A Town Like Alice Glossary

by Nevil Shute

A Town Like Alice Glossary

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Grotesque

Malformed, twisted, unnatural

Docketed

Registered, documented

Impoverished

Needy, poor

Convulsed

Shuddered

Levity

Humour, fun

Impetus

Thrust, energy

Petulance

Bad temper

Agitated

Flustered, disturbed

Fathomed

Understood, followed

Gallantry

Bravery, courage

Contemptuous

Insulting, scornful

Rueful

Sorrowful, remorseful

Dismally

depressed manner

Incongruity

Oddity, discordance

Omnipotent

Almighty, supreme

Culminating

Peak, climax

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