Brother

Brother Glossary

excruciating

extremely painful; agonizing, tedious

gawky

awkward and ungainly

rancid

tasting or smelling off

palpate

examine via touch

veneration

reverence; respect

riveting

very compelling

dire

urgent or serious

wry

mockingly humorous

morose

sullen

quietude

silence or stillness

memory

the mind's faculty for storing and remembering information

Scarborough

district in the eastern part of Toronto, Ontario

Toronto

most populous city in Canada and capital of the province of Ontario

Ontario

most populous province in Canada

live cable

wire with electrical current running through it

scarecrow

object made to look like a human and used in fields to scare birds from crops

faraway

distant; remote from immediate surroundings in a dreamy manner

Greyhound bus

intercity bus company

asphalt

dark road surface made from a mixture of petroleum-based pitch and gravel or sand

reinforced concrete

moldable building material in which steel or wire is embedded to increase strength

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