The Changeling Glossary

by Victor LaValle

The Changeling Glossary

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Boulevard

Avenue, road

Emancipation

Releasing, liberating

Withered

Shrunken, wrinkled

Aggravated

Made something worse

Incongruous

Unsuited, conflicting

Sodomite

One who enjoys anal intercourse

Harangue

Lecture, rant

Quilombo

Community organised by runaway Brazilian slaves

Connive

Disregard, overlook

Ephemeral

Short lived

Instigate

Set in motion

Onerous

Heavy, burdensome

Quaint

Old fashioned

Stolid

Calm, impassive

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