Desdemona Glossary

by Toni Morrison, Rokia Traoré

Desdemona Glossary

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Lapidary

A person who cuts and polishes stones

Ingenious

Talented, inventive, gifted

Requital

Reward, kindness

Ludicrous

Nonsensical, farcical

Catastrophe

Destruction

Encumbrance

Liability, obstacle

Equivocation

Vagueness, doubt

Bigotry

Prejudice, intolerance

Expatriated

Settled abroad

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