| A | B |
|---|
| celibate | A person who has sworn to have no sexual intercourse. |
| pretext | A false reason for doing something. |
| digit | Literally a finger or toe. In Orgoreyn it seems to mean something such as citizen, and the opposite is dependent. |
| prestige | High social status. On Gethen, this is tied to the concept of shifgrethor. Estraven talks about “playing shifgrethor” and “prestige battles.” |
| circumambulating | Walking around the problem. |
| dour | sad, depressed mood or appearance |
| obfuscation | to hide ideas behind confusing language |
| obscuration | to hide something from view |
| sledge | like a sled, with runners to slide on ice and snow, but bigger |
| bereft | having experienced a loss of something |
