The Raven

Kelly M.
Words from the poem The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe.
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  1. apt
    being of striking appropriateness and relevance
  2. beguile
    attract; cause to be enamored
  3. censer
    a container for burning incense
  4. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  5. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  6. discourse
    an extended communication dealing with some particular topic
  7. dreary
    lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
  8. ember
    a hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire
  9. entreat
    ask for or request earnestly
  10. gaunt
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  11. implore
    beg or request earnestly and urgently
  12. lore
    knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
  13. mere
    being nothing more than specified
  14. mien
    a person's appearance, manner, or demeanor
  15. morrow
    the next day
  16. Nepenthes
    pitcher plants
  17. obeisance
    bending the head or body in reverence or submission
  18. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  19. peer
    look searchingly
  20. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  21. plume
    the feather of a bird
  22. ponder
    reflect deeply on a subject
  23. quaff
    swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
  24. quaint
    attractively old-fashioned
  25. relevancy
    the relation of something to the matter at hand
  26. seraph
    an angel of the first order
  27. surcease
    a stopping
  28. tufted
    having or adorned with tufts
  29. weary
    physically and mentally fatigued
  30. wrought
    shaped to fit by altering the contours of a pliable mass
  31. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  32. bleak
    unpleasantly cold and damp
  33. yore
    time long past
  34. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
Created on Tue Jan 08 15:27:58 EST 2013 (updated Fri Jan 11 14:32:22 EST 2013)

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