Priest and the Parrot.
13 This glossary is about new vocabulary from the text The Priest and the Parrot. terms
- Beneath.
- Adverb.
- Under something, or in a lower position than something.
- Cantankerous.
- Adjective.
- Arguing and complaining a lot.
- Celibate.
- Noun.
- abstaining from marriage and sexual relations, typically for religious reasons.
- Example: The priest had chosen to be celibate.
- Fasolakia. ( greek ).
- Noun.
- Green beans.
- Glimps.
- Verb.
- A short view but detailed.
- Kleftico.
- Noun.
- Greek food.
- Ochre.
- Noun.
- An earthy pigment containing ferric oxide, typically with clay.
- Octogenarian.
- Noun.
- A person who has lived for 8 generations (80 years).
- Example: My grandfather is octogenarian.
- Outnumber.
- Noun.
- When a number of something is far more than other in comparison.
- Example: women outnumber men in the village.
- Semi-delirioum.
- adj.
- A state of being almost unable to think or speak clearly because of fever or mental confusion.
- Septuagint.
- Noun.
- Greek Bible.
- Shephered.
- Noun.
- A person who tends and rears sheep.
- To flicker.
- verb.
- To shine with a light that is sometimes bright and sometimes weak.