Poe Vocab

Question 1

Hyperobtrusive

Answer 1

Especially obvious; vivid

Question 2

Juxtaposition

Answer 2

The act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side.

Question 3

Thunderstricken

Answer 3

Astonished, overwhelmed

Question 4

Decamped

Answer 4

Departed suddenly

Question 5

Conflagration

Answer 5

A large, disastrous fire

Question 6

Phantasm

Answer 6

Illusion, ghost, a product of fantasy

Question 7

Hogshead

Answer 7

A large cask or barrel

Question 8

Waistcoat

Answer 8

Another name for a vest

Question 9

Intemperance

Answer 9

Excessive consumption of alcohol

Question 10

Morass

Answer 10

Marsh, swamp. Something that is hard to deal with.

Question 11

Behemoth

Answer 11

Something of monstrous size or power

Question 12

Wan

Answer 12

Dim, faint, pallin, suggesting poor health

Question 13

Genni

Answer 13

A magic spirit believed to take human form and serve the person who calls it

Question 14

Sybils

Answer 14

Women regarded as oracles or prophets by the ancient Greeks and Romans

Question 15

Tract

Answer 15

An extended area of land

Question 16

Insufferable

Answer 16

Extremely unpleasant or annoying

Question 17

Pervade

Answer 17

Spread or diffuse through

Question 18

Utter

Answer 18

Complete

Question 19

Lapse

Answer 19

A failure to maintain a higher state

Question 20

Eschewed

Answer 20

To avoid or shun

Question 21

Scarabaeus

Answer 21

A symbol of resurrection

Question 22

Colloquy

Answer 22

Conversation; dialogue; high-level, serious discussion

Question 23

Kabbalo

Answer 23

An interpretation of the Torah

Question 24

Occiput

Answer 24

The back part of the head or skull

Question 25

Purloined

Answer 25

To take something wrongfully and often by a breach of trust