Goodbye, My Brother Glossary

by John Cheever

Goodbye, My Brother Glossary

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succumbed

to give into temptation

eulogized

praise highly

northerly

a wind blowing from the north.

Sisyphean

task that can never be completed.

Puritan

member of a group of English Protestants

abjuration

rejection of something

deification

treating one like God

surmount

to overcome

capacious

roomy

longevity

long existence

apprehension

anxiety

delight

pleasure.

voyage

long journey

extravagant

unthrifty

asperity

sharp tone

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