Robert Pinsky: Poems Glossary

Robert Pinsky: Poems Glossary

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Terrarium

a glass container where plants are grown

ordained

to appoint

Cotillion

a french dance based on 18th century

phosphors

a chemical substance used as a coating to a surface

acquiescence

to permit

scorned

disdain

pantheon

religion

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