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poe vocabulary and
poe lit and vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amontillado | dry spanish sherry |
| impunity | exemption from punishment |
| retributuion | punishment thats deserved |
| immolation | to be killed by fire |
| connoisseur | wine expert |
| accost | yelling madly |
| motley | mixed bunch |
| nitre | colorless, odorless element , to preserve |
| roquelaire | a cloak reaching the knees |
| palazzo | palace |
| abscond | to suddenly depart |
| sconce | candle placed by a mirror |
| flambeaux | torch |
| catacombs | underground cemetery |
| medoc | a less great wine |
| azure | a purple light of un-cloudy skies |
| puncheon | punch holes tool |
| gesticulation | excited jester |
| ignoramus | ignorant |
| fetter | chains |
| implore | beg for mercy |
| virtuoso | person with special knowledge in a field |
| avatar | meaning or symbol |
| pestilence | fatal epidemic disease |
| august | respective and impressive |
| sagacious | having keen mental discretement |
| contagion | spread of germs |
| pervade | to spread though all parts |
| sojourn | to stay for a time and a place |
| discernible | discerned |
| scrutinizing | carefully observent |
| tarn | small mountain lake |