Conchs Vocabulary for Poe's The Masque of the Red Death

Mrs. McLean (United States of America)
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  1. pestilence
    any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  2. dissolution
    separation into component parts
  3. dauntless
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  4. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  5. hale
    exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
  6. august
    profoundly honored
  7. ingress
    the act of entering
  8. egress
    the act or means of going out
  9. contagion
    an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
  10. buffoon
    a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
  11. vista
    the visual percept of a region
  12. hue
    the quality of a color determined by its dominant wavelength
  13. shroud
    burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
  14. profusion
    the property of being extremely abundant
  15. pendulum
    an apparatus in which an object is mounted to swing freely
  16. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  17. constrained
    lacking spontaneity; not natural
  18. hearken
    listen; used mostly in the imperative
  19. disconcert
    cause to lose one's composure
  20. pervade
    spread or diffuse through
  21. embellishment
    the act of adding extraneous decorations to something
  22. writhe
    move in a twisting or contorted motion
  23. gaiety
    a joyful feeling
  24. cessation
    a stopping
  25. disapprobation
    an expression of strong disapproval
  26. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  27. propriety
    correct behavior
  28. gaunt
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  29. visage
    the human face
  30. blasphemous
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  31. robust
    sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction
  32. attain
    gain with effort
  33. illimitable
    without restrictions in extent or size or quantity
Created on Sat Oct 26 18:54:13 EDT 2013

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