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Short stories vocab
Challenging grade 9 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| visage | The face or facial expression of a person |
| conjurer | a person who conjures spirits or practices magic; magician |
| dilatory | someone who causes delay or is slow to take action. |
| inaudibly | something that can't be heard. The new student spoke almost inaudibly. |
| hermitage | the place where a hermit lives |
| ornithologist | someone who studies birds |
| elusive | being difficult to grasp or retain. |
| palpable | able to be touched or felt |
| indolently | in a lazy manner, avoiding activity |
| perils | serious and immediate dangers |
| quarry | hunted animals considered as a group Are moose the largest quarry animals in Canada |
| imprudent | not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash |
| attributes | qualities or features regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something What attributes do you bring to this school, the teacher asked me. |
| droll | curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement, She wore a droll little hat. |
| flanked | be situated on each side of or on one side of someone or something. |
| execrably | extremely bad or unpleasant. |
| turbid | (of a liquid) cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter. |
| indignant | feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment. |
| tirade | a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation. |
| affably | pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite |
| gauche | lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward |
| Lorgnette | a pair of glasses or opera glasses |
| raillery | good-humored teasing. |
| assignation | an appointment to meet someone in secret, typically one made by lovers. |
| melancholy | a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause. |
| chalice | a large cup or goblet, typically used for drinking wine. |
| imperturbable | unable to be upset or excited; calm. |
| summons | an order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing it. |
| chafed | (of something restrictive or too tight) make (a part of the body) sore by rubbing against it. |
| ruefully | Expressing sorrow or regret I made a big mistake, he said ruefully |
| palpable | able to be touched or felt. The tension in the room was palpable |
| toil | work extremely hard or incessantly. I toil every day at work |
| penitent | feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant. |
| placidly | in a quiet and tranquil manner; once the storm ceased the ocean shimmered placidly |
| apparition | a ghost or ghost like image of a person An apparition of the old man shimmered before my eyes |
| sparse | thinly dispersed or scattered The mans eyebrows wear rather sparse |
| obdurate | stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action. |
| chasm | a deep fissure in the earth, rock, or another surface. |
| adulation | I sometimes find it hard to cope with the adulation of all my fans |
| phaeton | a light, open, four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage. |
| din | a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise. "the fans made an awful din" |
| Pompous | affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important. "a pompous ass who pretends he knows everything" |
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