short story vocabulary

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vocabulary from “Francis”

pristine

 

vocabulary from “The Landlady”

facade

rapacious

vocabulary from “The Open Window”

self-possessed

delusion
I found “delusions of grandeur” in an article on teaching.
Delusion in another headline from The New York Times Op-ed page.

imminent

headlong

(to) engulf

 

If there’s time, we will also read “The Most Dangerous Game” and learn vocabulary from it

debacle

quarry

naive

futile

imprudent