The Raven Vocabulary s1

“The Raven” Vocabulary

1. dreary: dull, tiresome

2. pondered: mulled over

3. quaint: odd, singular, old fashioned

4. lore: traditional knowledge

5. ember: smoldering fragment of wood

6. wrought: caused to happen

7. surcease: pause, delay

8. entreating: seeking

9. implore: ask for

10. lattice: framing, windowpanes

11. obeisance: bowing as a sign of reverence

12. mien: manner or attitude

13. Pallas: Athena- Greek goddess of wisdom

14. ebony: dark colored

15. beguiling: charming, bewitching

16. fancy: imagination

17. decorum: formality

18. countenance: face 19. shorn: cut

20. craven: coward

21. ghastly: horrible

22. Plutonian: pertaining to the classical underworld

23. ungainly: awkward, clumsy

24. fowl: bird

25. discourse: conversation

26. relevancy: significance

27. placid: calm

28. aptly: competently

29. dirges: funeral songs

30. melancholy: sad, gloomy

31. diving: speculation, conjecturing

32. gloating: exulting, celebrating

33. censer: a container in which incense is burned

34. Seraphim: angels

35. tufted: decorated with feathery threads

36. wretch: scoundrel, miscreant

37. respite: repose, rest

38. nepenthe: a drink which makes one forget sorrow 39. quaff: drink

40. tempest: storm

41. Is there any balm in Gilead?: a biblical allusion, something like: “Is there anything to ease my sadness?”

42. Aidenn: the Garden of Eden

43. radiant: bright

44. fiend: demon, villain

45. plume: feather tuft

46. pallid: pale

Raven Vocab 1-23

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