She chose to take it as implying that her general appearance was, in her uncle's eyes, dowdified.

to salify a base or an acid

It is a pure waste of time. Not at all, Malone answered. It has ventilated an evil. There were reporters in court. Surely some of them have some sense. They will note the injustice. Not they, said Mailey. The Press is hopeless. My God, what a responsibility these people take on themselves, and how little they guess the price that each will pay! I know.

Because mass incarceration is officially colorblind, it seems inconceivable that the system could function much like a racial caste system.