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PCS short stories
short story vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| brusquely | abrupt in manner |
| blustered | to be loud, noisy |
| indignation | strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive |
| contempt | the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, worthless |
| humility | being humble; modest opinion of one's own importance |
| glistened | to reflect a sparkling light, sparkle |
| barbaric | uncivilized, primitive, unsophisticated |
| untrammeled | not deprived of freedom or action or expression; not restricted |
| genial | friendly, cheerful |
| incorruptible | incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted |
| emanated | emit; to come out from a source |
| rawboned | thin, gaunt |
| plaits | braids |