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Chel's Vocab
"Story of an Hour" 9-15-07
word | definition |
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hasten | (verb) to speed something up, to go quickly. |
abandonment | (noun) to leave completely and finally |
haunted | (adjective) inhabited or frequented by ghosts |
aquiver | (adjective) shaking |
wares | (noun) articles of merchandice or manufacture goods |
(verb) to twitch | |
eves | (noun) the evening |
sob | (verb) to weep with a convuslive catching of breathes |
repression | (noun) the act of holding back |
younder | (adjective) being in that pace or over there |
subtle | (adjective) slight, not obvious |
elusive | (adjective) difficult to describe |
tumultuous | (adjective) disordely, kayotic |
vacant | (adjective) empty |
exalted | (verb) to raise |
illumination | (noun) a decoration of lights, usually colored lights |
implore | (verb) to beg |
elixir | (noun) liquid medicine; mixture of water and alcohol |
shudder | (verb) to tremble with a sudden convulsive movement |
importunity | (noun) act of nagging |