Edgar Allan Poe Vocab

ponder

to consider carefully, reflect on

bleak

unpleasantly cold and damp

implore

to beg earnestly for

beguile

To deceive; to charm; to enchant

ghastly

horrible or frightful

melancholy

grave or even gloomy in character

sagacity

the trait of having wisdom and good judgment

crevice

a narrow crack

audacity

excessive boldness, rashness, daring

stride

to walk with long steps

placid

not easily upset or excited

dirge

a funeral hymn or mournful speech

pestilence

A rapidly spreading and usually fatal disease

ban

to prohibit

pervade

to spread throughout

writhe

make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body

robust

strong and healthy

blasphemous

disrespectful toward what is considered sacred