Nothing Gold Can Stay Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words from Nothing Gold Can Stay

hue (noun)

A color or shade, especially one that is distinct or notable.

subsides (verb)

To sink, settle, or diminish gradually; here, to recede or give way to something lesser.

Eden (noun)

The biblical Garden of Eden, a paradise of innocence and perfection; used as an allusion to any ideal, unspoiled state.

grief (noun)

Deep sorrow or anguish, especially caused by loss.

gold (noun)

Used metaphorically to mean something precious, perfect, or at its most valuable early state -- not the literal metal.

dawn (noun)

The first light of morning; here used metaphorically for any beginning or earliest, most beautiful phase.

sank (verb)

Past tense of sink; to fall or descend, here used figuratively to describe a decline from perfection into sorrow.