Marriage (Poem)

Marriage (Poem) Glossary

impostures

fake gestures and behavior

ingenuity

inventive cleverness

stipulating

requiring

incandescent

glowing, radiant, luminous

amalgamation

a coming together of two or more things

exonerating

freeing from blame

colubrine

snake-like

manifestation

something becoming visible

plagued

incessantly bothered

impelled

pushed to act

augmenting

adding to

dromedaries

camels

ruffian

an unsavory person, perhaps involved in minor criminal actions

obsidian

a dark stone; deep black in color

countenance

face

malarial

a diseased state

munificence

very generous and liberal in bestowing gifts

imperious

haughty

petrine

relating to St. Peter and his writings and teachings

cycloid

possessing high and low moods, turning like a circle

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