Vocabulary

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Vocabulary

• The Most Dangerous Game
• Palpable adj. able to be felt
• Indolently- adv. lazily
• Naïve adj. unsophisticated
• Scruples n. misgivings about something one
  fells is wrong
• Grotesque adj. shocking or offensive
• Futile adj. hopeless

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The Gift of the Magi

• Instigates - v, stirs up
• Depreciate - v. reduce in value
• Cascade n. small steep waterfall or anything
  that suggests a waterfall
• Faltered v. acted hesitantly
• Prudence n. sensible and careful attitude
• Discreet adj. careful about what one says or
  does

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The Interlopers

• Precipitous adj. Steep, sheer
• Acquiesced - v. agreed quietly without
  enthusiasm
• Feud n. long violent quarrel between clans or
  families
• Disputed adj. contested, argued about
• Condolences n. expression of sympathy with
  another in grief
• Interlopers n. people who intrude or meddle in
  other peoples lives

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The Necklace

• Rueful adj. feeling sorrow or regret
• Dejection n. lowness of spirit
• Fortitude n. strength to bear misfortune and
  pain
• Disheveled adj. untidy
• Profoundly adv. deeply

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The Cask of Amontillado

• Precluded v. prevented
• Retribution n. payback, punishment for a
  misdeed
• Afflicted- v. suffering of sickened
• Explicit adj. clearly stated
• Recoiling v. staggering back
• Subsided v. settled down, became less active or
  intense

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

• Distraught adj. very troubled or disturbed
• Insolent adj. boldly disrespectful
• Insinuatingly adv. suggesting indirectly
• Pandemonium n. any place or scene of wild
  disorder, noise or confusion
• Derisive adj. showing contempt or ridicule
• Inscrutable adj. baffling, mysterious