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Edgar Allen Poe Vocabulary
The Pit and the Pendulum, The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell Tale Heart
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11th Grade
01/10/2013
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audacity
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boldness
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deputed
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delegated, appointed or instructed
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derision
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ridicule (v: deride)
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dissemble
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to act or speak falsely, lie
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dissimulation
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deceit
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hearken
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to listen
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pitch
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tar
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sagacity
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shrewdness, cleverness, (n: sage)
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scantlings
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small pieces of lumber
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suavity
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pleasantness/suave
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tattoo
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a rhythmic rapping
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vex
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to irritate (n: vexation)
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absconded
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left quickly; disappeared
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azure
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the color blue
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circumscribing
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encircling; constructing
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ejaculated
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exclaimed
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Eld
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(archaic) old age
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fettered
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chained
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flagon
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a glass bottle for holding wine before serving it
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flambeaux
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torches
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gait
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a manner of walking
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hearken
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to listen
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immolation
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a sacrifice
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impunity
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with no regard; exemption
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leer
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a sideways glance; sneer
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motley
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a clown or jester's costume; varied (in color or design)
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nitre
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potassium nitrate, a compound that causes oxidation; an ingredient in gunpowder
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palazzo
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a mansion
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puncheons
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large casks
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rapier
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a type of small sword
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redresser
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an avenger
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rheum
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a think watery discharge from the eyes
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roquelaire
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a knee-length cloak
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surmounted
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rested on top
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unredressed
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not avenged
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virtuoso
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a person skilled or knowledgeable in a specific subject
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acrid
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having a strong, sharp odor
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ague
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a chill; fit of shivering
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anointed
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applied oil
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aperture
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an opening
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athwart
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across
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avidity
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greedy enthusiasm
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autos-da-fe
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literally, acts of the faith; judgments set down by the Spanish inquisition
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cadence
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any rhythmic flow of sound
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charnel
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deathlike; related to death
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cognizance
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awareness
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convolutions
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turns, twists
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daubed
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covered with
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epoch
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an era, long time
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frivolity
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unimportance
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galvanic
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producing an electric current
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gossamer
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light, delicate
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inanition
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weakness caused by hunger
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insuperable
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insurmountable
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lateral
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from the side
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locution
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a way of speaking
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lurid
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glowing through a haze
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moiety
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a half
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pertinacity
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extreme persistence, stubbornness
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quatrain
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a grouping of four lines of poetry
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recusant
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a rebel
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ribands
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ribbons
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scimitar
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a curved sword
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serge
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a rough woolen cloth
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spasmodically
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violently, suddenly
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sulphurous
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fiery
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sunder
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to cut apart, sever
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surcingle
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a cord used to tie part of a priest's clothing
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unbidden
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not requested
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viand
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food
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