Major Barbara Glossary

Major Barbara Glossary

arbitary

random

Bouquet

bunch of flowers arranged attractively to be presented as gifts usually in a ceremony

Cannons

big field guns

Conceit

self-importance

Conceiving

imagining or picturing

Coroner

an official who is responsible for protecting the treasury of the Crown in England

Crammed

packed

Cynicism

distrust

Daresay

assume

Diplomatically

cautiously

Docility

obedience

Dread

fear

Enlightened

open-minded

Enormous

huge

Evident

obvious

Extravagant

excessive

Foundry

a factory for casting metal

Humbugged

misled

Humility

humbleness

Idolaters

someone who worships idols

Inevitable

to be anticipated

Infatuation

fascination

Interfere

get in the way

Intrusive

meddling

Inquest

enquiry

Ironic

mocking

Matron

a woman who is responsible domestic and medical arrangements in a boarding school

Opulence

richness

Pauper

a very poor person

Peremptory

decisive

Perversity

behaving in an unacceptable way

Philanthropists

generous contributor

Profane

irreligious

Secularist

seperation of State, that is, the government and religious institution

Teetotaller

someone who doesn't drink alcohol

Treacle

a thick dark syrup made from partly refined sugar

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