English 8  21 Great Stories  Vocabulary 2            Name_____________________________________Period____

 

Saki, “Tobermory”

 

34

assimilate

 

feral

 

piecemeal

 

skeptical

35

languid

 

incredulous

 

Babel

 

Axminster

36

Sisyphus

37

balustrade

 

promenade

 

reminiscent

 

sensuous

38

discomfit

 

Rectory

39

Millennium

 

Henley

 

ostentatious

 

repast

 

vindictive

 

sepulchral

 

subsequent

 

lugubrious

40

tacit

 

 

 

 

Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”

120

remove

 

sentinel

 

traverse

 

acclivity

121

protrude

 

embrasure

 

hemp

 

liberal

122

percussion

123

secessionist

 

ardent

 

imperious

 

chafe

 

inglorious

 

dictum

124

picket

 

poignant

 

fibre

 

ramification

 

periodicity

 

pulsate

 

efface

 

oscillation

125

ludicrous

 

preternatural

126

gesticulate

 

report

127

ineffectual

 

martinet

127

diminuendo

128

grape

 

vortex

 

gyration

 

aeolian

129

uncanny

 

delirium

 

veranda

 

ineffable

 

Bryan, “So Much Unfairness of Things”

155

anecdote

156

ample

157

archaic

160

bachelor’s-button

162

demerit

163

galley

164

pantomime

166

solicit

176

infraction

177

trite

179

ogre

 

Thurber, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”

272

rakish

273

distraught

 

haggard

274

craven

275

crack

 

bicker

275

pandemonium

 

bedlam

 

cur

276

tousle

 

rend

 

barrage

277

derisive

 

London, “To Build a Fire”

222

intangible

 

pall

 

undulations

223

conjectural

224

apprehension

 

unwonted

 

jowls

225

appendage

 

muzzle

 

reiterated

226

jams

 

gait

227

crypts

230

extremities

 

willy-nilly

 

ebb

231

sheaths

 

conflagration

 

freight

 

mantle

232

flotsam

233

excruciating

 

brimstone

 

spasmodic

234

ensue

 

nucleus

 

apathetic

235

carcass

 

sidle

 

mincing

237

Mercury

238

simile

 

anesthetic

239

bristle