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