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Whitman vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |