The Storyteller

The Storyteller Glossary

Sultry

Hot and humid

Templecombe

Village in Somerset, England

Bullock

Castrated bull

"On the Road to Mandalay"

"Mandalay" poem by Rudyard Kipling

Petulant

Crabby

Deplorably

Seriously

Myrtle

A flowering bush

Morsel

Mouthful

Fatuously

Foolishly

Diversion

A less significant distraction from issues of more pressing importance

Punctual

Being on time

Bachelor

An unmarried man

Pinafore

A dress without sleeves that looks very much like an apron

Lolling

Hanging loosely or sprawled out in a relaxed manner

Recommence

To restart, resume, or continue from a stopping point

Listlessy

Moving as if in slow motion; lethargically

Bristle

To suddenly pull back in anger, disgust, or disappointment

Devour

To eat ravenously as if fearful of not getting another meal

Omniscient

All-knowing, all-seeing; godlike

Stealing

Moving toward something in a slow, stealthy manner as if stalking it like an animal preparing for the kill

Suppress

To stop something from happening by force

Inevitable

Fated to take place; incapable of being stopped or avoided

Ferocity

Fiercely powerful; characterized by intense savagery

Dissentient

An expression or demonstration of disagreement or opposition to a stated opinion

Irony

A discrepancy between what is explicitly stated and what is actually meant

Novelty

Provoking fascination and interest due to originality or qualities of being new and unique

Obedience

Submission to authority

Emphatically

Done with a forceful insistence

Correspondingly

Similar to or the same as; compatibility between two more things