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Edgar Allan Poe Vocabulary Trivia
Edgar Allan Poe Vocabulary Trivia
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Finally, what best defines the word "Ghastly"?
To bury or entomb something
Indicates an action of removal
To appropriate wrongfully and often by a breach of trust
To be "frightening" or "intensely unpleasant"
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What best defines the word "Purloin"?
To appropriate wrongfully and often by a breach of trust
To discover or to find something
Means to come to an end or to put an end to something
Often used simply as a fanciful synonym of "steal"
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What best defines the word "Surcease"
Meaning "to imprison"
means "to come to an end" or "to put an end to something"
Can mean mean "a temporary cessation"
means "to enclose within or as if within walls"
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What best defines the word "Nepenthe"?
A potion to make one forget pain/sorrow or anthing providing such relief
Meaning "to wander" or "to be delirious."
To prolong, postpone, or to set aside
A temporary ending
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What best defines the word "Reverie"?
Meaning "frightening" or "intensely unpleasant"
Indicates an action of removal
Has generally light and optimistic connotations
Derives from a Middle French word meaning "to wander" or "to be delirious."
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What best defines the word "Habiliment"?
To repeat
The typical accessories associated with a pursuit
Refers to one's dress (usually for an occupation or special occasion)
To be "frightening" or "intensely unpleasant"
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What best defines the word "Tintinnabulation"?
Means to ring, clang, or jingle
Used to describe a theme
Is itself onomatopoeic, originating as a vocal imitation of a sound
meaning "to wander" or "to be delirious"
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What best defines the word "Aghast"?
Indicates an action of removal
To be calm
To be struck with terror, amazement, or horror
Meaning "to be indifferent"
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What best defines the word "Dissever"?
Meaning "to put an end to something"
Can carry the same meaning as "sever"
Struck with terror, amazement, or horror
To bury or entomb something
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What best defines the word "Inhume"?
To bury or entomb something
The opposite of "exhume"
Struck with terror, amazement, or horror
To dig something up out of the ground
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What best defines the word "Alarum" from "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe?
Struck with terror, amazement, or horror
In medieval times, this word had a specific meaning as a call to arms
An older spelling of our word "alarm"
Indicates an action of removal
