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Mr. Stephens. Short Story Vocabulary Slide Show. apparent. visible; easily seen; obvious. sullen. grumpy; resentful. impulse. urge. retrieved. got back. emerged. came out. porter. a person hired to carry baggage. façades . fronts of buildings. congenial. agreeable, pleasant.
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Mr. Stephens Short Story Vocabulary Slide Show
apparent visible; easily seen; obvious
sullen grumpy; resentful
impulse urge
retrieved got back
emerged came out
porter a person hired to carry baggage
façades fronts of buildings
congenial agreeable, pleasant
conjured called to mind
rapacious greedy
dotty crazy
emanate to come forth
tantalizing In Greek mythology Tantalus was a king condemned after death to stand in water that moved away whenever he tried to drink it and to remain under branches of fruit that were just out of his reach. Tantalizing has come to mean “teasing by withholding something desired by someone” or “tempting.” tempting
muster to assemble or come together
maneuver to move as a troop
sergeant noncommissioned officer in the army
Battle of Shiloh In the Civil War, a battle between North and South which took place on April 6-7 in 1862 in west Tennessee along the Tennessee River, just north of the Mississippi state line. Named after a church near the battlefield.
askew crookedly; not in straight lines
benediction blessing
resolute purposeful; determined
Mr. Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), a popular American poet known for writing poems with strong, regular rhythms.
tremor quiver; vibration