Short Story Vocabulary

so horrible as to deserve punishment

• reprehensible

• negotiable

• inevitable

• discordant

harsh sounding

• consoling

• reprehensible

• discordant

• negotiable

open to discussion; up for debate

• negotiable

• rapt

• discordant

• translucent

to try; to make an effort

• endeavor

• falter

• bewilder

• reproach

semi-transparent

• discordant

• rapt

• negotiable

• translucent

to stumble or hesitate when speaking

• falter

• bewilder

• mesmerize

• endeavor

to hold someone's attention; to captivate

• bewilder

• reproach

• falter

• mesmerize

to completely confuse

• bewilder

• pariah

• reproach

• falter

not easily upset; easygoing

• placid

• imminent

• translucent

• rapt

a piece of land or property

• pariah

• premises

• rapt

• endeavor