The Fall of the House of Usher Vocabulary

:a strong liking for or attraction to someone or something

• Affinity

• Paradoxical

• Desolate

• Emaciated

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

: ancient times : very great age

• Prodigious

• Sublime

• Melancholy

• Antiquity

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

: very sad and lonely especially because someone you love has died or left

• insipid

• desolate

• Tempestuous

• orthodox

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

: to see, recognize, or understand something

• Orthodox

• Morbidity

• Discern

• Tenuous

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

: very thin because of hunger or disease

• Emaciated

• Fervid

• Affinity

• Reverie

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

: having or showing feelings that are very strong or too strong

• Prodigious

• Fervid

• Trepidation

• Unobtrusive

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

: acting or done quickly and without thought : controlled by emotion rather than thought

• Insipid

• Malady

• Quaint

• Impetuous

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

: not interesting or exciting : dull or boring

: lacking strong flavor

• Insipid

• Paradoxical

• Desolate

• Wan

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

: a disease or disorder of the body or mind

• Discern

• Upbraid

• Sublime

• Malady

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

: feeling or showing sadness : very unhappy

• Malady

• Trepidation

• Melancholy

• Sublime

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4