An Unkindness of Ghosts Glossary

An Unkindness of Ghosts Glossary

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Written by Monica Barry

Avidity

Fanaticism, enthusiasm

Annihilation

Obliteration, destruction

Harrowing

Acutely distressing

Imbedded

Immersed, fixed

Obstinacy

Stiffness, stubbornness

Pedantry

Perfectionism, dogmatism

Ominous

Baleful, unfavorable

Evinced

Revealed, communicated

Prodigious

Marvelous, enormous

Corroborated

Validated, endorsed

Vicarious

Substitute, indirect

Emulating

Imitating, echoing

Permeable

Penetrable, absorbent

Gratuitous

Groundless, unjustifiable

Fleeting

Momentary, fading

Omnipotent

Invincible, supreme

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