The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe Vocab Words
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christinahadjichristou on May 11, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Dreary | dull; boring; sorrowful; sad |
| Lore | traditional knowledge |
| Wrought | Caused to happen |
| Surcease | pause; delay; stop |
| Entreating | Seeking |
| Implore | To ask for |
| Yore | Time past |
| Obeisance | Bowing as a sign of reverence |
| Mien | Manner or attitude |
| Ebony | Dark-coloured; Black. |
| Beguiling | Charming; Bewitching |
| Decorum | Formality |
| Countenance | Face |
| Craven | Coward |
| Ghastly | Horrible |
| Ungainly | Awkward |
| Fowl | Bird |
| Placid | Calm |
| Aptly | Competently |
| Dirges | Funeral songs |
| Ominous | threatening; foreboding |
| Divining | speculating; conjecturing |
| Gloat | Exult; celebrate |
| Wretch | Scoundrel; Miscreant |
| Respite | Repose; Rest |
| Quaff | Drink |
| Tempest | Storm |
| Fiend | demon; villain |
| Plume | Feather; Tuft |
| Pallid | Pale |
| Censer | Countainer for Incense |
| Seraphim | Angels |
| "Is there Balm in Gilead" | A biblical reference which means something like "Is there anything to ease my sadness" |
| Nepenthe | Ancient drug/drink in Greek mythology which makes one forget sorrow |
| Aidenn | Poetic spelling for Eden (Garden of Eden). |
| Pallas | Greek godess of knowledge and wisdom |
| Bust of Pallas | Statue of a head of Pallas, hanging above a doorway |
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