The Fall of the House of Usher
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11 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acuity | sharpness of perception |
| affinity | a likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship |
| anomalous | out of place, abnormal |
| antiquity | the quality of being ancient; ancient times |
| apathy | a lack of concern or feeling, indifference. phlegm, stoicism, stolidness |
| desolate | deserted, without inhibitants, barren |
| dirge | funeral hymn, lament |
| discern | to differentiate between two or more things |
| discord | lack of agreement, tension, strife. contention, dissension, variance |
| dissolution | disintegration, decomposition, and dispersion |
| emaciated | very thin (usually as a result of starvation), wasting away |
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