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Poetry Vocab #1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| azure | having the hue of a clear and unclouded sky |
| innumerable | incapable of being counted |
| jocund | tending to inspire cheerfulness |
| pensive | dreamily or wistfully thoughtful |
| host | a great number of people or things |
| vacant | not occupied or inhabited |
| bliss | supreme happiness |
| fester | become worse or intense, especially through long-term neglect |
| countenance | appearance or expression of the face |
| defer | to put off to a future time |
| demure | shy and modest |
| indulge | to yield to an inclination or desire |
| diverge | to move in different directions from a common point |
| trod | to walk on, over, or along |
| rage | angry fury; violent anger |
| lament | to express sorrow, mourning, or regret |
| temperate | moderate or self-restrained; not extreme or excessive |
| gilded | covered or highlighted with gold; having a showy appearance that conceals something of little worth |
| opalescent | having a milky iridescence like that of an opal |
| furrow | to make a narrow groove-like or trench-like depression in any surface |