Romantics Vocab

  1. Albatross (n): Something that causes persistent deep concern or anxiety and impedes action or progress

  2. Aver (v): Declare with confidence

  3. Expiate (v): Make amends or atone for some guilt or sin

  4. Forlorn (adj): Hopeless, despairing, or in poor condition

  5. Gallant (adj): Brave, heroic, or chivalrous

  6. Garner (n): A storehouse or supply of anything, especially grain

  7. Gaudy (adj): Excessively showy in a tasteless way

  8. Glean (v): Gather information or discover something slowly and laboriously, bit by bit

  9. Heath (n): A tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs

  10. Hoary (adj): Gray or white with age; tedious with familiarity, stale

  11. Invocate (v): Call, pray, or petition earnestly for support; to bring about or cause

  12. Jocund (adj): Cheerful and lighthearted; suggestive of high spirits

  13. Lea (n): An open area of grassy land used for hay or grazing

  14. Mariner (n): A person who navigates or assists in navigating a ship

  15. Shrieve (v): To administer the sacrament of reconciliation to; to free from guilt

  16. Sordid (adj): Morally vile and ignoble

  17. Sprightly (adj): Animated or lively

  18. Swound (n): A state of hysterical rapture or ecstasy

  19. Teem (v): Be full of or swarming with

  20. Visage (n): A personā€™s face with reference to the shape, features, and expression