The Fall of the House of Usher
v. to destroy completely
annihilate
adj. large; roomy
spacious
adj. sociable or friendly
gregarious
n. something that causes or provokes a response or reaction
stimulus
adj. begging
entreating
n. a very great age
adj. not spoken out loud or expressed
unvoiced
adv. pleasantly
amiably
n. a lack of agreement or harmony
dissonance
implore
n. long, narrow crack or opening
fissure
adj. not well-known
obscure
adj. showing no emotion
stoical
adj. pertaining to the process of thinking
cognitive
adj. charming or enchanting, perhaps in a deceptive way
beguiling
n. ending or downfall
dissolution
adj. remote, set back
recessed
n. printed cotton fabric
chintz
n. the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter
re-uptake
adj. threatening or sinister
ominous
adj. loud, excited, and emotional
tumultuous
n. entrance room
vestibule
adj. traits typical of uncles; jolly, indulgent, stodgy
avuncular
adj. of or relating to art or beauty
aesthetic
n. drug that the ancient Greeks believed could relieve sorrow
nepenthe