Dostoevsky: The Short Fiction Glossary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Dostoevsky: The Short Fiction Glossary

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Written by Fatima Rajpoot

Resent

feel bitterness, dislike <But now I do not resent it>

Miserable

Sorrowful, <I used to be miserable as seeming ridiculous>

Calmer

Soften in mood < I have for some unknown reason to be calmer>

Pathetic

Pitiful

Vexed

Irritated <The question was an idle one, but I was vexed>

Pang

A random or sudden outburst <I did not feel a strange pang>

Fleeting

Passing quickly <How to convey my fleeting sensation>

Persisted

Remain <But the sensation persisted>

apputenance

equipment to some specific task <as a mere appurtenance of my consciousness>

Ignominy

Great dishonor <such shame and ignominy>

Heaving

to rise and fall rhythmically <the wall in front of me began to moving and heaving>

Bawled

to shout

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