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The Man Who Was Poe by Avi

The Man Who Was Poe by Avi. Vocabulary Review. 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

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The Man Who Was Poe by Avi

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  1. The Man Who Was Poe by Avi Vocabulary Review

  2. APPARITION

  3. noun • a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith EXAMPLE: a ghostly apparition at midnight.

  4. BASIN

  5. 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.

  6. DECREPIT

  7. adjective • weakened by old age; feeble; infirm EXAMPLE: a decrepit man who can hardly walk.

  8. CONJURE

  9. 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.

  10. DAGUERREOTYPE

  11. 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.

  12. BALUSTRADE

  13. Noun • a railing with supporting balusters.

  14. STENCH

  15. noun • an offensive smell or odor; stink.

  16. PAUPER

  17. noun • a person without any means of support, especially a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity.

  18. INQUEST

  19. 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.

  20. DESOLATE

  21. Adjective • having the feeling of being abandoned by friends or by hope; forlorn.

  22. VORACIOUS

  23. adjective • craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite; exceedingly eager

  24. MEDDLE

  25. verb • to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly EXAMPLE: Stop meddling in my personal life

  26. PERIL

  27. noun • exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger

  28. QUAY

  29. noun • a landing place, especially one of solid masonry, constructed along the edge of a body of water; wharf.

  30. LOITER

  31. 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.

  32. MAUSOLEUM

  33. 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.

  34. TENEMENT

  35. noun • a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.

  36. FLORID

  37. adjective • reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion; flowery; excessively ornate; showy EXAMPLE: florid writing.

  38. PLIGHT

  39. noun • a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one: EXAMPLE: to find oneself in a sorry plight.

  40. VENGEANCE

  41. 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?

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