VocabularyGroup58-3

Minhal, Gretchen, Eleanor


 * Ominous** (70)

//Fancy unto fancy what this ominous bird of yore-//

Ominous means that whatever is ominous is foreshadowing bad events or is scary. The narrator is wondering why this scary bird is saying "nevermore"


 * Divining** (75)

//This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining//

Divining means to try to figure out. The narrator is still trying to figure out what the raven means


 * Gloated** (76)

//On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er//

Gloated means to mock or brag. The light of the lamp was cast onto the chair with a mocking glow


 * Tufted** (80)

//Swung be seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor//

Tufted means that whatever is tufted is furnished or growing in tufts or bunches. Seraphim refers to angels who are waking around him, their feet making noises on the carpeted floor.


 * Wretch** (81)

//"Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee-by these angels hath sent thee//

Wretch is an unfortunate or unpleasant person. He is angry at the raven and the person who sent the raven to him to haunt him. He doesn't want to be reminded of Lenore


 * Respite** (82)

//Respite- respite and nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore;//

Respite means to teporarily stop or to put on hold. Nepenthe is a drug or drink that makes you forget about your sorrow. The narrator is asking the raven to stop and make him forget about Lenore.


 * Quaff** (83)

//Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!"//

Quaff means to drink. The narrator wants to drink the nepenthe and forget about Lenore and his sadness.


 * Desolate** (87)

//Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted-//

Desolate means barren or lonely. The narrator is adressing the raven and is asking it why it has come, alone and unafraid, to his sad and empty room.


 * Undaunted** (87)

//Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted-//

Undaunted means unafraid. The narrator is adressing the raven and is asking it why it has come, alone and unafraid, to his sad and empty room.


 * Laden** (93)

//Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,//

Laden means burdened with. The sad narrator is asking the raven if Lenore will be there when he dies and goes to heaven.


 * Sainted** (94)

//It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore".//

Sainted means to be associtated with the saints. The narrator is asking the raven if his precious Lenore will be there when he dies and goes to heaven.


 * Fiend** (97)

//"Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting-//

Fiend means demon and often refers to the devil. The narrator is telling the raven that it is evil and it should leave.


 * Plume** (99)

//Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!//

A plume is a single bird feather. The narrator is telling the raven to not leave a single feather behind to remind him of it.


 * Pallid** (104)

//On the pallid bust of Pallas just; above my chamber door//

Pallid means pale or dull. The raven is sitting on the bust made of white marble just above the narrator's chamber door.