| Term | Definition |
|---|
| anthology | a collection of short stories, poems, or plays |
| alleviate | to make more bearable; to ease |
| conciliatory | soothing to anger or distrust |
| diminution | a lessening or a decrease |
| esoteric | understood by or meant for only a small group |
| grit | tiny grains of sand or stone; determination and courage; to clench together, as teeth |
| ludicrous | humorously absurd and nonsensical |
| menial | tedious and requiring little skill |
| phosphorescence | continuous emission of light from a substance requiring neither heat nor sustained exposure to radiation |
| pessimistic | expecting only the worst or most negative outcome |
| ransack | to rummage and steal |
| salvo | a simultaneous discharge of guns or cannons, or an outburst resembling such a discharge |
| tentative | not definite or permanent |
| vicarious | felt as though experienced first hand |
| yearn | to desire intensely, sometimes with sadness |
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