The Pit & the Pendulum Vocabulary

lying flat

• ponders

• prostrate

• tumultuous

• averted

to confuse or amaze

• imperceptible

• ponders

• averted

• confounded

not precisely known

• proximity

• supposition

• eloquent

• indeterminate

wild and noisy; greatly agitated or disturbed

• tumultuous

• lethargy

• proximity

• indeterminate

abnormal drowsiness; prolonged sluggishness

• lucid

• lethargy

• proximity

• averted

unyielding persistence

• averted

• eloquent

• pertinacity

• ponders

turned away; prevented

• pervade

• averted

• insuperable

• ponders

clear; mentally sound; not confused

• voracity

• lethargy

• lucid

• supposition

thinks deeply

• pervade

• ponders

• potent

• proximity

emotionally expressive

• eloquent

• imperceptible

• insuperable

• potent