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Vocabulary from "The Masque of the Red Death"

Learning the definitions from the story.

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Pestilencedestructive infectious swiftly spreading disease
Avatarsymbol or manifestation of an unseen force
Profusepouring forth liberally
Dissolutionthe action or process of dissolving
Terminationto come to an end
Dauntlessfearless
Sagaciouskeen mind
Halehealthy
Damesa woman of rank
Seclusionact of secluding
Castellated Abbeysmonasteries or convents with castlelike towers
Augustmarked by majestic dignity
Courtiersperson in attendance at a royal court
Massymassive or large
Ingressentering
Egressleaving
Secludeto keep shut away from others
Conagiontransmission of a contagious disease
Buffoonsclowns
Voluptuousgiving sensual satisfaction
Suitea group of rooms occupied as a unit
Vistaa distant view through an opening
Impededto interfere with the progress of
Bizarreodd
Disposednovel
Gothicstyle of architecture prevalent in Western Europe from the middle 12th to the early 16th century
Corridorpassageway into which compartments of rooms opens
Extremitythe most remote point or part
Tapestriesa heavy reversible textile that has designs or pictures woven into it
Novelstrange, unusual
Casementsa window that opens like a door
Correspondto be in agreement
Candelabruman ornamental branched candlestick or lamp with several lights
Profusionpouring forth liberally
Emantingto come out from a source
Secludeto keep shut from others
Improvisatorpoets who improvise, or create verses without previous thought
Tripodsomething that rests on three legs


Mrs. Holland

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