George Barker: Poems Glossary

George Barker: Poems Glossary

fringe

Noun: The outer, less important part of a specific area

herbaceous

Adj.: A description of plants who have no woody parts, soft

giddy

Adj.: feeling happy and silly

aphasia

Noun: A condition that makes the affected unable to speak or learn any form of language

to straddle

Verb: to be on both sides of a thing

gaunt

Adj.: sickly thin, unattractive

seismic

adj.: having disastrous effects

bleak

Adj.: hopeless, cold, unwelcoming

frieze

Noun: A narrow piece of decoration on a wall, usually right below the roof

seizure

Noun: The act of taking something by force within legal limits

to scuttle

Verb: to move quickly to escape, to move with short quick strides

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