Alice Munro: Short Stories Glossary

Alice Munro: Short Stories Glossary

Rueful

expressing sorrow

Vulnerable

Being open to sad feelings

Coherent

Logical

Understatement

Presenting something as being smaller than it actually is

Plausible

believable

Virtue

high moral standards

Keen

eager

to droop

slacken, to become depressed or weakened

placate

propitiate, conciliate

deference

deep respect towards somebody or something

charge

to take care of somebody or something

infantile

Suitable to or characteristic of an infant; very immature; acting like a child.

beggary

penury, poverty, destitution

lewdly

Lustfully, lasciviously; in an obvious and offensive sexual way.

cunning

artful, crafty, wily

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