<p> “The Raven” Vocabulary</p><p>1. dreary: dull, tiresome</p><p>2. pondered: mulled over</p><p>3. quaint: odd, singular, old fashioned</p><p>4. lore: traditional knowledge</p><p>5. ember: smoldering fragment of wood</p><p>6. wrought: caused to happen</p><p>7. surcease: pause, delay</p><p>8. entreating: seeking</p><p>9. implore: ask for </p><p>10. lattice: framing, windowpanes </p><p>11. obeisance: bowing as a sign of reverence</p><p>12. mien: manner or attitude</p><p>13. Pallas: Athena- Greek goddess of wisdom</p><p>14. ebony: dark colored</p><p>15. beguiling: charming, bewitching </p><p>16. fancy: imagination</p><p>17. decorum: formality</p><p>18. countenance: face 19. shorn: cut</p><p>20. craven: coward</p><p>21. ghastly: horrible</p><p>22. Plutonian: pertaining to the classical underworld</p><p>23. ungainly: awkward, clumsy</p><p>24. fowl: bird</p><p>25. discourse: conversation </p><p>26. relevancy: significance</p><p>27. placid: calm</p><p>28. aptly: competently</p><p>29. dirges: funeral songs</p><p>30. melancholy: sad, gloomy</p><p>31. diving: speculation, conjecturing</p><p>32. gloating: exulting, celebrating</p><p>33. censer: a container in which incense is burned</p><p>34. Seraphim: angels</p><p>35. tufted: decorated with feathery threads</p><p>36. wretch: scoundrel, miscreant</p><p>37. respite: repose, rest</p><p>38. nepenthe: a drink which makes one forget sorrow 39. quaff: drink</p><p>40. tempest: storm</p><p>41. Is there any balm in Gilead?: a biblical allusion, something like: “Is there anything to ease my sadness?”</p><p>42. Aidenn: the Garden of Eden</p><p>43. radiant: bright </p><p>44. fiend: demon, villain</p><p>45. plume: feather tuft</p><p>46. pallid: pale </p><p>Raven Vocab 1-23</p><p>YDME XQB RMP E B GT Y GP F AS NP Z VCS E HP L E NT RE AT I NGGGL S N VL DVB S E AE HUUL AI MOAL HONCAOT I NL A E RB OAE GS ROS L CL G CB RE T T T WNUKI I AN HNONI L T I AE S NDP U DYUNYS AI I HI GE F C WOL YYNAT COL MCAD CYRAE RDNNE UKONB DE RE DNOP CI DJ RCH E MB E ROL S L E ADUYF I MP L ORE P Z YXUMP G S WDNKME WHL UVQGH</p><p>BEGUILING COUNTENANCE CRAVEN DECORUM DREARY EBONY EMBER ENTREATING FANCY GHASTLY IMPLORE LATTICE LORE MIEN OBEISANCE PALLAS PLUTONIAN PONDERED QUAINT SHORN SURCEASE UNGAINLY WROUGHT </p>