Literary Vocabulary List

Vocabulary terms and definitions covering literary and descriptive words from the study notes.

Zenith

The highest point reached in the sky by the sun, moon, etc…

Muse

To think or meditate in silence about a subject

Pang

A sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing

Omen

Anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; prophetic significance

Manifestation

An act of being readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; proof

Objective

Not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; unbiased

Devout

Devoted to divine worship or service

Vanity

Excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain

Infidel

A person who does not accept a particular faith, especially Christianity or Islam

Intuitively

Done in a way where one is perceiving directly by intuition without rational thought

Lament

To feel or express sorrow or regret for; to mourn for

Preconceived

A previously formed conception or opinion, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudice

Teeming

Abounding or swarming with something, as with people; prolific

Nostalgia

A wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or one's family and friends

Capricious

Subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic