vocabulary review. noun a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost; a...
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Vocabulary Review
The Man Who Was Poe by Avi
APPARITION
noun a supernatural appearance of a person or
thing, especially a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith
EXAMPLE: a ghostly apparition at midnight.
BASIN
noun a circular container with a greater width
than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
a partially enclosed, sheltered area along a shore, often partly man-made or dredged to a greater depth, where boats may be moored
EXAMPLE: a yacht basin.
DECREPIT
adjective weakened by old age; feeble; infirmEXAMPLE: a decrepit man who can hardly
walk.
CONJURE
verb to affect or influence by or as if by invocation
or spell.to bring to mind; recall (usually followed by
up)EXAMPLE: to conjure up the past.
DAGUERREOTYPE
noun [duh-gair-uh-tahyp], an obsolete photographic process, invented in
1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
BALUSTRADE
Noun a railing with supporting balusters.
STENCH
noun an offensive smell or odor; stink.
PAUPER
noun a person without any means of support,
especially a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity.
INQUEST
noun a legal or judicial inquiry, usually before a
jury, especially an investigation made by a coroner into the cause of a death; an investigation or examination.
DESOLATE
Adjective having the feeling of being abandoned by
friends or by hope; forlorn.
VORACIOUS
adjective craving or consuming large quantities of
food: a voracious appetite; exceedingly eager
MEDDLE
verb to involve oneself in a matter without right or
invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly
EXAMPLE: Stop meddling in my personal life
PERIL
noun exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave
risk; jeopardy; danger
QUAY
noun a landing place, especially one of solid
masonry, constructed along the edge of a body of water; wharf.
LOITER
verb to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a
place: to loiter around the bus terminal; to move in a slow, idle manner, making purposeless stops in the course of a trip, journey, errand, etc.
EXAMPLE: to loiter on the way to work; to waste time or dawdle over work: He loiters over his homework until one in the morning.
MAUSOLEUM
noun a burial place for the bodies or remains of
many individuals, often of a single family, usually in the form of a small building.
TENEMENT
noun a run-down and often overcrowded apartment
house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
FLORID
adjective reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion;
flowery; excessively ornate; showyEXAMPLE: florid writing.
PLIGHT
noun a condition, state, or situation, especially an
unfavorable or unfortunate one:EXAMPLE: to find oneself in a sorry plight.
VENGEANCE
noun infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the
like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: But have you the right to vengeance?