Romanticism Vocab

Question 0

a mark of disgrace

Answer 0

stigma

Question 1

worthy of respect because of age, dignity, or character

Answer 1

venerable

Question 2

weakened, worn out, or broken down by age or hard use

Answer 2

decrepit

Question 3

extremely respectful

Answer 3

deferential

Question 4

lasting or existing for only a short time

Answer 4

transient

Question 5

marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking

Answer 5

tremulous

Question 6

to rub or wipe out; erase

Answer 6

efface

Question 7

resembling a tempest, turbulent, stormy

Answer 7

tempestuous

Question 8

theoretical rather than practical

Answer 8

speculative

Question 9

to catch, to entrap

Answer 9

ensnare

Question 10

utter destruction, eternal damnation

Answer 10

perdition

Question 11

person withdrawn from from society

Answer 11

recluse

Question 12

inflamed with love, interest, or fascination

Answer 12

enameled

Question 13

great or bloody slaughter

Answer 13

carnage

Question 14

disordered or in disarray

Answer 14

disheveled

Question 15

difficulty or hardship; changeable

Answer 15

vicissitude

Question 16

exceeding what is necessary

Answer 16

superfluous

Question 17

evil spirit

Answer 17

fiend

Question 18

fearless

Answer 18

dauntless

Question 19

wise

Answer 19

sagacious

Question 20

member of a royal court

Answer 20

courtier

Question 21

the spreading of disease

Answer 21

contagion

Question 22

to spread throughout

Answer 22

pervade

Question 23

having a bizarre, fantastic appearance

Answer 23

grotesque

Question 24

lack or restrictions on behavior; freedom

Answer 24

license

Question 25

unthinking action

Answer 25

impetuosity

Question 26

face

Answer 26

visage

Question 27

not occupied

Answer 27

untenanted

Question 28

able to be touched or felt

Answer 28

tangible

Question 29

extremely steep

Answer 29

precipitous

Question 30

chronic disease or disorder

Answer 30

malady

Question 31

name or title

Answer 31

appellation

Question 32

narrow opening

Answer 32

fissure

Question 33

having a fantastic or imaginative appearance; dreamlike illusion

Answer 33

phantasmagoric

Question 34

fear, alarm, or agitation

Answer 34

trepidation

Question 35

lively, animated

Answer 35

vivacious

Question 36

of or like a corpse

Answer 36

cadaverous

Question 37

suspension of sensation, fixed muscular rigidity, coma-like

Answer 37

catalepsy

Question 38

capacity for sensation or feeling

Answer 38

sentience

Question 39

awkward, clumsy, or unmannered

Answer 39

uncouth

Question 40

abnormal, thinness

Answer 40

emaciatied

Question 41

to intrude

Answer 41

encroach

Question 42

foolish boldness

Answer 42

temerity

Question 43

shy, lacking self-confidence

Answer 43

diffident

Question 44

to cover or to hide

Answer 44

obscure