Forgetting: Glossary

Glossary

vintage        - wine  of  high  quality produced in a particular year            

antipathy    - strong dislike    

fortunes      - huge sums of money

reluctant     - unwilling           

delinquent   - a young person who is regularly involved   in wrongdoing  

exploits       - daring or heroic acts or actions, feats      

abstracted   - lacking      concentration on  what  is       happening around         

prosaic        - dull          

mediocre     - not very good, ordinary

fallible         - capable     of      making mistakes           

sieve  - strainer or filter

audacious   - bold and daring

eccentric       - tending to act strangely

indignant - being very angry

quivering - trembling, shivering

vexation - irritation, annoyance