Too Far to Go Glossary

by John Updike

Too Far to Go Glossary

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Esoteric

Cryptic, obscure

Parable

Short story with a moral

Calalyst

Inducement, spur

Revalin

Great lover

Lais

French short literature

Frailty

Illness, sickness

Prodesse

Be of help

Transcendental

Mystic, exalted

Synchronic

Concerned with language

Spectroscopic

Study of the activity of light

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