Under the Skin Glossary

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Paraphernalia

Appliances, implements

Osmosis

Continuous assimilation of knowledge

Primitive

Primal, ancient

Grande Illusion

Classic French movie of war

Inscrutable

Enigmatic, hard to interpret

Juxtaposition

Cohabitation, living together

Thorny

Spikey, having difficulty

Trasmogrified

Changed heavily in a grotesque way

Rendition

Performance, recital

Castrated

Unable to reproduce, sterilized

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