The Stories We Tell Glossary

The Stories We Tell Glossary

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Written by Tasha Roy

Succumbed

Caved in

Rigid

Stiff, inflexible

Annihilate

Eliminate, zap

Vacillation

Dithering, doubt

Flittering

Randomly moving

Magnanimous

Princely, unselfish

Hollering

Screaming, howling

Croizer

Bishop's staff that looks like shepherd's crook

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