Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor Glossary

by John Cheever

Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor Glossary

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Sublime

Majestic, supreme

Impertinent

Rude, shameless

Encumbrance

Obligation, drawback

Paucity

Shortage, scarcity

Effulgent

Bright, radiant

Calamity

Crisis, disaster

Inveterate

Deep rooted

Mitigation

Weakening, lightening

Equivocal

Vague, blurry

Insinuated

Suggested, whispered

Onerous

Crushing, oppressive

Flagrant

Obvious, evident

Exhorted

Charged, pressurized

Construe

Analyse, interpret

Ebullient

Extremely enthusiastic

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