Berserk

Ch 9
Pg 168

"It made them go berserk".

I think berserk means crazy.

Kudzu

"as i awoke in a bed of kudzu vines.."

im pretty sure kudzu must have something to do with plants.

Deflated

Deflated


To release air?


"She got deflated about life, I suppose you'd say."

Righteous

Righteous


I believe this means having power? I'm not sure though.


"Jesus had righteous indignation when he turned over the tables in the temple and drove out the thieving moneychangers."

Organdy

Organdy


I think this means stiff fabric?


"The curtains were organdy, not your average white organdy but silver-gray, so the air came through with a slightly smokey shimmer."

Denomination

denomination

Lowering your standards, opposite of being nominated.

"I had no idea what sort of denomination Orthodox Eclectic was, but I nodded like we had a big group of them back in Sylvan."

Indignation

indignation

I have no idea what this means.

P87

"Rightious indignation is what Brothet Gerald called it "Jesus had rightious indignation when he turned over the tables in the Temple and drove out the money changers."

Salvation

Salvation

In think salvation means being saved.

P.58 chp. 3

"We were to offer them the 5-part plan of salvation, which they could accept or not."

Consternation

Pg 64

Ch3

"He thought the tone of shock in my voice was really consternation".


I think consternation means fear.

Blaspheme

Pg 44

Ch. 2

Rosaleen said "You can curse me, but don't blaspheme the Lord Jesus".

I think Blaspheme means to curse or be profound

jilted

chapter 6
page 103
line12

"afraid this situation of jilted love might be unfortunate enough to send may into one of her episodes."


i beleive jilted means unexpected

pomade

chapter 4
page 71
line 24

"i could smell nothing than but the pomade on her hair"


pomade is a type of hair product

Apprentice

Chapter 12
Pg. 311

"I took on the role of apprentice fiction writer."

An apprentice is a person who works for another to learn a trade; a learner; a novice.

Exertion

Chapter 12
Pg. 294

"I'd heard the grunt of exertion escape his lips as the blow landed, seen the momentary bulge of his eyes."

Exertion means vigorous action or effort.

Bona Fide

Chapter 5 (couldn't find in chapter 12)
Pg. 85

"Rosaleen would like to say May's a bona fide candidate for the nut house"

Bona fide means made, done, presented, or authentic.

High-Caliber

Chapter 8
Pg. 137

"I pictured myself eating three-tiered chocolate cake for breakfast throughout
the enitre month, staying up an hour after bedtime writing high-caliber stories and poems."

I have no clue what high-caliber means, but my guess is that it is meant in a good way.

cicada

ch. 11

pg 228

"The cicadas were going crazy, filling the air with their strange brand of singing."

I think cicadas are large insects that make noises.

contemplate

ch. 10

page 211

"Contemplating is more like it."

I think the word contemplate means to think about something.

catacombs

ch. 10

page 206

"No, but back when the Christians hid from the Romans down in the catacombs, they used to scratch pictures of the bees on the walls."

I think catacombs are underground caves.

Parsonage

Ch.1

Pg. 31

"When we'd cut through the parsonage yard and were back on the highway..."

I think that this word means churchyard.