Child of God Glossary

by Cormac McCarthy

Child of God Glossary

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chaff

Dried and/or cut up straw, grains, or grasses

dread

to fear something

palimpsest

An item that has been modified by still indicates an earlier version or state

Passed

when someone has died

resolved

determined to go through with something

slender

slim and willowy

strobic

Spinning, rotating motion

thaw

to become friendlier

truculence

Fierceness, cruelty; the quality of being brutally harsh or scathing

veil

to be surrounded

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