Life After Life Glossary

by Kate Atkinson

Life After Life Glossary

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Written by Anastasia Melnyk

castigate

punish

mishap

misfortune, failure

despondent

sad, cheerless

jubilation

rejoicing, exultation

treacherous

disloyal, false, unfaithful

atrocious

cruel, brutal

tribulation

grief, woe

carnage

slaughter, bloody battle

fathomless

immeasurable, inconceivable, incomprehensible

chaperone

accompany

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