“The Pit and the Pendulum” Vocabulary Warm-Up Part 1
Sweiss, English Language Arts
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She swooned at the sight of blood. The teenage girls swooned when they saw Justin Bieber.
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2. There was a crevice in the wall of the cellar. We had to patch it up; otherwise, rodents could enter.
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3. We had to sit on a rough piece of serge during the camping trip.
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4. If you lived during the Great Depression, you might have toiled on the roadwork and conservation projects.
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5. There was a chasm in the surface of the road; drive around it, or you may fall into it. Our friendship suffered a chasm after our
heated argument.
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6. The buildings perished beneath the debris after the tornado struck the village.
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7. What I really need is a nice long slumber away from all the stresses. When I slumber, I am in a deep reverie.
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8. In “The Raven” the speaker goes from calling the bird a Stately ebony fowl to a devil and fiend.
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9. While farmers use a scythe to cut plants, the grim reaper uses it to, well, scare you to death.
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10. A grandfather clock has a pendulum that extends from the center.
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“The Pit and the Pendulum” Vocabulary Warm-Up Part 1
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Frederick Douglass was a former slave who devoted his life to ending the oppression of black people at the hands of the powerful
white slave owners.
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My teacher’s explanation of the plutonic theory was so lucid that I didn’t have to crack a single book open to study. Looking across
the horizon, the beach was as lucid as a clear sparkling glass of water.
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He endeavored to keep his binder organized, but he couldn’t maintain the organization. You must endeavor to succeed in all your
classes; failure is not an option.
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The scent of my mother’s delicious blueberry pancakes pervaded the rooms of the house. An atmosphere of respect pervaded the
school after the terrible bullying incident.
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We stood aghast at the sight of the plane crash. I became aghast when I saw the profuse bleeding.
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The rope led into a bottomless abyss. After the loss of her husband, she entered an abyss of depression.
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The rope led into a bottomless abyss. After the loss of her husband, she entered an abyss of depression.
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Onions have a rather pungent smell. The boy’s locker room is pungent; all that Ax Spray can’t cover up the lingering odors.
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