Our Sister Killjoy

Our Sister Killjoy Glossary

Apprentice

A person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages

Aruba

An island in the Caribbean Sea, close to the Venezuelan coast

Billow

A large undulating mass of something, typically cloud, smoke, or steam

Constellation

A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure

Fufu

Dough made from boiled and ground plantain or cassava, used as a staple food in parts of Western and Central Africa

Hearth

Used as a symbol of one's home

Incarnation

A person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality

Libation

A drink poured out as an offering to a deity

Posterity

All future generations of people

Sacred

Connected with God (or the gods) or dedicated to a religious purpose and so deserving veneration

Seer

A person who is supposed to be able, through supernatural insight, to see what the future holds

Sturdy

Strongly and solidly built

Nebulous

Hazy, undefined

Moribund

Almost dead, lacking vigor

Succumbed

Gave into

Pampas

A grassland biome in South America

Obsequiously

In a fawning manner

Gambol

Prance about, as in play

Perfidy

A state of treachery, faithlessness

Tremulous

Shaking, wavering