When It Happens Glossary

by Margaret Atwood

When It Happens Glossary

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Pernicious

Injurious, destructive

Utopia

Ideal place

Conduit

Tube, pipe

Transgress

Misbehave, go beyond

Repudiate

Abandon, reject

Vehemence

Forcefulness, passion

Putrid

Decomposed, rotting

Truncate

To shorten the duration

Impinge

Affect, touch

Quaint

Charming, attractive

Insurgency

Active revolt

Proclivity

Leaning, tendency

Umbrage

To be offended, take offence

Pugnacious

Aggressive, hostile

Ambivalent

Indecisive, unsure

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