A Dilemma

Glossary

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a) ingenious (adj.) - clever, original and inventive b) mania (n) - an extensive, persistent desire, an obsession c) malicious (adj.) - spiteful, intended to harm or upset someone d) queer (adj.) - strange, odd e) appalled (adj.) - horrified, shocked f) oddity (n) - the quality being strange or peculiar g) closet (n) - cupboard h) incredible (adj.) - impossible to believe i) contrive (v) - cook up, hatch a plan by deliberate use of skills j) despotic (adj.) - tyrannical, autocratic k) avarice (n) - extreme greed for wealth l) jest (n) - a joke m) vivisection (n) - a surgery conducted on a living organism for experimental purposes.