vocab set 1 Flashcards
adverb, in a manner that weighs heavily on the senses or spirits
Oppressively
Synonyms: Severely, harshly; Antonyms: softly, mildly
Oppressively
DURING the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens,… / the odors of all flowers were oppressive / when I thought his unceasingly agitated mind was laboring with some oppressive secret
Oppressively
Adjective, Unusual or striking
singular
Synonyms: unique, unusual, peculiar, exceptional, extraordinary
singular
through a ______ dreary tract of country; and found myself, as the evening drew on…
singular
Noun
Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four “cardinal humours” of animal bodies (historical)
melancholy
Synonyms: gloomy, depressed, dejected, sad, glum, mournful
melancholy
…and found myself, as the evening drew on, within view of the _____ House of Usher.
melancholy
Verb, Simple past and past participle of elapse
elapsed
Synonyms: expired, gone, past, lapsed, outlawed
elapsed
ts proprietor, Roderick Usher, had been one of my boon companions (friends) in boyhood; but many years had____ since our last meeting.
elapsed
Adjective, Brief, quick, short
acute
Synonyms: sharp, keen, severe, perceptive, penetrating
acute
A letter, however, had lately reached me — a letter from him. The writer spoke of____ bodily illness —…
acute
Unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour
Minute
Synonyms: moment, tiny, time, second,instant
Minute
____ fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-work from the eaves.
Minute
The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined
dilapidation
Synonyms: Disrepair, Decay, Ruin, Destruction, Collapse
dilapidation
Yet all this was apart from any extraordinary ____.
dilapidation
Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned
perceptible
Synonyms: Discernible, visible, evident, noticeable, apparent
perceptible
Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered a barely _____ fissure, 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.
perceptible
A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth
Fissure
Synonyms: crack, split, cleft, breach, hole, fracture, crevice
Fissure
Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered a barely perceptible ______, 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.
Fissure
To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.
profuse
Synonyms: abundant, plentiful, lavish, lush, copious
profuse
The general furniture was _____, comfortless, antique, and tattered.
profuse
