The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Glossary

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Glossary

Rummage

searching unsystematically and untidily through something

Clammy

when one's hands get sticky and wet

Consume

to be overcome completely by something

Inert

lacking the ability or strength to move

Passive

accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance

Mortality

Describes a state of affairs where people or animals are capable of dying

Contradict

Going against or being the opposite of something

Hallucinate

when one experiences a seemingly real perception of something that is not real

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