Short Story Vocab Flashcards by Cara Kaminski

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Interminable

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Never going to end, according to time

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Credence

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The extent or the degree to which something is agreed

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Impassive

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Holding emotions or feelings within

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Indifference

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Not showing preference

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Lucid

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Clear, understandable

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Lanky

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Long

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Distended

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Swollen, abnormal

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Curt

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Short in one’s speech, terse, abrupt

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Dispassionate

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Unbiased

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Foray

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Plunder

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Impregnable

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Unable to be penetrated

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Ignorant

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Lack of knowledge or education, uninformed

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Indulgence

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Leniency, not frugal

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Grimacing

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Frowning, showing displeasure

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Tremulousness

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Condition of having fear, quivering, shaking

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Spectral

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Ghostly or ghost like

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Illimitable

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Having no end or boundaries

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Eccentric

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Having quirks or odd habits

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Sagacious

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Shrewd, clever

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Dauntless

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Fearless

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Contagion

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Disease that is easily caught

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Self-possessed

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Confident, vain

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Inert

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Not able to move or act

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Arrogantly

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Haughtily, condescendingly, superciliously

Evocative

Bring forth a memory

August

Opposing, awe-inspiring, magnificent

Disapprobation

Disapproval, expression of disapproval

Delusion

Misapprehension, misguided belief

Imminent

About to happen, likely to happen, associated with danger

Pariah

Social misfit, does not fit with the group

Accost

Approach forcefully, aggressively, enthusiastically

Abate

To end, to stop abruptly

Sardonic

Sarcastic, disdainfully humorous

Tenacity

Perseverance, determination, not giving up

Affable

Agreeable, pleasant, friendly, amiable

Inevitable

Unavoidable, bound to happen