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English 9 Honors - Short Story Unit
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Define the following words and be prepared to be tested on the APPLICATION of these words.
"Phaethon" by Bernard Evslin (pp. 26-31) Arrangement
affront befit
marrow oracle
sentry warrant
"With All Flags Flying" by Anne Tyler (pp. 68-74) Arrangement
appurtenance dodder
inventory monosyllabic
neuter
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell (pp. 84-98) Arrangement
affable amenity
appraise ardent
baronial bleak
brier caliber
condone crimson
debacle deplorable
droll ennui
haversack imperative
imprudent invariable
medieval opaque
opiate palatial
palpable precarious
quarry scruple
solicitous staccato
tangible uncanny
"Different Cultural Levels Eat Here" by Peter De Vries (pp. 99-103) Arrangement
char interrogation
legerdemain
"Chapter I" by Anna Lee Walters (pp. 114-119) Arrangement
arroyo chamisos
desolate diligent
gorge hobble
"The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst (pp. 130-139) Arrangement
armada bedeck
blight brogan
caul egret
frond heresy
ibis imminent
infallibility iridescent
naught reiterate
vortex
"Dawn" by Raymond Barrio (pp. 140-146) Arrangement
abode coffer
connivance crepuscular
delectable depraved
dexterous ethical
exhort flail
habitable immersion
imperious insatiable
lithe migrant
onslaught orifice
plush prerogative
shrewd sordid
stupefy torpor
viable whorl
“American History” by Judith Ortiz Cofer (pp. 293-302)
abusive dilapidated
distraught elation
hierarchy infatuated
maneuvering martyrs
resigned solace
“The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry (pp. 151-157)
agile assertion
cascade chronicle
coveted inconsequential
instigate predominating
prudence subside
“A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote (pp. 272-285)
cavort conspiracy
exhilarate garish
goad inaugurate
noncommittal prosaic
sever squander
“To Build a Fire” by Jack London (pp. 517-535)
anesthetic apathetically
appeasingly appendage
ensue extremity
intangible smite
undulation
“Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier (pp. 74-87)
bravado compassion
degradation futile
impotent impoverish
perverse poignantly
squalor stoicism