Unit 5: Cluster 3

Edge: Level B, Volume 2, Unit 5, Cluster 3.

Here are links to the other clusters within Unit 5: "The Interlopers" and "An Interview with the King of Terror", "The Baby-Sitter" and "Beware: Do Not Read This Poem", "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Raven"
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  1. suspect
    regard as untrustworthy
  2. nervous
    causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
  3. mad
    affected with insanity
  4. film
    a thin coating or layer
  5. cautious
    showing careful forethought
  6. disturb
    destroy the peace or tranquility of
  7. triumph
    a successful ending of a struggle or contest
  8. dread
    fearful expectation or anticipation
  9. pity
    share the suffering of
  10. deed
    a legal document to effect a transfer of property
  11. muffled
    being or made softer or less loud or clear
  12. warmly
    in a friendly or hearty manner
  13. violent
    acting with great force or energy or emotional intensity
  14. gesture
    motion of hands or body to emphasize a thought or feeling
  15. agony
    intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
  16. relevance
    the relation of something to the matter at hand
  17. hideous
    grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
  18. ponder
    reflect deeply on a subject
  19. cease
    put an end to a state or an activity
  20. dreary
    lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
  21. lore
    knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
  22. rap
    strike sharply
  23. ember
    a hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire
  24. evermore
    for a limitless time
  25. entreat
    ask for or request earnestly
  26. hesitate
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
  27. peer
    look searchingly
  28. token
    something serving as a sign of something else
  29. yore
    time long past
  30. bust
    a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
  31. beguiling
    highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
  32. craven
    an abject coward
  33. nevermore
    at no time hereafter
  34. burden
    weight to be carried or borne
  35. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  36. utter
    express audibly
  37. morrow
    the next day
  38. bore
    make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
  39. divine
    perceive through some inexplicable perceptive powers
  40. prophet
    an authoritative person who divines the future
  41. censer
    a container for burning incense
  42. wretch
    someone you feel sorry for
  43. fiend
    an evil supernatural being
  44. tempest
    a strong storm with violent winds
Created on Wed Jul 13 12:22:25 EDT 2016 (updated Thu Aug 04 10:34:12 EDT 2016)

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