The Confusions of Young Torless Glossary

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Stalwart

Faithful, trustworthy, loyal

Perilous

Desperate, insecure, exposed

Embrasure

Parapet around a door

Receptacle

Repository, holder

Abatement

Desisting, subsiding

Antecedent

Ancestry, forebear

Vicinity

Adjacent area, locality

Pervaded

Filled, suffused

Fathom

Grasp, understand

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