"B" and Other Poetry Glossary

by Sarah Kay

"B" and Other Poetry Glossary

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Evanescent

Quickly fading

Fervid

Passionate, intense

Vesture

Clothing

Lithe

Graceful, flexible, agile

Sublime

Majestic, elevated

Fathom

Understand, grasp

Vengeance

Retaliation, retribution

Asterisk

A symbol used as a pointer to footnote

Allusion

Reference to

Atrocity

Act of cruelty, outrage

Enervated

Lacking in vitality

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