In Memoriam: Part 2 Vocabulary

mead

an alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water OR a meadow

tract

an area, expanse or region

spikenard

an aromatic ointment used in antiquity; a plant

sensuous

appealing to the senses

twilight

at dusk

lark

bird

abyss

bottomless pit

sheaf

bundle of grain

sheaf

bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together

quarried

carved out of the ground

latter

closer to the end; relating to the second of two things discussed

hoarding

collecting and putting things away in a guarded way

solace

comfort, relief

strife

conflict or struggle

cloven

divided; split

ardent

enthusiastic or passionate

wholly

entirely; fully

dolorous

exhibiting sorrow or pain

ransomed

free from captivity for a price

spectral

ghostly

sullen

gloomy

keen

having a sharp edge; intellectually sharp; perceptive

dappled

having spots or patches of color

subserves

help to further or promote.

fancy

imagination

fancies

imaginings

idle

inactive, lazy

gambolled

jumped and skipped about in play; frolicked

folly

lack of good sense; foolishness

fickle

likely to change on a whim or without apparent reason

palled

lost its attraction

coin

make coins; invent or fabricate (a word or phrase); N. coinage: word or phrase recently invented

lea

meadow

herald

messenger

flit

move swiftly and lightly

individious

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

oft

often

blanched

paled; whitened

partaker

participant

marge

poetic word for the shore of the lake

howlings

producing a long, loud, doleful cry or wailing sound.

plainitive

sad, mournful

sundered

separated

brooding

showing deep unhappiness of thought

wan

sickly pale

slender

slim

lays

songs

lance

spear; spike; javelin

hale

strong and healthy

pretence

the act of giving a false appearance

baseness

the quality of lacking higher values

sanctities

the state or quality of being holy, sacred, or saintly

gross

thick

pensive

thoughtful

outstript

to do better than; to be faster than

wreathe

to encircle

blench

to flinch

garner

to gather; to acquire

discern

to perceive or recognize

abide

to remain; continue; stay; endure

kindled

to set something alight, or began to burn

supersede

to take the place of; to replace

wanton

undisciplined; unrestrained; reckless

petty

unimportant

vileness

unpleasantness; disgusting quality

trod

walk in a specified way

ranging

wandering freely

eddy

whirlpool

chaff

worthless matter/stuff

pencilled

write, draw, or color (something) with a pencil

thee

you

thou

you

thy

your

thine

yours

harmonious

(adj.) able to get along together well; combining different elements that blend pleasingly; melodious

seraphic

(adj.) angelic, heavenly, celestial

sepulchral

(adj.) funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal

vassal

(n.) a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he or she owes allegiance; a subordinate or dependent; a servant; (adj.) subservient

render

(v.) to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract

remit

(v.) to send or hand in (as money); to cancel (as a penalty or punishment), forgive, pardon; to lessen, diminish; to put off, postpone, defer

catacombs

An underground cemetery

ploughs

Attached to the horns of oxen (cows) and pulled along to turn the soil. Seeds were often thrown in front of the oxen so they were trampled into the soil at the same time.

rapt

Giving total attention to; captivated

yields

Makes, creates, produces; Arrow in chemical equation

Urania

Muse of astronomy

secular

Non-religious, worldly

stroke

Sudden loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion caused by rupture or obstruction (as by a clot) of a blood vessel of the brain.

reveille

Wake up, start a new day

bugle

a brass instrument without valves

masons

a builder and worker in stone

office

a duty or function assigned to someone

maiden

a girl or young woman, especially an unmarried one.

cataract

a large waterfall

thoroughfare

a main road or public highway

"topmost froth"

a mass of small bubbles formed in or on top of a liquid

opiate

a narcotic used to cause sleep or bring relief from pain

auditor

a person who formally examines a text

shrine

a place where people worship

charnel

a repository for dead bodies

creed

a set of religious beliefs or principles

pangs

a sudden sharp pain or painful emotion

province

a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire

trifle

a thing of little value or importance

moor

a tract of open uncultivated upland; a heath.

beech

a type of tree

warder

a watchman or guard

Procuress

a woman who procures prostitutes

impetuously

acting or done quickly and without thought or care