Poetry Vocabulary

Question 1

Impediment

Answer 1

A hinderance or obstruction

Question 2

Compass

Answer 2

A limit or boundary

Question 3

Baldrick

Answer 3

A belt worn over the shoulder, usually for a weapon, drum, or bugle

Question 4

Tabard

Answer 4

a sleeveless coat worn in the middle ages

Question 5

Sage

Answer 5

a wise individual, a righteous individual

Question 6

Tryst

Answer 6

a private rendezvous, usually in reference to a romantic meeting between lovers

Question 7

Gallant

Answer 7

Showy; brave, heroic; noble, civil, polite; a lover, a suitor

Question 8

Laggard

Answer 8

Slow, sluggish

Question 9

Dastard; Craven

Answer 9

Cowardly

Question 10

Ere

Answer 10

Before

Question 11

Galliard

Answer 11

Gay, brisk, active; a lively dance

Question 12

Quaffed

Answer 12

Drink deeply, long draughts

Question 13

‘twere

Answer 13

it were

Question 14

Croupe

Answer 14

Back of a horse, behind a saddle’s vicinity

Question 15

Graemes

Answer 15

Homestead, farm home

Question 16

Negation

Answer 16

Something that is hard to define, but it is described by what it isn’t

Question 17

Metaphysics

Answer 17

Studying things that are not known, like the meaning of life, or what is love

Question 18

Van

Answer 18

Front line, usually of an army

Question 19

Margin

Answer 19

Border, edge, verge

Question 20

Rectitude

Answer 20

moral principles or practices; uprightness of mind

Question 21

Sublime

Answer 21

High in excellence, exalted, elevated by joy

Question 22

Retrospect

Answer 22

Looking back on events or subjects of the past

Question 23

Enkindle

Answer 23

To excite, to rouse into action

Question 24

Ardor

Answer 24

Warmth or heat, used in terms of passion and affection

Question 25

Diffuse

Answer 25

Widely spread, disperse