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"The Raven" Vocabulary - (copy)
Vocabulary words from Edgar Allen Poe's poem, "The Raven"
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| ponder | think over, meditate |
| quaint | old, unusual, cute |
| lore | myths or legends |
| ember | glowing wood chips or ash |
| surcease | an end, pause, or delay |
| entreat | begging or pleading for |
| implore | to beg or ask for |
| peer | to look at |
| lattice | wood mesh or shutter |
| bust | small statue of head and shoulders |
| beguile | to charm |
| countenance | look on someone's face |
| crest | tuft of feathers on top of bird's head |
| shorn | cut or shaven |
| discourse | talk or conversation |
| placid | peaceful |
| dirges | funeral hymns |
| ungainly | very thin, bony |
| gaunt | very thin, bony, with hollow cheeks |
| respite | rest, pause, a break in an action |
| laden | weighted with, burdened |
| tempest | storm |
| ominous | threatening |
| chamber | room, bedroom |
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