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Edgar Allen Poe.
Vocabulary.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Amontillado | a pale, dry spanish sherry |
| Impunity | exemption from punishment |
| Retributuion | punishment that is considered to be morally right and fully deserved |
| Immolation | to kill with fire |
| Connoisseur | en expert judge in matters of taste (wine) |
| Virtuoso | a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field |
| Accost | to confront boldly |
| Motley | an incongruous mixture |
| Nitre | used especially as a fertilizer and explosive |
| Roquelaire | long coat |
| Plazzo | palace |
| Abscond | to depart in a sudden and secret manner |
| Sconce | a bracket for candles |
| Flambeaux | torch |
| Catacombs | underground cemetery |
| Medoc | a wine-growing region in Grionde |
| Azure | color blue |
| Puncheon | a tool used to punch holes |
| Gesticulation | a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion |
| Ignoramus | a ignorant or stupid person |
| Fetter | a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner |
| Implore | beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something |
| Avatar | a manifestation of a deity in a bodily form on earth |
| Pestilence | deadly disease |
| Sagacious | keen of sent |
| August | respected and impressive; stately grand |
| Contagion | the communication of disease from 1 person to another by close contact |
| Pervade | to become spread throughout by |
| Sojourn | a temporary stay |
| Discernible | distinguishable |
| Scrutinizing | to examine in detail with careful or critical attention |
| Tarn | a small mountain lake or pool |
| Cadaverousness | pale; haggard and thin |
| Profuse | spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in ): profuse praise. |
| Vivacious | lively |
| Pallid | pale; faint or deficient in color |
| Stupor | suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, |
| Insipid | without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink |
| Similitude | likeness; resemblance |
| Demeanor | conduct; behavior; deportment |
| Incubus | an imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons, especially one fabled to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep. |
| Potency | power; authority |
| Obstinate | firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion |
| Emaciated | marked by emaciation |
| Prodigious | abnormal; monstrous |
| Surcease | to cease from some action; desist; to come to an end |
| Obeisance | a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy |
| Nepenthe | a drug or drink, or the plant yielding it |
| Ghastly | shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible |
| Gaunt | extremely thin and bony |
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aebennett
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