Romantics Vocab

Albatross

Something that causes persistent deep concern or anxiety and impedes action or progress.

Aver

Declare with confidence.

Expiate

Make amends or atone for some guilt or sin.

Forlorn

Hopeless, despairing, or in poor condition.

Gallant

Brave, heroic, or chivalrous.

Garner

A storehouse or supply of anything, especially grain.

Gaudy

Excessively showy in a tasteless way.

Glean

Gather information or discover something slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.

Heath

A tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs.

Hoary

Gray or white with age; tedious with familiarity, stale.

Invocate

Call, pray, or petition earnestly for support; to bring about or cause.

Jocund

Cheerful and lighthearted; suggestive of high spirits.

Lea

An open area of grassy land used for hay or grazing.

Mariner

A person who navigates or assists in navigating a ship.

Shrieve

To administer the sacrament of reconciliation to; to free from guilt.

Sordid

Morally vile and ignoble.

Sprightly

Animated or lively.

Swound

A state of hysterical rapture or ecstasy.

Teem

Be full of or swarming with.

Visage

A person’s face with reference to the shape, features, and expression.