Unit 3: Part 2 Vocabulary

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  1. deem
    judge or regard in a particular way
    You are not wrong, who deem
    That my days have been a dream
  2. ravenous
    extremely hungry
    The bear was hungry, the bear was ravenous,
    The bear’s big mouth was cruel and cavernous.
  3. cavernous
    being or suggesting a large dark enclosed space
    The bear was hungry, the bear was ravenous,
    The bear’s big mouth was cruel and cavernous.
  4. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
    "O Oysters, come and walk with us!"
    The Walrus did beseech.
  5. dismal
    causing dejection
    “After such kindness, that would be
    A dismal thing to do!”
  6. sympathize
    feel or express compassion
    "I weep for you,” the Walrus said:
    “I deeply sympathize."
  7. sour
    having a sharp biting taste
    is sick
    is a doorknob tied to a sour stick
  8. lullaby
    a quiet song intended to help a child go to sleep
    Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
  9. pleasant
    being in harmony with your taste or likings
    the world is not a pleasant place
    to be without
    someone to hold and be held by
  10. receive
    get something; come into possession of
    a river would stop
    its flow if only
    a stream were there
    to receive it
  11. skim
    move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
    Skimming
    an asphalt sea
    I swerve, I curve
  12. asphalt
    mixed substance used for paving and roofing
    Skimming
    an asphalt sea
    I swerve, I curve
  13. fellow
    a boy or man
    There was a young fellow named Hall,
    Who fell in the spring in the fall
  14. hollow
    remove the inner part or the core of
    The water hollowed the stone,
    the wind dispersed the water
  15. disperse
    distribute loosely
    The water hollowed the stone,
    the wind dispersed the water
  16. sculpt
    create by shaping stone or wood or other material
    The wind sculpted the stone,
    the stone is a cup of water
  17. thorny
    having or covered with protective barbs or spines
    You spotted snakes with double tongue,
    Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen.
  18. offense
    the action of attacking an enemy
    Worm nor snail do no offense.
  19. whir
    make a soft continuous sound, as of something in motion
    It laughs a lovely whiteness,
    And whitely whirs away
  20. steeple
    a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building
    we'd go up higher with all the pretty people

    than houses and steeples and clouds
  21. rue
    feel sorry for; be contrite about
    Has given my heart
    A change of mood
    And saved some part
    Of a day I had rued.
  22. achieve
    gain with effort
  23. communicate
    interchange information or ideas
  24. observe
    discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
  25. symbolize
    express indirectly by an image, form, or model
Created on Wed Feb 03 14:11:51 EST 2021 (updated Fri Feb 05 13:37:15 EST 2021)

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