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Kiger English 3
Masque of the Red Death
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pestilence | a fatal epidemic disease |
| avatar | an embodiment of an idea |
| profuse | plentiful, abudant |
| dissolution | decompsition |
| sagacious | showing keen mental judgement |
| hale | strong and healthy |
| castellated | having grooves on its upper face |
| abbey | building (formerly) occupied by monks |
| esscentric | unconventional and slightly strange |
| august | respected and impressive |
| courtier | person who serves a royal court |
| ingess | an entrance |
| egress | an exit |
| contagion | disease spread by close contact |
| folly | foolishness |
| improvisatori | improvising poet |
| voluptuous | characterized by luxury |
| masquerade | to be disguised as something one is not |
| vista | a pleasing view |
| impede | to obstruct, to block |
| Gothic | style of architecture prevalent in western Europe during 12th-16th centuries |
| Casements | window set on a hinge so that it opens like a door |
| candelabrum | large-branched candlestick |
| brazier | a stand for holding lighted coals |
| gaudy | extravagantly bright or showy |
| countenance | a person's face or facial expression |
| perforce | necessarily, inevitably |
| sedate | calm, dignified, and unhurried |
| tremulous | shaking or quivering slightly |
| revel | lively and noisy festivity |
| decora | particular requirements of good taste and propriety |
| fete | a celebration or festival |
| piquant | pleasantly stimulating to the mind |
| phantasm | a figment of the imagination; an illusion or apparition |
| "Hernani" | an 1830 play by Vitor Hugo |
| arabesque | an ornamental design consisting of intertwined flowing lines |
| wanton | lively, playful |
| anon | soon; shortly |
| wane | to decrease in vigor, power, or extent |
| ruddy | having a healthy red color |
| sable | black |
| commence | to begin |
| cessation | a ceasing; an end |
| arrest | to stop or check (progress) |
| disapprobation | strong dispproval |
| out-Heroded Herod | to surpass in violence or extravagence |
| decorum | particular requirement of good taste and properiety |
| gaunt | lean and haggard, esp. because of suffering, hunger, or age |
| habiliments | clothing |
| mummer | an actor in masked in mime |
| battelements | parapets at the top of a war, usually of a castle, that has regularly spaced, squared openings for shooting through |
| ere | before |
| impetuous | done quickly without thought or care |
| prostrate | lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward |
| untenanted | not lived in |
| illimitable | without limits or an end |
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