Dark Romantic Vocabulary

Mrs. Plotner (United States of America)
The Raven, The Minister's Black Veil, The Fall of the House of Usher
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  1. quaint
    attractively old-fashioned
  2. bleak
    unpleasantly cold and damp
  3. obeisance
    bending the head or body in reverence or submission
  4. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  5. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  6. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  7. tempest
    a violent commotion or disturbance
  8. lore
    knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
  9. implore
    beg or request earnestly and urgently
  10. beguiling
    highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
  11. discourse
    an extended communication dealing with some particular topic
  12. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  13. censer
    a container for burning incense
  14. undaunted
    resolutely courageous
  15. chamber
    a natural or artificial enclosed space
  16. token
    a disk that can be used in designated slot machines
  17. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  18. relevancy
    the relation of something to the matter at hand
  19. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  20. balm
    preparation applied externally as a remedy or for soothing
  21. ambiguity
    unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
  22. zealous
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  23. iniquity
    absence of moral or spiritual values
  24. preternatural
    existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
  25. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  26. imbue
    spread or diffuse through
  27. tremulous
    quivering as from weakness or fear
  28. portend
    indicate by signs
  29. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  30. alleviation
    the act of reducing something unpleasant
  31. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  32. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  33. demeanor
    the way a person behaves toward other people
  34. equivocal
    open to two or more interpretations
  35. inordinate
    beyond normal limits
  36. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  37. pertinacity
    persistent determination
  38. vagary
    an unexpected and inexplicable change in something
Created on Mon Nov 11 10:20:53 EST 2013 (updated Mon Nov 11 10:23:41 EST 2013)

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