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Poe Vocab
The Raven, Tell-Tale Heart, and the Pit and the Pendulum
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| quaint | odd, singular, old fashioned |
| lore | traditional knowledge |
| ember | smoldering fragment of wood |
| wrought | caused to happen |
| entreating | seeking |
| implore | ask for |
| lattice | framing; windowpanes |
| obeisance | bowing as a sign of reverence |
| ebony | dark colored |
| fancy | imagination |
| decorum | formality |
| countenance | face |
| ghastly | horrible |
| fowl | bird |
| discourse | conversation |
| relevancy | significance |
| placid | calm |
| aptly | competently |
| dirges | funeral songs |
| melancholy | sad, gloomy |
| divining | speculating, conjecturing |
| gloating | exulting, celebrating |
| wretch | scoundrel, miscreant |
| respite | repose and rest |
| quaff | drink |
| tempest | storm |
| radiant | bright |
| fiend | demon, villain |
| plume | feather tuft |
| pallid | pale |
| writhe | to move in a twisting or contorted motion |
| locution | a word or expression characteristic of a region, group, or cultural level |
| galvanic | relating to or producing a direct current of electricity |
| profound | penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding |
| gossamer | something light, delicate, or insubstantial |
| cadence | a recurrent rhythmical series |
| lucid | transparently clear; easily understandable |
| tumultuous | raising a great clatter and commotion |
| supposition | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence |
| impede(d) | to restrain in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder |
| insuperable | impossible to surmount (overcome) |
| avidity | eagerness, greediness, enthusiasm |
| dint | by force of |
| ravenous | extremely hungry |
| recusant | one who refuses to accept or obey established authority |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor |
| scimitar | a saber having a curved blade with the edge on the convex side and used chiefly by Arabs and Turks |
| bauble | small ornament; something of little value |
| inanition | loss of vitality that results from lack of food and water; the absence or loss of social, moral, or intellectual vitality or vigor |
| pertinacity | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design; perversely persistent |
| moiety | one of two equal parts; half of something |
| viand | item of food |
| fissure | long, narrow depression in a surface |
| aperture | opening or hole (today usually refers to size of opening in camera lens) |
| ague | fit of fever, shaking or shivering chills |
| obtuse | angle greater than 90 degrees; dull, blunt, not pointed; stupid |
| acute | sharp, sensitive |
| vexed | disturbed, annoyed |
| suavity | smoothness, politeness |
| audacity | boldness |
| derision | contempt, ridicule |
| refrained | held back |
| wary | cautious |
| vehemently | forcefully, passionately |
| sagacity | intelligence and good judgement |
| gesticulations | energetic gestures |
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