The Fall of the House of Usher

Ysabella B.
by Edgar Allan Poe
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  1. oppressive
    weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
  2. pervade
    spread or diffuse through
  3. desolate
    providing no shelter or sustenance
  4. sedge
    a grassy plant that grows in wet areas around the world
  5. reveller
    a celebrant who shares in a noisy party
  6. opium
    an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy
  7. goading
    a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
  8. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  9. precipitous
    extremely steep
  10. tarn
    a mountain lake, especially one formed by glaciers
  11. sojourn
    a temporary stay
  12. proprietor
    someone who owns a business
  13. boon
    something that is desirable, favorable, or beneficial
  14. importunate
    making persistent or urgent requests
  15. alleviation
    the act of reducing something unpleasant
  16. malady
    impairment of normal physiological function
  17. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  18. unobtrusive
    not undesirably noticeable
  19. orthodox
    adhering to what is commonly accepted
  20. trifling
    not worth considering
  21. undeviating
    going directly ahead without veering or turning aside
  22. appellation
    identifying words by which someone or something is called
  23. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  24. discernible
    perceptible by the senses or intellect
  25. dilapidation
    the process of becoming dilapidated
  26. specious
    plausible but false
  27. sombre
    grave or even gloomy in character
  28. ebon
    of a very dark black
  29. phantasmagoric
    characterized by fantastic and incongruous imagery
  30. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  31. accost
    approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently
  32. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
  33. trellis
    latticework used to support climbing plants
  34. vivacious
    vigorous and animated
  35. wan
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  36. cadaverous
    of or relating to a corpse
  37. pallid
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  38. tenuity
    relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
  39. pallor
    an unnatural lack of color in the skin
  40. gossamer
    a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
  41. tremulous
    quivering as from weakness or fear
  42. abeyance
    temporary cessation or suspension
  43. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  44. anomalous
    deviating from the general or common order or type
  45. deplorable
    of very poor quality or condition
  46. folly
    the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
  47. phantasm
    something existing in perception only
  48. dint
    force or effort
  49. palpable
    capable of being perceived
Created on Tue Aug 02 02:13:20 EDT 2011 (updated Tue Aug 02 02:40:05 EDT 2011)

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