short stories vocab

Question 1

phenomena

Answer 1

facts, events, or conditions that can be known through the senses

Question 2

pall

Answer 2

a covering that darkens or conceals, atmosphere of gloom

Question 3

ferocity

Answer 3

great fierceness, extreme intensity

Question 4

tentative

Answer 4

not fully worked out, uncertain

Question 5

spawn

Answer 5

to bring forth, give birth

Question 6

cataclysm

Answer 6

a disaster, usually one that causes sudden and violent change

Question 7

presentiment

Answer 7

a feeling that something is about to happen

Question 8

equanimity

Answer 8

the ability to remain calm and assured

Question 9

fortitude

Answer 9

firm courage or strength of mind in the face of pain or danger

Question 10

pandemonium

Answer 10

wild disorder or uproar

Question 11

tribulation

Answer 11

great misery or distress, suffering

Question 12

Relic

Answer 12

An object that has survived decay, destruction, or passage of time and is valued for its historic intrest

Question 13

Expendable

Answer 13

Not strictly necessary, capable of being sacrificed without negative effect

Question 14

Correlate

Answer 14

To bring one thing into relation (with another thing)

Question 15

Paradox

Answer 15

Something that seems illogical or absurd, but it fact may be true

Question 16

Resilient

Answer 16

Capable of springing back into shape or position after being bent, stretched, or compressed

Question 17

Undulate

Answer 17

to move like a wave

Question 18

Primeval

Answer 18

Of or having to do with the earliest age

Question 19

Mood

Answer 19

A temporary state of mind or feeling (how the reader will feel while reading it)

Question 20

Tone

Answer 20

A general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, or situation

Question 21

Verbal irony

Answer 21

Exists when a character or author says one thing but means another

Question 22

Situational irony

Answer 22

Short stories often take interesting turns when what happens differs from is expected

Question 23

Dramatic irony

Answer 23

Is when the reader has important information that (all or some of the) characters do not have (turns out dramatic)

Question 24

Profuse

Answer 24

Great in amount, plentiful

Question 25

Dauntless

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Fearless, courageous, daring

Question 26

Sagacious

Answer 26

Having or showing wisdom and good judgment

Question 27

Countenance

Answer 27

The face

Question 28

Wanton

Answer 28

Shamelessly unrestrained, immoral

Question 29

Appeal

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To fill with horror or dismay, shock

Question 30

Spectral

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Ghostlike

Question 31

Blasphemous

Answer 31

Showing disrespect or scorn for God or anything sacred

Question 32

Allegory

Answer 32

A literary work whose underlying meaning differs from the literal meaning