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Dorian Grey
Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aphorisms | "I don't think I am likely to marry, Harry. I am too much in love. That is one of your aphorisms." short phrase that expresses a true or wise idea |
| Munificent | "When he saw me, he made me a low bow and assured me that I was a munificent patron of art." very generous |
| Consummate | "She has not merely art, consummate art-instinct, in her, but she has personality also; and you have often told me that it is personalities, not principles, that move the age." extremely skilled and accomplished |
| Crucible | It was true that as one watched life in its curious crucible of pain and pleasure, one could not wear over one's face a mask of glass, nor keep the sulphurous fumes from troubling the brain and making the imagination...." a difficult test or challenge |
| Turbid | "...and making the imagination turbid with monstrous fancies and misshapen dreams" characterized by or producing obscurity |