

Implicit

Something that is understood without being directly stated or openly addressed.

Perturb

Agitated, disturbed and troubled.

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