A Jest of God Glossary

by Margaret Laurence

A Jest of God Glossary

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Eccentric

Weird, unique, unusual

Recede

To go back

Perceive

How one views or observes something

Jest

to make fun of

artificial

false, man-made

gashed

to make a long, deep cut

wavering

moving back and forth in a weak way

contorted

to twist or bend out of the normal shape.

hallucinate

to see things which are not real

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