Wild Houses Glossary

by Colin Barrett

Wild Houses Glossary

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Written by Monica Barry

Leaba

Bed (Irish word)

Apoplectic

Enraged, furious

Vandalised

Damaged, destroyed

Veracity

Precision, truth

Scouring

Clean, scrub

Punctilious

Careful, diligent

Beleaguered

In a difficult situation

Lumbered

Clumped, stubled

Chastened

Subdued, humbled

Unintrepid

Scared, fearful

Pejorative

Abusive, insulting

Incumbent

Binding, mandatory

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