On Famous Women Glossary

On Famous Women Glossary

exert

make a physical or mental effort

scarcely

only just

compassion

sympathy for others

renew

to give fresh life

sepulchre

a tomb

envy

a feeling of discontented or resentful longing

putrifaction

process of decay or rotting in a body

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