Jean Toomer: Poems Glossary

Jean Toomer: Poems Glossary

copper

a metal (that conducts electricity very well)

gleaming

shining, bright, glowing

incandescent

glowing with heat

cassava

a type of plant with edible roots

sardonic

mocking, mean, disdainful

resplendently

sparkling, bright, dazzling

crucible

a container/kettle in which substances can be melted

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