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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Vocabulary Preview

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

charming or enchanting, often in an evil way

a)

pallid

b)

plume

c)

beguiling

d)

murmured

2.

a person’s face or facial expressions

a)

countenance

b)

pallid

c)

implored

d)

ominous

3.

beg someone desperately to do something

a)

implore

b)

lattice

c)

lore

d)

entreating

4.

say something in a low, soft, indistinct voice

a)

implored

b)

vexed

c)

murmured

d)

ominous

5.

a body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group, typically passed from person to person by word of mouth

a)

tempest

b)

lore

c)

plume

d)

entreating

6.

pale due to poor health

a)

ominous

b)

implore

c)

lore

d)

pallid

7.

to think about carefully, especially before making a decision or coming to a conclusion about something

a)

implored

b)

murmured

c)

pondered

d)

vexed

8.

not intimidated or discouraged by difficulty, danger, or disappointment

a)

undaunted

b)

beguiling

c)

entreating

d)

implored

9.

a violently windy storm

a)

undaunted

b)

tempest

c)

countenance

d)

beguiling

10.

giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is about to happen

a)

lore

b)

implored

c)

ominous

d)

countenance

11.

Body of knowledge on a subject

a)

lore

b)

obeisance

c)

entreat

d)

placid

12.

to come to an end

a)

beguile

b)

lore

c)

discourse

d)

surcease

13.

to influence by trickery

a)

lore

b)

beguile

c)

melancholy

d)

placid

14.

a gloomy state of mind

a)

melancholy

b)

ominouus

c)

surcease

d)

lore

15.

threatening evil or harm

a)

placid

b)

entreat

c)

ominous

d)

surcease

16.

pleasantly, calm, peaceful

a)

placid

b)

lore

c)

entreat

d)

discourse

17.

unfriendly; unwelcoming; gloomy

a)

lore

b)

quaint

c)

bleak

d)

morrow

18.

think; wonder; consider carefully

a)

ponder

b)

morrow

c)

bleak

d)

quaint

19.

old-fashioned appearance; usually attractive

a)

morrow

b)

quaint

c)

lore

d)

ponder

20.

something that is learned; a belief

a)

morrow

b)

bleak

c)

lore

d)

ponder

21.

next day; tomorrow

a)

lore

b)

morrow

c)

bleak

d)

ponder

22.

to beg

a)

surcease

b)

implore

c)

mortal

d)

ebony

23.

to trick or deceive

a)

beguile

b)

decorum

c)

countenance

d)

ghastly

24.

terrifying; unpleasant; horrifying

a)

Plutonian

b)

countenance

c)

beguile

d)

ghastly

25.

look; expression

a)

countenance

b)

beguile

c)

decorum

d)

Plutonian

26.

calm; steady

a)

placid

b)

quoth

c)

nevermore

d)

dirges

27.

old-fashioned word for the verb "said"

a)

quoth

b)

nevermore

c)

placid

d)

dirges

28.

foreshadowing evil; bad omen

a)

nevermore

b)

placid

c)

dirges

d)

ominous