English Romanticism Vocab
Emulously: seeking to emulate or imitate someone or something.
Holograph: a manuscript handwritten by the person named as its author.
Coquetry: flirtatious behavior or a flirtatious manner.
Geniality: having a friendly or cheerful manner
Protégé: a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.
Demeanor: outward behavior or bearing.
Heresy: belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine.
Juggernaut: a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force or institution.
Pedantically: a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.
Presentment: a formal presentation of information to a court, especially by a sworn jury regarding an offense or other matter.
Catholicity: a concept pertaining to beliefs and practices that are widely accepted by numerous Christian denominations,
Fiend: Wicked or cruel person
Balderdash: senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
Proprieties: the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals
Apocryphal: (of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.
Austere: severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance.
Besieged: (of a place) surrounded by armed forces aiming to capture it or force surrender.
Somber: dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy.
Sordid: involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt.
Sepulchre: a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried.
Halloa:A loud exclamation
Scanty:small or insufficient in quantity or amount.
Burdock: a large herbaceous Old World plant of the daisy family. The hook-bearing flowers become woody burrs after fertilization and cling to animals' coats for seed dispersal.
Capers: pickled unopened flower buds
Edifice: A large imposing building
Gaiety: the state or quality of being lighthearted or cheerful.
Procession: a number of people or vehicles moving forward in an orderly fashion, especially as part of a ceremony or festival.
Thoroughfare: a road or path forming a route between two places.
Disquietude: a state of uneasiness or anxiety.
Troglodytic: a member of any of various peoples (as in antiquity) who lived or were reputed to live chiefly in caves
English Romanticism Vocab
Emulously: seeking to emulate or imitate someone or something.
Holograph: a manuscript handwritten by the person named as its author.
Coquetry: flirtatious behavior or a flirtatious manner.
Geniality: having a friendly or cheerful manner
Protégé: a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.
Demeanor: outward behavior or bearing.
Heresy: belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine.
Juggernaut: a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force or institution.
Pedantically: a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.
Presentment: a formal presentation of information to a court, especially by a sworn jury regarding an offense or other matter.
Catholicity: a concept pertaining to beliefs and practices that are widely accepted by numerous Christian denominations,
Fiend: Wicked or cruel person
Balderdash: senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
Proprieties: the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals
Apocryphal: (of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.
Austere: severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance.
Besieged: (of a place) surrounded by armed forces aiming to capture it or force surrender.
Somber: dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy.
Sordid: involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt.
Sepulchre: a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried.
Halloa:A loud exclamation
Scanty:small or insufficient in quantity or amount.
Burdock: a large herbaceous Old World plant of the daisy family. The hook-bearing flowers become woody burrs after fertilization and cling to animals' coats for seed dispersal.
Capers: pickled unopened flower buds
Edifice: A large imposing building
Gaiety: the state or quality of being lighthearted or cheerful.
Procession: a number of people or vehicles moving forward in an orderly fashion, especially as part of a ceremony or festival.
Thoroughfare: a road or path forming a route between two places.
Disquietude: a state of uneasiness or anxiety.
Troglodytic: a member of any of various peoples (as in antiquity) who lived or were reputed to live chiefly in caves