Mahasweta Devi: Short Stories

Mahasweta Devi: Short Stories Glossary

rogue

Villain

coagulation

A process in which liquid changes to solid or semi-solid state

obstinate

stubborn

encomium

praise

redoubtable

formidable, eminent

carbuncle

a painful local purulent inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues with multiple openings for the discharge of pus and usually necrosis and sloughing of dead tissue (m-w.com)

craven

lacking courage

capacious

spacious

filial

relating to sons or daughters

ululate

to utter a loud, usually protracted, high-pitched, rhythmical sound especially as an expression of sorrow, joy, celebration, or reverence (m-w.com)

fulsome

effusive, overdone, copious

uxorious

submissive to one's wife

welkin

Heaven, the abode of the gods

tome

large book

vermillion

a bright red color

diffident

shy

tendentious

biased

euphemism

a word substituted for something else that is more crass

babu

a Hindu gentleman

sahib

a term used to refer to an Englishman; "sir"