Quizlet Handmaid's Tale Vocabulary Terms

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  1. antiquarian: one who studies, collects, or deals in antiquities
  2. behemoth: any creature or thing of monstrous size or power
  3. litany: a ceremonial form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations with responses that are the same for a number in succession
  4. lugubrious: mournful, dismal, or gloomy, usually in an exaggerated manner
  5. palimpsest: a parchment from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text
  6. peccadillo: a very minor or slight sin or offense
  7. pedantic: overly concerned with minute details
  8. prolix: long and wordy
  9. quandary: a state of uncertainty or perplexity
  10. reproach: a cause or occasion of disgrace or discredit
  11. semaphore: any of various devices for signaling by changing the position of a light, flag, etc.
  12. susurration: a soft murmur; whisper
  13. sylph: a slender, graceful woman or girl; one of a race of supernatural beings supposed to inhabit the air
  14. talisman: anything whose presence exercises a powerful influence on human feelings or actions
  15. vouchsafe: to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension
  16. zilch: zero; nothing