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Poe Literature

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Amontillado medium, dry sherry
Impunity exemption from punishment
Retribution punishment that is considered to be morally right and fully deserved
Immolation kill or offer as a sacrifice
Connoisseur an expert judge in matters of taste
Virtuoso a person highly skilled in music
Accost approach or address someone boldly
Motley incongruously varied in appearance or character
Nitre cooling agent
Roquelaire old coat, like a trench coat
Palazzo palace
Abscond leave hurriedly and secretly
Sconce a candle holder
Falmbeaux torch
Catacombs underground cemetery consisting of a subterranean gallery with recesses for tombs
Medoc a red wine
Azure bright blue in color
Puncheon a short post, used for supporting a roof in a coal mine
Gesticulation a dramatic gesture
Ignoramus an ignorant or stupid person
Fetter chain used to restrain a prisoner placed around the ankles
Implore beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something
Avatar a symbol that represents something
Pestilence a fatal epidemic disease
Sagacious having or showing keen mental discernment or good judgement
August respected and impressive
Contagion spreading of a disease
Pervade to spread throughout
Sojourn a short stay
Discernible noticeable
Scrutinizing carefully observant
Tarn small but deep mountain lake
Cadaverousness paleness
Profuse abundant
Vivacious cheerful, lively
Pallid pale
Stupor state of mental dullness
Insipid bland without flavor
Similitude likeness
Demeanor behavior, conduct
Incubus nightmare
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 believed to relieve pain and sorrow
Ghastly causing great horror or fear
Gaunt lean and haggard
Created by: SamanthaCostello
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