Poetry Flashcards
(27 cards)
Transience
Briefness or temporariness
Homage
respect and recognition
Unrequited
Not returned
Panegyric
Public speech or text in praise of something or someone
Narcissistic
Having or showing excessive interest or admiration of oneself and one’s physical appearance
Sceptical
Not easily convinced
Cynical
Believing that people are motivated purely by self interest
Wit
Cleverness and quick understanding
Melancholy
Sad without any cause
Abatement
Acting of ending
Pestilence
A fatal epidemic disease
Constancy
Quality of being faithful
Satirical
Mocking
Reverential
Treat someone or something with a lot of respect or admiration
Ardent
Very enthusiastic or passionate
Lament
Passionate expression of grief or sorrow
Monotonous
Dull and tedious, lacking in variety and interest
Tumultuous
Making loud confused noise
Hubbub
Chaos caused by crowd of people
Boisterous
Noisy, energetic and cheerful
Deride
Make fun of
Purge
Get rid of
Surfeiting
Full of something
Solemn
Formal and dignified