The Raven Vocabulary
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milkyway18 on November 21, 2010
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25 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Ponder | to think about |
| Quaint | odd |
| Surcease | to put an end to |
| Entreat | request |
| Implore | to call or pray for |
| Scarce | not plentiful or abundant |
| Lattice | a framework or structure of crossed wood or metal strips |
| Obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission |
| Ebony | black, dark |
| Beguile | to divert |
| Decorum | orderliness |
| Countenance | calm expression |
| Quoth | said |
| Marvel | intense surprise or interest |
| Ungainly | having an awkward appearance |
| Placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| Dirges | a song of hymn of grief or lamentation |
| Melancholy | depressed in spirit |
| Ominous | foreboding or foreshadowing evil |
| Gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| Quaff | to drink deeply |
| Desolate | joyless and sorrowful through or as if through separation from a loved one |
| Fiend | demon |
| Plume | a feather of a bird |
| Relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
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