Vocabulary #9• abnegation-self-denial; giving up

something• filaments-very slender natural

or synthetic fiber• limpid-clear, clean; without

blemish or confusion

•elegy-serious poem of lament, usually mourning a death or another great loss•mundane-dull, ordinary, boring, common•promontory-a natural elevation, especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea

• free verse – poetry that doesn’t have a regular meter or rhyme scheme•copious -in great quantity, abundant•nimbus- type of cloud; indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint•quintessence – the purest and perfect embodiment of something