WLPCS AP LIT Poetry Project Vocabulary

Ms. Seid (United States of America)
Vocabulary from the presented poems in the semester 1 project
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  1. brown study
    a state of deep absorption or thoughtfulness
    from Ransom's "Bells for John Whiteside's Daughter"
  2. bruit
    tell or spread rumors
    from Ransom's "Bells for John Whiteside's Daughter"
  3. cadence
    a recurrent rhythmical series
    from Arnold's "Dover Beach"
  4. citadel
    a stronghold for shelter during a battle
    from Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
  5. cloying
    overly sweet
    from Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
  6. deferential
    showing courteous regard for people's feelings
    from Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
  7. diadem
    an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
    from Dickinson's "Safe in Alabaster Chambers"
  8. ditty
    a short simple song
    from Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
  9. doge
    formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa
    from Dickinson's "Safe in Alabaster Chambers"
  10. drear
    causing dejection
    from Arnold's "Dover Beach"
  11. etherize
    anesthetize with ether
    from Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
  12. harry
    annoy continually or chronically
    from Ransom's "Bells for John Whiteside's Daughter"
  13. heifer
    young cow
    from Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
  14. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
    from Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
  15. laity
    members of a religious community who are not clergy
    from Donne's "Valediction"
  16. laity
    members of a religious community who are not clergy
    from Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"
  17. malinger
    avoid responsibilities and duties, often by faking illness
    from Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
  18. obtuse
    lacking in insight or discernment
    from Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
  19. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
    from Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
  20. profanation
    the act of disrespecting something sacred or holy
    from Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"
  21. profanation
    the act of disrespecting something sacred or holy
    from Donne's "Valediction"
  22. strait
    a narrow channel joining two larger bodies of water
    from Arnold's "Dover Beach"
  23. sublunary
    situated between the earth and the moon
    from Donne's "Valediction"
  24. tremulous
    quivering as from weakness or fear
    from Arnold's "Dover Beach"
  25. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
    from Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"
  26. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
    from Donne's "Valediction"
  27. turbid
    clouded as with sediment
    from Arnold's "Dover Beach"
  28. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
    from Ransom's "Bells for John Whiteside's Daughter"
  29. visage
    the human face
    from Shelley's Ozymandias
  30. pith helmet
    a lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun
    from Bishop's "In the Waiting Room"
  31. rivulet
    a small stream
    from Bishop's "In the Waiting Room"
  32. gossamer
    a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
    from Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for death"
  33. tulle
    a fine fabric net used for veils, tutus, or gowns
    from Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for death"
  34. cornice
    the topmost projecting part of an entablature
    from Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for death"
  35. bruit
    tell or spread rumors
    from Ransom's "Bells for John Whiteside's Daughter"
  36. scuttle
    move about or proceed hurriedly
    from Ransom's "Bells for John Whiteside's Daughter"
  37. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
    from Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays"
  38. strait
    a narrow channel joining two larger bodies of water
    from Arnold's "Dover Beach"
  39. tremulous
    quivering as from weakness or fear
    from Arnold's "Dover Beach"
  40. turbid
    clouded as with sediment
    from Arnold's "Dover Beach"
  41. ebb
    the outward flow of the tide
    from Arnold's "Dover Beach"
  42. frigate
    a medium-sized warship of the 18th and 19th centuries
    from Dickinson's "There is no frigate like a book"
  43. courser
    a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey
    from Dickinson's "There is no frigate like a book"
  44. frugal
    avoiding waste
    from Dickinson's "There is no frigate like a book"
Created on Fri Jan 03 12:02:44 EST 2014 (updated Thu Feb 13 12:59:10 EST 2014)

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