Glossary to the Dystopian Story Collection (1-7)

Beribboned decorated with ribbons

Vexation the state of being annoyed or frustrated

Puckered wrinkled or contracted

Reluctantly unwillingly or hesitantly

Classification number a unique identifier used for categorization

Insignia-less without badges or marks of rank

Whirred made a low continuous regular sound

Speculating forming a theory without strong evidence

Interred placed in a grave or tomb for burial

Vigilance alert attention, watchfulness

Wince to shrink or flinch involuntarily, especially in pain

Consternation confused amazement or fear

Cower to crouch down in fear

Synchronize to match the timing of

Neutralize to counteract or cancel the effect of

Grackle a blackbird with a harsh, unpleasant call

Handicap a disadvantage imposed to make someone equal to others

Ball peen hammer a hammer with one flat side and one rounded side

Birdshot tiny lead pellets made for shotgun shells

Apprehensive anxious or fearful about the future

Viability the ability to survive or live successfully

Clamor a loud and confused noise

Decorous proper and polite

Lithe thin, supple, and graceful

Restive unable to remain still or silent due to dissatisfaction

Drooz a fictional drug in the story

Arcana secrets or mysteries

Magnanimous very generous or forgiving

Imperious assuming power arrogantly or domineeringly

Feeble-minded having limited intellectual ability

Festered (of a wound) infected and inflamed

Vapid offering nothing stimulating or challenging

Poignancy the quality of evoking sadness or regret

Redirected changed the course or direction of something

Compliant willing to obey or follow rules

Invoke to call upon or put into effect

Terminate to bring to an end

Cellular relating to living cells

Computational relating to mathematical calculation

Impending about to happen

Boon a benefit or advantage

Chiffon a light, sheer fabric

Evaporated disappeared quickly

Treasonous betraying one's country

Contra indicators signs making a course of action inadvisable

Pre-toxemia a condition in pregnancy with high blood pressure

Anemia lack of healthy red blood cells

Bifocals glasses with lenses of two focal lengths

Constables police officers

Stun-gun a weapon using an electric shock

Annulled declared legally invalid

Human Services a government department for social services

Central a centralized computer system controlling society

Citizenship rating a numerical system classifying citizens

CDP test a predictive test for unborn children

Flag option a choice to terminate a flagged pregnancy

Transport a futuristic vehicle

Community viability the potential to contribute to society

Manual labor physical work done by people

Anarchistic relating to anarchy or absolute freedom

Antediluvian extremely old-fashioned

Bertillon an identification system based on measurements

Billet-doux a love letter

Chiton an ancient Greek tunic

Coventry a place of exile or punishment

Debacle a sudden failure or fiasco

Dimples small natural indentations in the cheeks

Docked deducted from wages or salary

Elfish resembling an elf; mischievous

Expedient convenient but possibly improper

Foofaraw unnecessary fuss

Guile sly or cunning intelligence

Heretic a person with controversial opinions

Inflection modulation of pitch in the voice

Jabberwocky nonsensical talk

Jerry-rigged crudely improvised

Keel over to fall over suddenly

Minee a slang term for a minor employee

Niceties fine details or distinctions

Ostrich-walking exaggerated steps like an ostrich

Petulantly childishly sulky

Posse comitatus a group summoned to assist law enforcement

Pseudonym a fictitious name

Rueful expressing regret, often humorously

Skitter to move quickly and lightly

Slidewalk a fictional moving walkway

Subjugate to bring under control by conquest

Thatch straw or similar material for roofs

Vagrant a person who wanders without a home

Vulgar lacking sophistication

Nom de rêve a pen name or assumed identity

Venerable worthy of deep respect

Superfluous unnecessary or excessive

Loam fertile soil with clay and sand

Contrition deep regret for wrongdoing

Fraternize to associate with others

Stoic showing no emotion in hardship

Ethereal delicate and otherworldly

Conjure to summon or create as if by magic

Virility masculine strength or potency

Paunch a protruding belly

Artiste a pretentious artist

Manifested appeared or became visible

Despondent severely discouraged

Incredulous unwilling to believe

Esoteric understood by a select few

Reverie a dreamlike state

Caricature an exaggerated representation

Obliquely indirectly or at an angle

Unperturbed not disturbed or concerned

Impediment (speech impediment) A defect that prevents fluent speech

Spectacles Eyeglasses

Transmitter A device that sends out radio or television signals

Ballerinas Female ballet dancers

Emperor/Empress Male/female rulers of an empire

Bellowed Shouted in a deep, loud voice

Harness A set of straps and fittings to control or hold something

Barons, dukes, earls Titles of nobility

Gamboled Skipped or leaped about playfully

Calibrated Marked with a scale for measurements

Tunic A loose, long shirt or garment

Cropped (as in hair) Cut very short

Concealed Hidden from view

Consistency The degree of thickness or viscosity of a liquid

Drowsy Sleepy, lethargic

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