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EdgarAllanPoe Vocab
Vocabulary for Edgar Allan Poe
Term | Definition |
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melancholy | adj., a sad mood or feeling |
affliction | n., a condition that causes pain or suffering |
malady | n., disease or illness |
mad | adj., completely insane |
gossamer | adj., light or delicate thread like that of a spider's web |
oppressive | adj., cruel or unfair |
ominous | adj., suggesting that something bad is going to happen |
reveler | n., a party-goer; someone who is celebrating with other people in usually a wild and noisy way |
chamber | n., a large room |
acute | adj., very strong and sensitive; highly developed |
peculiar | adj., strange or unusual |
dilapidation | adj., in very bad condition because of age or lack of care |
entomb | v., to put someone in a casket or coffin |
luminous | adj., shining; seeming to produce light |
agitation | n., disturbed, excited or angered |
emaciated | adj., very thin because of hunger of disease |
oppress | v., to treat someone in a cruel or unfair way |
pestilence | n., a disease that causes many people to die |
masquerade | n., a party at which people wear masks and often costumes |
pendulum | n., a stick with a weight at the bottom that swings back and forth |
grotesque | adj., very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural |
phantasm | n., something that exists only in a person's mind |
sagacious | adj., able to understand difficult ideas and situations and to make good decisions |
vex | v., to annoy or worry |
delirium | n., a mental state in which you are confused and not able to think or speak clearly usually because of fever or some other illness |
inquisition | n., a harsh and unfair investigation or series of questions |