Glossary

Endemic 

natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous

Fiancée 

a woman engaged to be married

Shorn 

a past participle of shear

Assay

to examine or analyze

Delicacy

fineness of texture, quality, etc.; softness; daintiness

Rouge 

any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips

Notoriety

the state, quality, or character of being notorious or widely known

Haughty

disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully ; supercilious

Varmints 

Chiefly Southern and South Midland

Disdain

to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn

Eluded 

to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade

Paunchy 

having a large and protruding belly; potbellied

Heinous

hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible

Bellow

to emit a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow

Dispatch

to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops

cantankerous

disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish:

a cantankerous, argumentative man.