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SS vocabulary
Short Story Vocabulary-Prentice Hall Literature
| Definition | Word |
|---|---|
| prevented and forestalled | precluded |
| payback; punishment for a misdeed | retribution |
| clearly stated | explicit |
| able to be felt; easily perceived | palpable |
| lazily; idly | indolently |
| morals and values | scruples |
| hopeless; useless | futile |
| steep;sheer | precipitous |
| expressions of sympathy with another in grief | condolences |
| lack of energy; weakness | languor |
| likely to happen soon | imminent |
| condition of being likely to fail | infallibility |
| insecurely | precariously |