Gilead

Gilead Glossary

candor

openness; frankness in manner or speech

effulgence

splendor; brightness; brilliance

insouciant

lightheartedness; unconcerned

vitality

a state of liveliness

palpable

clear; obvious; easy to detect

connive

to try to deceive someone

parochialism

a state of having a narrow or limited world or mindset

culled

gathered

haplessness

a state of being unlucky

gall

nerve

susurrus

whisper; soft sound

emanating

coming from

teetotaler

someone who does not drink alcohol

nullity

state of being void

prevarication

lie

crepuscular

dim light; twilight

caviling

complaining about insignificant things

lambaste

criticize something or someone strongly

tremulous

shaking

irrefragable

impossible to break or refute