Emily Dickinson Vocabulary Words

A feeling or state of anxiety or uneasiness

A state or condition of confusion, movement, or agitation; disorder

to comply (with); assent (to) without protest

1. domineering; arrogant; overbearing 2. rare urgent; imperative
domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing:

Showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority:

Not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties

The state of being conscious; awareness of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.

Insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.

1. supreme and unrestricted power, as of a state 2. the position, dominion, or authority of a sovereign 3. an independent state

1. not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain. 2. incapable of being injured or impaired: impervious to wear and tear. 3. incapable of being influenced, persuaded, or affected: impervious to reason; impervious to another's suffering.

conforming with established or accepted standards, as in religion, behaviour, or attitudes

Excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain;

Not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable:

1. rapturous delight. 2. an overpowering emotion or exaltation; a state of sudden, intense feeling. 3. the frenzy of poetic inspiration. 4. mental transport or rapture from the contemplation of divine things.