The Fall of the House of Usher: In Context Vocabulary

Which of the following is MOST LIKELY the meaning of "Sojourn" as it is used in the following excerpt:

Nevertheless, in this mansion of gloom I now proposed to myself
a sojourn of some weeks. Its proprietor, Roderick Usher, had been
one of my boon companions in boyhood; but many years had elapsed
since our last meeting. A letter, however, had lately reached me in a
distant part of the country—a letter from him—which, in its wildly
importunate nature, had admitted of no other than a personal reply.

• A temporary stay

• A visit

• A permanent stay

• A vacation

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following is Most Likely the meaning "futile" as it is used in the following excerpt:

In the manner of my friend I was at once struck with an
incoherence—an inconsistency; and I soon found this to arise from
a series of feeble and futile struggles to overcome an habitual
trepidancy—an excessive nervous agitation.

• unnecessary

• weak

• ineffective

• unimportant

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following is the Most Likely meaning of "equivocal" as it is used in the following sentence?

I learned, moreover, at intervals, and through broken and
equivocal hints, another singular feature of his mental condition.

• A subject to interpretations

• Lacking in clarity

• Lacking in certainty

• Taking a long time

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which of the following is MOST LIKELY the meaning of "baffled" as it is used in the following sentence.

The disease of the lady Madeline had long baffled the skill of
her physicians. A settled apathy, a gradual wasting away of the
person, and frequent although transient affections of a partially
cataleptical16 character were the unusual diagnosis

• challenged and defeated

• challenged and confused

• defeated by confusing

• drove mad

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which of the following is Most Likely the meaning of "similitude" as it the word is used in the following excerpt?

A striking
similitude between the brother and sister now first arrested my
attention; and Usher, divining, perhaps, my thoughts, murmured
out some few words from which I learned that the deceased
and himself had been twins, and that sympathies of a scarcely
intelligible nature had always existed between them.

• relationship

• resemblance

• alikeness

• likeness

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4