Short Story Vocabulary

[easily noticable, almost able to touch or fell]

[capable of being percieved by touch]

[boredom]

[like a palace]

[castle or fortress]

[a look with evil intent]

[grotesquely carved figure placed on builinding to ward off evil]

[prey, pursued or sought after]

[excuse, treat as acceptable]

[dependent on chance]

[something that induces rest]

[serene, clam, peaceful]

[member of the upper class, a noble]

high sttep bank or cliff

[reveal, show, or dislplay]

[not continuous, coming and going at intervals]

[to go back to a previous state]

[money, goods, or property a woman brings to her husband in marriage]

[dejected, downcast, cheerless]

[exceeding the normal amount]

[opening, hole, or crack]

[deserved punishment or retailiation]

[being killed as a sacrifice]

[joke or witty remark]

[to listen]

[to beg]

[a small tool with a screw point, grooved shank, and cross handle for boring holes]

[full of, abounding in joy]

[to turn away or aside in avoidance]

[bulky]

[to listen secretly to what is said in private]

[characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly]

[verbal interchange of ideas; a formal and orderly and usually extended expression of thought on a subject]

[strange or unfamiliar]

[a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation]

• [one of two or more individuals having one
• parent in common]

[prevailing tendency, mood, or inclination]

• [means of escape; especially an ambiguity or
• omission in a text thorough which the intent of a statute, a contract, or obligation may be evaded]

[shocking wrongly or ridiculous]

[shockingly wrong or evil]

[questionable or suspect as to the true nature or quality]

[to make etremely angry]

[move in a circular motion]

[a sharp or intense smell]

[wishing to return to the past]

[a framed sheet of glass in a window or door]

[utter loss of hope]

[wholly absorbed, transported with emotion]

[peaceful or calm]

[to change from a soft to a rigid state]

[irritated to a high degree]

[alliviating grief or sorrow]

[blemish or scar]

[against accepted doctrine or belief]

[not rented or occupied]

[absolutely trustworthy or sure]

[brillant, scarlet red]

[ready to take place]

[warmly and pleasantly cheerful]

[to lower in dignity, honor, or standing]