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Short Story Test: Vocabulary
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Most Dangerous Game, Sound of Thunder, Harrison Bergeron, The Necklace, Interlopers
Terms in this set (10)
poise
a calm, confident way of behaving, combined with an ability to control feelings or reactions
thrifty
using money carefully and wisely
predicament
a situation in which you do not know what to do, or in which you have to make a difficult choice
adulation
praise and admiration for someone that is more than they really deserve
disconsolate
extremely sad or hopeless
wrested
to take from someone
embittered
angry, sad, or full of hate because of bad or unfair things that have happened to you
plight
a very bad situation that someone is in
condolence
sympathy for someone who has had something bad happen, especially if someone died
interloper
someone who enters a place or group where they should not be
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