A Rapture Glossary

A Rapture Glossary

servile rout

submissive crowd

valiant

brave

wrought

constructed, created

enfranchised

freed

mintage

coin engraving

respites

breaks

boughs

branches (of a tree)

fervent

passionate, eager

beauteous

beautiful

eglantine

a type of rose

Apennine

the Apennine mountains; a mountain range in Italy

vapours

steam, smoke

halcyon

happy, peaceful

affright

a scare, a shock

traduce

to slander, to talk badly about someone

imperious

bossy, domineering

unapt

unsuitable for

maugre

regardless of, in spite of

emulous

ambitious, eager

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