Vocab List #2 Poe and Short Stories
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abstruse | hard to understand |
| deprecating | to express disapproval of |
| erudition | knowledge acquired by study, reason, etc. |
| effulgence | a brrrirreeant radiance |
| gratuitously | given/recieved fo free! |
| incipient | in the first stage of existance |
| jaunty | having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner |
| malevolent | having/showing intense ill will |
| parsimonious | frugal to excess, jew-like |
| pecuniary | of or relating to money, jew |
| peremptorily | leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal |
| piquancy | agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor |
| ponderous | slow and clumsy because of great weight |
| propensity | intense natural inclination or preference |
| redolent | suggestive or reminiscent of |
| salient | most noticeable or important |
| sibilant | something characterized by producing a hissing sound like that of "s" or "sh" |
| supercilious | behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others |
| surmounted | to mount upon or get on top of (think "Sir Mount ______ the horse.") |
| vanquished | to subdue compretely |
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