Vocab Set 1

Question 1

synonyms; small, miniscule
Antonyms: large, immense

Answer 1

Minute

Question 2

synonyms; intense, severe
Antonyms: dense, dull, imperceptive

Answer 2

Acute

Question 3

Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered a barely perceptible _________

Answer 3

Fissure

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Oppressively

Question 5

Adjective
extremely small

Answer 5

Minute

Question 6

synonyms; unusual,peculiar,queer
Antonyms:ordinary,commo

Answer 6

Singular(-ly)

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Singular(-ly)

Question 8

synonyms; past, lapsed
antonyms; renewed, occurring

Answer 8

Elapsed

Question 9

synonyms; sad, gloomy, depressing
Antonyms: happy, cheerful

Answer 9

Melancholy

Question 10

synonyms;crack, crevice
Antonyms: closing, fixture

Answer 10

Fissure

Question 11

adj; (of time) Having passed or slipped by

Answer 11

Elapsed

Question 12

Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered a barely ____________ fissure

Answer 12

Perceptible

Question 13

synonyms; Severely, harshly
Antonyms: softly, mildly

Answer 13

Oppressively

Question 14

Adverb
in a strange or eccentric way

Answer 14

Singular(-ly)

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Elapsed

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Fissure

Question 17

Noun
the state or process of falling into decay or being in disrepair

Answer 17

Dilapidation

Question 18

Yet all this was apart from any extraordinary ___________.

Answer 18

Dilapidation

Question 19

synonyms; deterioration, decay
Antonyms: repair, regeneration

Answer 19

Dilapidation

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Profuse

Question 21

and found myself, as the evening drew on, within view of the ___________ House of Usher.

Answer 21

Melancholy

Question 22

Adjective
causing or expressing sadness; depressing

Answer 22

Melancholy

Question 23

Adjective
(especially of something offered or discharged) exuberantly plentiful; abundant

Answer 23

Profuse

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Acute

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Minute

Question 26

synonyms; noticeable,apparent Antonyms: invisible, vague

Answer 26

Perceptible

Question 27

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 27

Oppressively

Question 28

The writer spoke of ___________ bodily illness

Answer 28

Acute

Question 29

Adjective (especially of a slight movement or change of state) able to be seen or noticed

Answer 29

Perceptible

Question 30

synonyms; bountiful, ample Antonyms: sparse, scarce

Answer 30

Profuse