Short Story Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Impartial | adj. Not favoring one side more than another; fair. |
| Emanate | v. to come forth |
| Dire | adj. dreadful; terrible |
| Fervent | adj. Having or showing great intensity of feeling; passionate. |
| Novel | adj. New and unusual |
| Acquiesce | v. to consent or agree without protest. |
| Pious | adj. Having either genuine or pretended religiou devotion. |
| Endeavor | n. serious or strenuous attempt to accomplish something. |
| Languor | n. weakness; fatigue |
| Reconcilation | n. a settlement of a controversy or disagreement. |
| Careen | v. to tilt or sway while moving, as if out of control. |
| Serene | adj, calm; peaceful; undisturbed |
| blighted | adj. damaged or spoiled |
| reiterate | v. to say again or do again; repeat |
| precariously | dv. dangerously; insecurely |
| distraught | adj. very upset; confused |
| craven | adj, extremely cowardly |
| haggard | adj.. having worn and tired look. |
| pandemonium | nn. wild uproar |
| disdainful | adj. showing scorn for something or somebody regarded us. |
| incessantly | adv. endlessly; constantly |
| disconsolate | adj. so unhappy that nothing can comfort; hopeless and depressed |
| aghast | adj. filled with fear, horror or amazement. |
| gamut | n. the entire range or series of something |
| privation | n. the lack of comforts or baic necessities of life. |
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