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CP Vocabulary 8
Gilgamesh, the Inferno, The Masque of the Red Death
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anguish | severe physical or mental pain; suffering |
| treacherous | hazardous; dangerous |
| countenance | the face |
| antidote | something that relieves, prevents, or counteracts |
| verdict | decision; judgment |
| profuse | great in amount, plentiful |
| reel | stand or move unsteadily; sway from a blow or shock |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength of superiority; to triumph |
| blasphemous | showing disrespect or scorn for God or anything sacred |
| nimble | sure-footed; light and quick |
| wanton | shamelessly unrestrained, immoral |
| ravaged | devastated; ruined |
| spectral | ghostlike |