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"The Raven"
Text Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Countenance | A person's facial expression |
| Dirge | A slow, mournful song for the dead (like a funeral song) |
| Dreary | dull, gloomy, and bleak |
| Entreating | earnestly begging or pleading with someone |
| Ghastly | terrifyingly horrible; ominous or grim |
| Implore | To beg desperately |
| Ominous | Giving the sense that something bad is about to happen |
| Respite | A short break or relief from something difficult |
| Surcease | The act of something coming to an end |
| Ungainly | Clumsy; awkward in movement |
| Wrought | To have made or done something; to have left something behind |