Evolution and Imagination in Victorian Children's Literature Glossary

by Jessica Straley

Evolution and Imagination in Victorian Children's Literature Glossary

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Parsimonious

Tight-fisted, illiberal

Tenaciously

With a firm grip

Cognizance

Awareness, realization

Infliction

Imposition, application

Frount

The forehead or forward side

Acquitted

Exonerated, cleared

Tenement

Set of rooms in a block

Combustion

Ignition, kindling

Beheld

Observe, inspect

Dissemination

Circulation, broadcasting

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