The Picture of Dorian Gray (Ch. 19-20)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 rut | a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; a groove in the ground made by a wheel |
| iteration | doing or saying again |
| quay | wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline |
| wharf | a structure alongside which ships lie to load or unload |
| sidle | to move unobtrusively or furtively |
| infamy | evil fame or public reputation |
| riposte | a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) |
| antiquity | ancientness |
| romanticist | an artist of the romantic period or someone influenced by romanticism |
| swoon | to faint |
| gaiety | a festive merry feeling |
| plenitude | a full supply |
| tussock | a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass |
| perturb | to throw into great confusion or disorder |
| epigram | a witty saying |
| disillusion | to disappoint |
| perforate | to pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance |
| scurf | flakes of dry skin |
| barter | to trade goods and services rather than using money |
| thrash | to move or stir about violently |
| sully | to spoil; tarnish |
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