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Whitman vocab
Term | Definition |
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Assume | In "Song of Myself", it means to take on |
Abeyance | Temporary suspension; Inactivity |
Hieroglyphic | Picture symbol used in a writing system to represent sounds or words |
Sufficed | to be enough or adequate |
Harbor | To give shelter or offer refuge |
Hazard | Unavoidable danger |
Disposition | state of mind or inclination |
Transpire | To be revealed or become known |
Inspired | breathed in |
twinges | sudden, sharp pains |
Livid | Deathly pale, pallid, ashen |
Pervading | spread throughout all parts of |
plaudits | an enthusiastic expression of approval; applause |
entrenchments | trenches dug in warfare to protect soldiers from advancing troops |
gab | idle talk, chatter |
barbaric yawp | a primitive, loud, harsh cry |
scud | windblown mist and low clouds |
effuse | spread out |
eddies | small whirlwinds |
free verse | poetry without a pattern of rhyme or rhythm |
imagery | appeals to one of the five senses |
figures of speech | similes and metaphors |
Symbols | a person. place, or thing that has meaning beyond itself |