Wise Children Glossary

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Wise Children Glossary

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Replica

A copy or model of something

Tempest

A very strong storm, also the title of one of Shakespeare's famous plays

Legitimate

Honest and authentic

Pungent

A strong, unpleasant smell

Evidently

Something that can be clearly seen

Deception

Lies

Geriatric

Relating to the elderly

Hypothesis

A statement or prediction that can be tested to see if it is true

Invent

Create or make up

Revelation

Moment of realization

Illegitimate

Describes a child whose mother was not married when she gave birth

Skiddered

Quickly moved

Unrighteous

Wicked and cruel

Prosper

To achieve success

A by-blow

A man's illegitimate child

Inhabit

To live in a place

Corpse

A dead body

Centenerian

A person who is at least 100 years old

Exclusively

Uniquely; only for one purpose

Chipper

Happy and energetic

Treacherous

Disloyal and likely to betray others

Lecherous

Having intense and often unhealthy sexual obssessions

Pilgrimage

A spiritual or religious journey

Altered

Changed

Genteel

Polite and respectable

Tenor

A high pitched, male singing voice

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