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#2 vocab Flashcards

The fall of the usher

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Synonyms;irreparable, hopeless. Antonym; remediable,correctable ,Adjective,Not redeemable; not able to be restored, recovered, revoked, or escaped

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Irredeemable

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I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and _____________gloom hung over

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Irredeemable

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Synonyms; permeated, penetrated. Antonyms; depleted, drained. Verb, Simple past and participle of pervade

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Pervaded

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I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and ________all

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Pervaded

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Synonyms; Lively and animated; full of life and energy, Antonym; Lifeless, dull, Adjective, Lively and animated; full of life and energy

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Vivacious

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Upon my entrance, Usher arose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a__________Warmeth

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Vivacious

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Solace

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Synonym; Comfort, Console, Antonyms, distress, worry. Noun, Comfort in disappointment

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It was thus that he spoke of the object of my visit, of his earnest desire to see me, and of the_____he expeted me to afford him.

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Solace

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He entered into what he conceived to be the nature of his

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Malady

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Synonyms; Disease, illness. Antonyms; Wellness, health. Noun, Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder

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Malady

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Synonyms, gruesome, unhealthy. Antonyms; healthy, cheerfull. Adlective Of, or relating to disease Of, or relating to disease

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Morbid

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It was, he said, a family evil, and one for which he despaired to find a remedy — a mere nervous affection. It displayed itself in a host of unnatural sensations. He suffered much from a________of the senses:

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Morbid

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Synonyms: Sharpness, kneeness. Antonyms: stupidity, ignorance. Noun, The quality of being acute or pointed.

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Acuteness

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It was, he said, a family evil, and one for which he despaired to find a remedy — a mere nervous affection. It displayed itself in a host of unnatural sensations. He suffered much froma ________________of the senses

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Acuteness

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Synonyms; Bland, flat. Antonyms; tasty,delicious. Adjectives, Unappetizingly flavorless

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Insipid

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the most______food was alone endurable

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Insipid

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Synonym, Strange, unusal. Antonyms, normal, ordinary. Adjective, Beyond or deviating fron the usual or expected

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Peculiar

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his eyes were tortured by even a faint light; and there were but______sounds

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Peculiar

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Synonyms, Dreadful, terrible. Antonyms, admirable, good. Adjective, To be deplored

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Deplorable

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“I shall perish,” said he, “I must perish in this

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Delplorable

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