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Poe Vocabulary

Edgar Allen Poe Vocabulary

QuestionAnswer
Amontillado a pale dry sherry or wine
Impunity freed from punishment or recrimination
Retribution the act of punishing
Immolation to kill of destroy or to kill by fire
Connoisseur a person with expert knowledge or training
Virtuoso a musician with masterly ability
Accost to approach and speak boldly or aggressively
Motley the parti-colored attire of a court jester
Nitre used as a fertilizer and explosives, preserve/keep cold
Roquelaire knee length coat
Palazzo palace
Abscond run away secretly and quickly
Sconce decorative wall bracket from holding candles
Flambeaux torch
Catacombs vault, or a tomb (underground cemetery)
Medoc Class of Claret wines
Azure a light purplish-blue
Puncheon a large cask (barrel) usually 80 gallons
Gesticulation the act of gesturing
Ignoramus an extremely ignorant person
Fetter chain or shackle placed on the feet
Implore to beg urgently or piteously
Avatar a graphical image that represents a person (symbol)
Pestilence a deadly disease
Sagacious wise or clever
August inspiring reverence or admiration
Contagion communication of disease by direct or indirect contact
Pervade spread throughout
Sojourn short stay
Discernible noticeable
Scrutinizing carefully observant
Tarn small but deep mountain lake
Cadaverousness paleness or gauntness, as a corpse
Profuse abundant
Vivacious cheerful, lively
Pallid pale
Stupor state of mental dullness, loss of senses
Insipid bland, without flavor
Similitude likeness
Demeanor behavior, conduct
Incubus nightmare
Potency strength, power
Obstinate stubborn
Emaciated unusually thin
Prodigious great size and power
Surcease an end
Obeisance gesture of respect or subservience
Nepenthe a sleeping potion that people once believed would relieve pain and sorrow
Ghastly causing great horror or fear
Gaunt a person usually lean and haggard because of suffering, hunger, or age
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