The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Pestilence | noun serious contagious infectious disease |
| Fatal | adjective leading to death |
| Avatar | noun: version of ones self |
| Profuse: | adjective, alot |
| dissolution | noun, act of something breaking down |
| sagacious | adjective wise or shrewd |
| dominions | noun, slaves |
| hale | adjective fit and storng |
| seclusion | noun, isolated |
| lofty | adjective, very high |
| girdled | noun woman's foundation garment |
| amply provisioned | adverb more than enough |
| contagion | noun spread of disease though contact |
| buffoons | noun bumbling person/ clown |
| voluptuous | adjective sensual in apearence or pleassure |
| imperial | adjective of empire or emperour |
| vista | noun scenic view |
| impeded | verb hinder |
| bizarre | adjective grotesquely odd |
| novel | refreshingly new |
| tapestries | noun, fabric with woven design |
| shrouded | noun, a cover |
| candelabrum | noun branching light fixture |
| countenances | noun, face or expression |
| brazen | adjective bold and out there |
| perforce | adverb unavoidabley |
| disconcert | verb uneasy |
| sedate | adjective unhurried |
| revery | day dream |
| tremulousness | adjective trembling |
| embellishments | verb add on |
| fete | noun party |
| grotesque | adjective distorted |
| piquancy | adjective spicy |
| writhed | verb to twist and squarm |
| waning | verb get smaller or less |
| sabl | noun brown furry animals |
| appalls | verb cause shock or diqust |
| densely | adjective tightly packed |
| cessation | noun stop |
| disapprobation | noun, disaproval |
| propriety | noun doing the right thing |
| habiliments | noun cloths you are waying |
| visage | noun cognateness |
| ***Beauty | beautiful on the outside not the inside |
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