Glossary - The Story of the Aged Mother
Vocabulary
- despotic (adj.)
- tyrannical, cruel
- proclamation (n)
- announcement
- barbarous (adj.)
- extremely brutal or mercilessly harsh
- abandon (v)
- desert, give up completely
- reverence (n)
- deep respect
- mandate (n)
- an official order
- summit (n)
- the topmost point of a hill or mountain
- injunction (n)
- an order restraining someone from performing an act
- shriveled (adj.)
- wrinkled and contracted due to old age or due to strain
- gravely (adv.)
- seriously
Original Source Information
Tags: The Story of the Aged Mother | by Matsuo Basho , 10th English: UNIT 4 : Supplementary/Story: The Aged Mother
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Source Title: 10th English: UNIT 4 : Supplementary/Story: The Aged Mother : Glossary | The Story of the Aged Mother | by Matsuo Basho