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from some of Poe's Poems
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9th Grade
11/18/2009
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injuries
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damage or harm done to or suffered by a person or thing
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impunity
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exemption from punishment,pentaly, or harm
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immolation
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destruction;being killed
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imposed
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forced on another or others
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catacombs
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underground cemetery
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orbs
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eyes
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masons
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one who builds or works with stone or brick
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flambeaux
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a lighted torch
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promiscuously
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casually;randomly
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conceived
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to form or develop in the mind;devise
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dissimulstion
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concealing one's true feelings or intentions
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vexed
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to bring distress or suffering to;plague or afflict
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sagacity
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the quality of being discerning, sound in judgment
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hearkening
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listening
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unperceived
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unnoticed
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acuteness
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reacting readily to impressions; sensitive
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audacity
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boldness;daring
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derision
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scoffing;ridicule
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succinct
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short,and to the point(not wordy)
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sagacious
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wise
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malevolence
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evil acts
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debauch
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to corrupt morally
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infamy
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evil fame or reputation
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odious
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offensive,hateful,or repugnant
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pestilence
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a fatal,epidemic diease;tending to cause death
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dread
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profound fear or terror
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anomalous
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something unusual,irregular,or abnormal
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succumb
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to give in to something overpowering
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pondered
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meditated,studoed
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quaint
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old
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ember
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glowing wood fragment
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surcrease
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end,pause.delay
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entreating
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begging,pleading for
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implore
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beg,ask for
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stately
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majeitic,high class
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mien
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manner,behavior
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beguile
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to charm or to coax
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discourse
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speech
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placid
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peaceful
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ominous
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sinister,threatening
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respite
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rest pause
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melancholy
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sadness or depression,gloom
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