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Vocab Review
"The Masque of the Red Death"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| avatar | An embodiment, as of a quality or concept |
| sagacious | wise |
| countenance | the expression of the face |
| revery (reverie) | a daydream |
| tremulous | fearful, timid |
| piquancy | attractive, though racy |
| arabasque | a style of fanciful decoration |
| wanton | unrestrained, wild, reckless |
| writhed | twist one's body, as from pain |
| waning | decrease, as in size |
| cessation | ceasing or discontinuance of action or motion |
| disapprobation | not approved |
| habiliments | clothing, garments |
| visage | the face, especially of a human being, appearance |
| vesture | garments, any covering |
| impetuosity | sudden and vehement in action |
| prostrate | lying flat, bowing low |
| cerements | the cloth in which the body is wrapped for embalming |
| untenanted | not occupied |
| propriety | correct behavior, decorum, the standards of conduct approved by society |
| revel | join in merrymaking |
| phantasmagoric | succession of illusive images, as in a dream |
| impeded | check or retard the progress of, hinder, obstruct |
| profuse | liberal to excess, abundant |