Vocabulary for Short Story Unit #1

 

 

You should be able to (1) spell each word correctly, (2), define each word, and (3) use each word correctly in a sentence.

 

“The Widow and the Parrot”:  bequeaths, miser, capering, sagacity, scullery

 

“Raymond’s Run”:  periscope, signify

 

“One Night Stand”:  immaculate, complacently, renowned

 

“Gentleman of Rio en Medio”:  quaint, gnarled, innumerable, broached

 

“Stolen Day”:  inflammatory

 

“Rikki-tikki-tavi”:  bungalow, revived, draggled, burrow, scuttled, veranda, cowered

 

“The Fallen Angel’:  inherently, exclusive, sarcastically