The Cave Glossary

by Jose Saramago

The Cave Glossary

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Scathing

Harsh in critic

Trite

Common, normal, usual

Yield

Surrender; supply or produce; a production

Transparent

See-through; truthful and honest

Savvy

Practical, practical in knowledge

Cajole

To gently influence

Cavort

To play boisterously

Garrulous

Full of trivial conversation

Wry

Clever or grim in humor

Tangential

Digressive, irrelevant

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