"The Masque of the Red Death" Vocabulary

Pestilence

• any epidemic disease with a high death rate

• the act or means of going out

• listen; used mostly in the imperative

• invulnerable to fear or intimidation

dissolution

• skillful in statecraft or management

• the termination or disintegration of a relationship

• spread or diffuse through

• without restrictions in extent or size or quantity

dauntless

• skillful in statecraft or management

• the act of entering

• invulnerable to fear or intimidation

• any disease easily transmitted by contact

sagacious

• skillful in statecraft or management

• the quality of a color determined by its dominant wavelength

• form a cover like a burial garment

• spread or diffuse through

hale

• cause to lose one's composure

• grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred

• spread or diffuse through

• exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health

ingress

• exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health

• any epidemic disease with a high death rate

• the act of entering

• the property of being extremely abundant

egress

• the act or means of going out

• listen; used mostly in the imperative

• move in a twisting or contorted motion

• correct behavior

contagion

• form a cover like a burial garment

• any disease easily transmitted by contact

• pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable

• propriety in manners and conduct

hue

• the property of being extremely abundant

• lacking spontaneity; not natural

• any epidemic disease with a high death rate

• the quality of a color determined by its dominant wavelength

shroud

• any disease easily transmitted by contact

• listen; used mostly in the imperative

• the human face

• form a cover like a burial garment