“The Fall of the House of Usher”
Vocabulary Match
1. Gothic literature
2. Annihilate
3. Antiquity
4. Fissure
5. Dissolution
6. Rending
7. Tumultuous
8. Unobtrusive
9. Perplexity
10. Excessive
11. Tract
12. Insufferable
13. Pervade
14. Utter
15. Lapse
16. Precipitous
17. Importunate
18. Sojourn
19. Malady
20. Goad
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ANSWER KEY
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A. A physiological sickness or
impairment
B. Extremely steep (height)
C. Kill (destroy) in large numbers
D. Writing that uses dark and
picturesque scenery and can be
startling
E. Making urgent and persistent
requests
F. A failure to maintain a higher state
or balance
G. A temporary stay
H. An ancient past
I. Making a loud and confused noise
J. To extreme to bear; intolerable
K. To spread throughout (like a smell)
L. To speak
Not attracting attention
Tearing into two or more pieces
The closing down of or ending
Complicated and unable to be
understood
More than is necessary
An area of infinite space, large
A long narrow opening that may be a
crack in the earth
Provoke by constant criticism
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K
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