Red Paint Glossary

Red Paint Glossary

Coast Salish

Loose confederation of Indigenous tribes the Pacific Northwest and wester Canadian provices who share related languages and cultures.

precariously

Being in a state which poses potential threat or danger.

feral

Wild and undomesticated.

transcendental

Concerned with mystical, mysterious, and inexplicable concepts.

grotesque

Unnatural and uncanny in appearance of feeling.

impermanent

Lacking permanence and substituting a transient lack of dependability.

ornate

Ostenatatiously ornamental and elaborate in structure.

translucent

Clear enough to see through, but diffused in appearance.

allotment

A parcel land of bestowed upon a person as a legal transaction.

dormant

In a state of temporary inactivity.

innate

Reference to an instinct with which one is born.

ransacked

Having been carelessly torn through in search of something valuable.

traverse

To travel from point to another under trying conditions.

debilitating

In a state of immobility and weakness.

bludgeon

To attack by hitting over and over with an object turned into a weapon in one's hand.

concubine

The unmarried mistress or lover of a man.

indigenous

Native to a particular land or region.

permeate

To become pervasive and omnipresent.

excruciating

In a state of intense pain and extreme unpleasantness.

reanimate

To bring something dead back to life.

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