Romantic Era: MIDTERM Vocab (Honors)

Admonishing

cautioning, advising, or counseling against something; reproving or scolding, especially in a mild and good-willed manner; reminding

Ambergris

a product of sperm whales used in the manufacture of perfume

Aversion

strong dislike

Barque

boat

Blithe

cheerful, lighthearted; casual, unconcerned

Cairn

conical heap of stones built as a monument

Cetology

study of whales

Chimera

noun-mythical creature comprised of a lion head, goat body, and serpent's tail. It inspires gothic writing.

Cordial

warm and friendly

Decorum

(n.) proper behavior, good taste; orderliness

Envoy

(n.) a representative or messenger (as of a government)

Excursion

a trip or outing

Impertinent

rude and disrespectful

Impervious

not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

Kindred

having similar origin, nature, or character

Magnum opus

the greatest work of an artist, writer, or composer

Manifest

clear or obvious to the eye or mind

Manifold

diverse, varied

Mien

appearance/manner

Monomaniac

single-mindedness

Muse

noun—source of inspiration

Occult

hidden

Perdition

eternal damnation

Peremptory

insisting on immediate attention or obedience—not able to be appealed

Perturbation

anxiety; mental uneasiness

Portentous

of momentous or ominous significance

Quiver (n.)

noun—a case of arrows for an archer

Skrimshander

person who makes things from whale bone

Slough

noun—the cast off skin of a snake

Sublime

awe inspiring

Superficial

near the surface

Tacit

understood or implied without being stated

Ubiquitous

present or existing everywhere

Elizabethan/Shakespearean Sonnet

A fourteen-line poem with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg

Petrarchan/Italian Sonnet

rhyme scheme of sestet—CDECDE