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Poe Vocab
Edgar Allen Poe Vocabulary For Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven and The Pit/Pendulum
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Placid | Calm |
| Censer | A container in which incense is burned |
| Ghastly | horrible |
| Fiend | Demon, Villian |
| Radiant | bright |
| Tempest | Storm |
| Respite | repose and rest |
| Wretch | Scoundrel, Miscreant |
| Gloating | exulting, celebrating |
| Divining | Speculating, conjecturing |
| Melancholy | sad, gloomy |
| Dirges | Funeral songs |
| Relevancy | Significance |
| Discourse | Conversation |
| Fowl | Bird |
| Craven | coward |
| Countenance | face |
| Decorum | Formality |
| Refrained | Held back |
| Fissure | A long, narrow, depression in a surface |
| Suavity | Smoothness, Politness |
| Acute | Sharp, Sensitive |
| Obtuse | 1.) An angle greater then 90 degrees 2.) Dull, blunt, not pointed 3.) Stupid Person |
| Ague | A fit of fever or shaking or shivering chills |
| Aperture | 1.)An opening or hole 2.)the size of the opening in a lens that lets light into the camera |
| Inanition | 1.)Loss of vitality that results from lack of food and water 2.)Absence or loss of social, moral, or intellectual vitality or vigor |
| Moiety | one of two equal parts: half of something |
| Pertinacity | Adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose or design, perversely persistent |
| Gossamer | Something light, delicate or insubstantial |
| Obeisance | bowing as sign of reverence |
| Lattice | Framing, windowpanes |
| Implore | Ask for |
| Entreating | seeking |
| Cadence | A recurrent rhythmical series |
| Vexed | disturbed; annoyed |
| Wrought | Caused to happen |
| Viand | A item of food |
| Quaff | to drink copiously and heartily |
| Ebony | Dark colored |
| Impede | to restrain in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances, obstruct, hinder |
| Audacity | boldness |
| Sagacity | intelligence and good judgment |
| Ember | A smoldering fragment of wood |
| Quaint | odd, singular, old fashioned |
| Writhe | To move in a twisted or contorted motion |
| Gesticulations | Energetic Gestures |
| Pallid | Pale, faint or deficient in color |
| Plume | A feather |
| Fancy | Imagination |
| Bauble | A small ornament, something of little value |
| Scimitar | A saber having a curved blade with the edge on the convex side and used chiefly by the Arabs and the Turks |
| Profound | Penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge |
| Galvanic | Relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity |
| Locution | A word or expression characteristic of a region, group, or cultural level |
| Acrid | Sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor |
| Recusant | One who refuses to accept or obey established authority |
| ravenous | extremely hungry |
| Dint | By Force of |
| Tumultuous | raising a great clatter and commotion |
| Lore | Traditional Knowledge |
| Supposition | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence |
| Vehemently | Forcefully; passionately |
| Avidity | Eagerness, greediness, enthusiasm |
| Insuperable | Impossible to surmount |
| Lucid | Transparently clear; easily understandable |
| Derision | Contempt: ridicule |
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