American Pastoral Glossary

American Pastoral Glossary

Superior

Higher rank

Impulse

A sudden desire to act

Devastating

Feeling full of grief and sadness

Astonishment

Immensely surprised

Torah

Hebrew scriptures

Loftiness

Elevated in character

Submit

To give into

Assuage

To relieve an unpleasant feeling

Vengeance

With rigorous passion, especially righteous fury

Pageant

A competition consisting of a display of people in fancy costumes.

Stuttering

To repeat sounds involuntarily when speaking, especially consonants at the beginning of words

Pastoral

Relating to sheep or field-care, especially in rural areas

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