AP lit vocab list 3

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Pastoral

(noun/adjective) portrayals of retreating from modern cities to unrealistically charming rural life 

meditation

(noun) reflection

elegy

(noun) memorial; mourning

lament

(noun/verb) expression of grief for a loss

ode

(noun) poem that praises a specific person, place, thing, or event

conceptualize

(verb) form/develop an idea

spurned

(verb) rejected with disdain/contempt

sensuous

(adjective) appealing to the senses, especially sexually

assuage

(verb) relieve; ease; make (something unpleasant) less severe

novice

(noun) beginner; inexperienced person