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Poe Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Amontillado | a pale, dry Spanish sherry |
| Impunity | exemption from punishment |
| Immolation | an act or instance of sacrifice |
| Connoisseur | a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgements in an act |
| Virtuoso | person who has special knowledge or skill in a field |
| Accost | to confront bodly |
| Motley | exhibiting great diversity of elements |
| Nitre | colorless, orderless element, used to preserve things |
| Roquelaire | a cloak reaching to the knees |
| Palaxxo | palace |
| Abscond | to depart in a sudden and secret manner |
| Sconce | bracket for candle or other lights, placed on a wall |
| Flambeaux | torch |
| Catacombs | subterranean burial chambers of the early Christians in and near Rome |
| Medoc | a wine growing region in Gironde |
| Azure | of or having a light shade of blue |
| Puncheon | a large cask of varying capacity, tool used to punch holes |
| Gesticulation | an animated or excited gesture |
| Ignoramus | an extremely ignorant person |
| Fetter | a chain or shackle placed on the feet |
| Implore | to beg urgently |
| Avatar | manifestation of a deity or released soul in bodily form on earth |
| Pestilence | fatal epidemic disease |
| Sagacious | having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement |
| August | respected and impressive |
| Contagion | communication of disease from one person to another by close contact |
| Pervade | spread throughout |
| Sojourn | a temporary stay |
| Discernible | noticeable |
| Scrutinizing | to examine in detail with careful or critical attention |
| Tarn | a small mountain, lake or pool |
| Cadaverousness | of or like a corpse |
| Profuse | spending or giving freely and in large amount |
| Vivacious | lively, animated |
| Pallid | pale, faint or deficient in color |
| Stupor | suspension or great diminution of sensibility |
| Insipid | without interesting qualities |
| Similitude | likeness |
| Demeanor | behavior |
| Incubus | an imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to upon sleeping persons |
| Potency | strength, power |
| Obstinate | stubborn |
| Emaciated | unusually thin |
| Prodigious | of great size and power |
| Surcease | an end |
| Obeisance | gesture of respect or subservience |
| Nepenthe | a sleeping potion that people once believed would relive pain and sorrow |
| Ghastly | shockingly frightful or dreadful |
| Gaunt | extremely thin and bony |
| Restributuion | punishment thats deserved |
Created by:
EPetersen
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