The Man Who was Poe

Ms. Grose (United States of America)
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  1. saloon
    a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served
  2. remunerative
    for which money is paid
  3. hodgepodge
    a motley assortment of things
  4. detain
    cause to be slowed down or delayed
  5. spasmodically
    in spurts and fits
  6. berate
    censure severely or angrily
  7. discreet
    marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
  8. rebuke
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  9. sorely
    to a great degree
  10. quell
    suppress or crush completely
  11. shroud
    burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
  12. absentmindedly
    in an absentminded or preoccupied manner
  13. fantastic
    extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance
  14. burly
    muscular and heavily built
  15. privy
    informed about something secret or not generally known
  16. isolation
    the act of setting something apart from others
  17. insinuate
    suggest in an indirect or covert way; give to understand
  18. coiled
    curled or wound in rings or spirals
  19. triumphant
    experiencing victory
  20. configuration
    an arrangement of parts or elements
  21. mausoleum
    a large burial chamber, usually above ground
  22. stymie
    hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  23. bramble
    any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
  24. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  25. curt
    brief and to the point
  26. grotesque
    distorted and unnatural in shape or size
  27. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  28. sordidness
    unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values
  29. daguerreotype
    an early type of photograph produced on a silver plate
Created on Thu Dec 13 12:23:34 EST 2012 (updated Wed Jan 02 13:47:25 EST 2013)

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