The Raven Vocabulary

“The Raven” Vocabulary

1. pondered: thought about

2. quaint: old-fashioned

3. lore: traditional knowledge

4. ember: smoldering piece of wood

5. wrought: caused to happen

6. surcease: pause

7. entreating: seeking

8. implore: ask for

9. lattice: windowpanes

10. obeisance: bowing

11. mien: attitude

12. Pallas: another name for Athena, the Greek goddesses of wisdom

13. decorum: formality

14. countenance: face

15. craven: coward

16. Plutonian shore: shore in the Underworld

17. relevancy: significance

18. placid: calm

19. dirges: funeral songs

20. melancholy: sad, gloomy

21. ungainly: clumsy

22. censer: a container in which incense is burned

23. Seraphim: angel

24. nepenthe: a drink that makes you forget that you are sad

25. quaff: to drink

26. “is there balm in Gilead”: “is there anything to ease my sadness”

27. Aidenn: Garden of Eden