Vocabulary - The Raven Flashcards
Strange in an interesting or pleasing way
quaint
Unpleasantly cold and damp
bleak
Ask for or request earnestly
entreat
Framework consisting of an ornamental wood or metal design
lattice
Refined or imposing in manner or appearance
stately
Time long past
yore
Bending the body or head in reverence or submission
obeisance
A person’s appearance, manner, or demeanor
mien
Influence by slyness
beguile
Propriety in manners and conduct
decorum
The appearance conveyed by a person’s face
countenance
An abject coward
craven
Lacking grace in movement or posture
ungainly
Not easily irritated
placid
In a competent capable manner
aptly
A song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
dirge
Grave or even gloomy in character
melancholy
Very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
gaunt
An angel of the first order
seraph
A relief from harm or discomfort
respite
Swallow hurriedly or greedily in one draught
quaff
Burdened psychologically or mentally
laden
Pale, as of a person’s complexion
pallid
