English 8 21 Great Stories Vocabulary 2 Name_____________________________________Period____
Saki, “Tobermory”
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assimilate |
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feral |
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piecemeal |
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skeptical |
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languid |
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incredulous |
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Babel |
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Axminster |
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Sisyphus |
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balustrade |
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promenade |
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reminiscent |
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sensuous |
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discomfit |
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Rectory |
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Millennium |
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Henley |
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ostentatious |
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repast |
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vindictive |
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sepulchral |
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subsequent |
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lugubrious |
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tacit |
Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”
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remove |
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sentinel |
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traverse |
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acclivity |
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protrude |
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embrasure |
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hemp |
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liberal |
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percussion |
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secessionist |
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ardent |
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imperious |
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chafe |
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inglorious |
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dictum |
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picket |
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poignant |
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fibre |
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ramification |
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periodicity |
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pulsate |
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efface |
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oscillation |
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ludicrous |
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preternatural |
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gesticulate |
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report |
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ineffectual |
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martinet |
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diminuendo |
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grape |
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vortex |
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gyration |
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aeolian |
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uncanny |
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delirium |
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veranda |
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ineffable |
Bryan, “So Much Unfairness of Things”
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anecdote |
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ample |
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archaic |
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bachelor’s-button |
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demerit |
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galley |
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pantomime |
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solicit |
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infraction |
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trite |
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ogre |
Thurber, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”
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rakish |
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distraught |
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haggard |
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craven |
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crack |
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bicker |
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pandemonium |
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bedlam |
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cur |
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tousle |
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rend |
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barrage |
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derisive |
London, “To Build a Fire”
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intangible |
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pall |
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undulations |
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conjectural |
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apprehension |
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unwonted |
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jowls |
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appendage |
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muzzle |
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reiterated |
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jams |
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gait |
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crypts |
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extremities |
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willy-nilly |
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ebb |
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sheaths |
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conflagration |
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freight |
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mantle |
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flotsam |
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excruciating |
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brimstone |
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spasmodic |
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ensue |
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nucleus |
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apathetic |
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carcass |
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sidle |
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mincing |
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Mercury |
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simile |
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anesthetic |
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bristle |