Short Story Vocabulary

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Despair

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the complete loss or absence of hope

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Grimaced

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a type of facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain.

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Astonished

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filled with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amazed

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Muster

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to gather, summon, rouse

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Appalling

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causing dismay or horror

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Antithesis

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opposition; contrast, the direct opposite

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Stagnant

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characterized by lack of development, advancement, or progressive movement; not flowing or running, as water, air, etc

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Furtive

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taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: sly

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Worthiness

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the fact or quality of having great or adequate merit, character, or value

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Afterthought

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a later or second thought; reconsideration