Small Things Like These Glossary

by Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These Glossary

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Nefarious

Villainous, wicked

Instigate

Begin, initiate

Demure

Modest, meek

Emollient

Soothing, softening

Beseech

Entreat, implore

Complacency

Satisfaction, pride

Ignominious

Disgraceful, shameful

Nonchalant

Calm, unconcerned

Perplexed

Baffled, puzzled

Rancour

Malice, hatred

Transmute

Modify, alter

Vestige

Trace, remnant

Repudiated

Abandoned, rejected

Quandary

Trouble, plight

Discordant

Conflicting, differing

Serendipity

Chance, accident

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