B. Wordsworth Glossary

by V.S. Naipaul

B. Wordsworth Glossary

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Debacle

Failure, disaster

Ruminate

Contemplate, consider

Cupidity

Meanness, greed

Impetous

Rash, impulsive

Veneration

Devotion, worship

Metamorphosis

Conversion, transformation

Curtailed

Reduced, trimmed

Sobriety

Temperance

Disseminate

Diffuse, spread

Scathing

Ferocious, savage

Sanctimonious

Superior, pious

Fortuitous

Casual, unpredictable

Divulged

Reveal, disclose

Tantamount

More or less

Reservoir

Pond, water

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