The Seven Messengers Glossary

by Dino Buzzati

The Seven Messengers Glossary

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Confine

restrain someone within specific boundaries

Proclaim

announce, declare

Subject

a servant. Usually, subjects were helping hands to noblemen

Proceed

continue making progress

Torment

to torture

Deride

Mock or ridicule

Tenacity

persistence, and determination

Consecutive

following, logically continued

Ascertain

study or learn something

Devour

to swallow, gulp

Crumpled

malformed by force

Yellowed with time

so old that it eventually changed its color from white to yellow

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