The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov Glossary

The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov Glossary

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Written by Tasha Roy

Incongruity

Oddity, dissonance

Rumbling

Making a resonant sound

Uncanny

Eerie, freakish

Liminal

Transitional stage

Delineated

Specified, set out

Impoverished

Penniless, bankrupt

Rambutan

A tropical tree

Reminiscing

Remembering the past, being nostalgic

Prevalent

Widespread, fashionable

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