EdgarAllanPoe Vocab Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| 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 |
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