Vocab Set #1

Question 1

adverb, in a manner that weighs heavily on the senses or spirits

Answer 1

Oppressively

Question 2

Synonyms: Severely, harshly; Antonyms: softly, mildly

Answer 2

Oppressively

Question 3

DURING the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung ______ low in the heavens,.

Answer 3

Oppressively

Question 4

Noun, a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

Answer 4

melancholy

Question 5

synonyms: woe, sadness, sorrow.
antonyms: happiness, joyful.

Answer 5

melancholy

Question 6

as the evening drew on, within view of the______House of Usher.

Answer 6

melancholy

Question 7

Adjective, (of a word or form) denoting or referring to just one person or thing.

Answer 7

singularly

Question 8

synonyms: really, extremely.
antonyms: Attached, combined.

Answer 8

singularly

Question 9

I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a_____ dreary tract of country;

Answer 9

singularly

Question 10

verb, (of time) pass or go by

Answer 10

Elapsed

Question 11

Synonyms: gone, passed; Antonyms: continuing, ongoing

Answer 11

Elapsed

Question 12

Its proprietor, Roderick Usher, had been one of my boon companions (friends) in boyhood; but many years had _________ since our last meeting.

Answer 12

Elapsed

Question 13

adjective, (of a bad, difficult, or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree.

Answer 13

acute

Question 14

Synomyms: sharp, severe; Antonyms: dull, slow

Answer 14

acute

Question 15

The writer spoke of ______ bodily illness — of a mental disorder which oppressed him…

Answer 15

acute

Question 16

adjective, so small as to verge on insignificance.

Answer 16

minute

Question 17

Synonyms: tiny, little; Antonyms: big, significant

Answer 17

minute

Question 18

_______ fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-work from the eaves.

Answer 18

minute

Question 19

noun, the state or process of falling into decay or being in disrepair.

Answer 19

dilipidation

Question 20

synonyms, disrepair, neglect,seediness

Answer 20

dilipidation

Question 21

Yet all this was apart from any extraordinary ____________.

Answer 21

dilipidation

Question 22

adjective,(especially of a slight movement or change of state) able to be seen or noticed.

Answer 22

perceptible

Question 23

synonyms, noticable,perceivable,detectable

Answer 23

perceptible

Question 24

Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered a barely __________

Answer 24

perceptible

Question 25

noun,a long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.

Answer 25

fissure

Question 26

synonyms,opening crevice crack

Answer 26

fissure

Question 27

_______, which, extending from the roof of the building in front, made its way down the wall in a zigzag direction, until it became lost in the sullen waters of the tarn.

Answer 27

fissure

Question 28

adjective,especially of something offered or discharged) exuberantly plentiful; abundant.

Answer 28

profuse

Question 29

synonyms, abundant,gushing, and effusive

Answer 29

profuse

Question 30

The general furniture was ________, comfortless, antique, and tattered

Answer 30

profuse