Fall of Usher Vocab Quiz

Oppressive

• Using Power unjustly; burdensome

• Difficult to understand; mysterious

• Providing relief; making less severe

• An opening; a groove; a split

Fissure

• a small lake

• enthusiastic or passionate

• an opening; a groove; a split

• sluggish; drooping from weakness

Sentience

• capacity of feeling

• a boastful display

• a fortified place

Dissolution

• owner

• the breaking up into parts

• making a loud, confused noise

Tarn

• a desert

• a small lake

• full of life

Pervade

• to spread throughout

• to call forth

• a conclusive result

Luminous

• dark; no light

• bright; brilliant; glowing

• dull; boring

Impetuous

• of or like a corpse

• acting or done quickly

• using power unjustly

Desolate

• long impossible stories

• dangerous, risky, not a secure situation

• deserted, without inhabitants, barren

Alleviation

• A person's face or facial expression

• An opening; a groove; a split

• Providing relief; making less severe