Short story vocab semester 2 - 2010
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““Ribbons”Ribbons”
by Laurence Yepby Laurence Yep
Vocabulary Words…
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harassedharassed
(participle)
- troubled, bothered
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laboriouslaborious
(Adjective)
- hard; difficult
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exoticexotic
(Adjective)
-foreign; strange in a fascinating way.
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exertionexertion
(noun)
-hard work or effort
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exileexile
(noun)
-living away from one’s country, usually not by choice
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““The Green Mamba” The Green Mamba” by Roald Dahlby Roald Dahl
Vocabulary words…
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autobiographyautobiography
(Noun)
-the biography of a person narrated
by himself.
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verandaveranda(Noun)
- A usually roofed open gallery or portico attached to the exterior of a building
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malevolentmalevolent
(Adjective)
-wishing to harm others
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““The Treasure of Lemon Brown”The Treasure of Lemon Brown”by Walter Dean Meyersby Walter Dean Meyers
Vocabulary words…
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impromptuimpromptu
(Adjective)
-unplanned; made or done without preparation
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tenativelytenatively
(Adverb)
-in an uncertain or hesitant way
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intentlyintently
(Adverb)
-with close attention
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brittlebrittle
(Adjective)
-having a sharp, hard quality.
Brittle also means “touchy or unbending”
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ominousominous
(Adjective)
-threatening, seeming to indicate that something bad will happen
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octaveoctave
(Noun)
-eight whole notes