The Great Divorce Glossary

The Great Divorce Glossary

queue

a waiting line (British)

dingy

dirty and unpleasant

tobacconist

someone who deals cigarettes

disfavour

scornful disapproval

disposition

attitude

bilked

deceived into losing something, often money

countenance

face, visage

singularly

especially, notably

vitiated

made less efficient

vulgarised

appropriated for base, barbaric use

indignities

events or statements that appear to take away someone's dignity

embitter

to make bitter, instill discontent

complacency

comfortable (often unwarranted) smugness; apathy

bourgeois

middle-class, pretentious

monogamic

relating to monogamy, the practice of having one spouse/romantic partner

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