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