Vocab from The Fall of the House of Usher

The meaning of melancholy

• Feeling of excitement, for apparent reasons

• Feeling of fear, typically towards spiders

• Feeling of sadness, typically with no obvious cause

• Feeling of sadness because your unicorn ran away

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Which word means: impossible to solve

• Unattainable

• Soluble

• Unsure

• Insoluble

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The meaning of alleviation

• the action of making suffering or a problem less severe

• the action of making suffering or a problem worse

• the action of making rainbows trip unicorns for fun

• the action of making suffering worse for others but better for your friends

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Which word means: the action of giving a name or a title to something

• alleviation

• appellation

• affinity

• apathy

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what is the meaning of affinity

• a natural disliking to someone

• a spontaneous or natural liking to someone or something

• a spontaneous argument between family members

• a spontaneous flash mob that shows up in the grocery store and begins dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller

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which word means: destructive to life; deadly

• zombies

• red is sus

• insipid

• pestilent

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what does inordinate mean

• unusually large; excessive

• unusually small; mini

• unusually cruel; evil

• standard; less than impressive

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which word means: lacking in interest or flavor

• infused

• involved

• inspired

• insipid

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what does phantasm mean

• ailment of foot

• sadness or anger

• figment of the imagination

• exciting adventures

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which word means: lack of interest or concern

• aliment

• apathy

• aligned

• appeal

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