Unit 4: Vocabulary from Readings 4

This list covers "Combing," "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," and "Harlem."
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  1. fragrant
    pleasant-smelling
    My daughter's hair
    Curls against the comb.
    Wet and fragrant—orange
    Parings.
  2. coil
    a round shape formed by a series of connected loops
    Sitting
    before the oven I hear
    The orange coils tick
    The early hour before school.
  3. plait
    weave into a braided hairdo
    A simple act,

    Preparing hair. Something
    Women do for each other,
    Plaiting the generations.
  4. vale
    a valley
    I wandered lonely as a cloud
    That floats on high o'er vales and hills
  5. margin
    the boundary line or area immediately inside the boundary
    They stretched in never-ending line
    Along the margin of a bay
  6. sprightly
    full of spirit and vitality
    Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
    Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
  7. jocund
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
    The waves beside them danced; but they
    Outdid the sparkling waves in glee:
    A poet could not but be gay,
    In such a jocund company
  8. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
    For oft, when on my couch I lie
    In vacant or in pensive mood,
    They flash upon that inward eye
    Which is the bliss of solitude
  9. defer
    hold back to a later time
    What happens to a dream deferred?
  10. fester
    generate pus
    Does it dry up
    like a raisin in the sun?
    Or fester like a sore—
    And then run?
Created on Tue Jan 12 09:41:54 EST 2021 (updated Wed Jan 13 10:37:32 EST 2021)

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