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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ponder | to think deeply; to consider carefully |
| quaint | attractive or pleasant in an odd or old fashioned way |
| lore | learning, knowledge, especially of a traditional nature. a particular body of tradition |
| entreat | to request earnestly; to implore, beg |
| stately | dignified, majestic |
| yore | a former period of time in ones life "days of yore" |
| mien | a persons presence, apperance |
| decorum | appropriate behavior, good manners, |
| countenance | appearance, usually of somebody or somethings face |
| ghastly | horrifying, dreadful, pale, dim, ghoulish, ugly |
| ominous | threatning |
| placid | peaceful |
| gaunt | thin in a sickly way |
| fiend | devil, demon |
| pallid | very pale |
| implore | entreat;beg |
| vainly | without result |
| dirge | somber song expressing mourning, funeral song |
| quaff | to drink heartily |
| respite | to rest, a pausing from doing something |
| craven | coward |
| seraphim | angels |
| nepenthe | a potion to cause forgetfulness |
| balm in gilead | soothing ointment made in Gilead |
| Aidenn | Eden/paradise |
| obeisance | a position showing deference like a bow or curtsy |
| surcease | a stopping |
| vainly | without result/obsessed with good looks |
| pluto | roman name for Hades |
| pernicious | causing insidious harm or ruin, ruinous, deadly, fatal |
| despicable | deserving to be despised, contemptible, antonyms: worthy, loving |
| tantalize | to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach, to tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed |
| sterling | throughly excellent, honorable, highest quality |
| caustic | capable of burning, corroding, or destroying live tissue |
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