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Vocab List 3 - Suspense Stories
Practice for Thursday's quiz
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| A | B |
| phosphorescent | glowing eerily |
| derelict | abandoned, deserted |
| horde | a large, moving crowd |
| fathom | to understand, to know |
| derisive | scornful, mocking tone |
| amiss | wrong, improper, out of place |
| convivial | friendly, sociable |
| forlorn | hopeless, isolated |
| recede | to withdraw, become more distant |
| dwindle | to shrink, become small, reduce |
| transfix | to hold very still, to remain in place |
| intelligibly | in an understandable manner |
| assent | agreement, settlement, approval |
| timorously | in a fearful manner, timidly |
| idiosyncrasy | peculiarity, strange feature |
| stifled | silenced, quieted |
| converge | come together, group up, unite |
| morass | confusing situation |
| shrouded | hidden, secret, covered |
| explicit | definite, obvious, clear |
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