Vocabulary Context and pictures

“The dispossessed party had never acquiesced in the judgment of the Courts, and a long series of poaching affrays and similar scandals had embittered the relationships between the families for three generations.” Not acquiescedacquiesced

Acquiesced ► Vb. - agreed or complied without protest

“ The narrow strip of precipitous woodland that lay on its outskirt was not remarkable for the game it harbored or the shooting it afforded, but it was the most jealously guarded of all its owner's territorial possessions.” This is the place where the story takes place: AKA : Setting

Precipitous ► Adj. – steep or sheer

Interloper ► " ‘Good,’ snarled Georg, ‘good. We fight this quarrel out to the death, you and I and our foresters, with no cursed interlopers to come between us.’ ”

Interloper- noun- one who interferes in the affairs of others Interloper- noun- one who interferes in the affairs of others

Condolences : Context: “ ‘Your men will find you dead under a fallen beech tree. For form's sake I shall send my condolences to your family.’"

► Condolences- noun- expressions of sympathy with another in grief

Languor: ► Context: “In the pain and languor that Ulrich himself was feeling the old fierce hatred seemed to be dying down.”

► Languor- noun- lack of vigor; weakness

Succor Context : “ In the cold, gloomy forest, with the wind tearing in fitful gusts through the naked branches and whistling round the tree- trunks, they lay and waited for the help that would now bring release and succor to both parties.”

► Succor- noun- help; assistance

“The Lottery”

Profusely ► “The flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green.”

► Profusely - adv. - Plentifully; copiously. Freely and abundantly.

Boisterous ► “They tended to gather together quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play.”

► Boisterous - adj.- Rough and stormy; violent. Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline.

Lottery ► “The lottery was conducted--as were the square dances, the teen club, the Halloween program-- by Mr. Summers, who had time and energy to devote to civic activities.”

► Lottery- noun - any happening or process that is or appears to be determined by chance

Civic ► “The lottery was conducted--as were the square dances, the teen club, the Halloween program--by Mr. Summers, who had time and energy to devote to civic activities.”

► Civic - adj. - Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship. ► Civic - adj. - Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship.

Jovial ► “He was a round-faced, jovial man and he ran the coal business, and people were sorry for him, because he had no children and his wife was a scold.”

► Jovial - adj. - Marked by hearty friendliness and good cheer.

Paraphernalia ► “The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago…”

► Paraphernalia - pl.n. -(used with a sing. or pl. verb) The articles used in a particular activity; equipment.

“…at one time, some people remembered, there had been a recital of some sort, performed by the official of the lottery, a perfunctory, tuneless chant that had been rattled off duly each year…”

Perfunctory – adj. – performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial

Interminably ► “…he seemed very proper and important as he talked interminably to Mr. Graves and the Martins.”

► Interminably - adv. - endlessly. Tiresomely long; tediously. ► Interminably - adv. - endlessly. Tiresomely long; tediously.

Defiantly ► “She hesitated for a minute, looking around defiantly, and then set her lips and went up to the box.”

► Defiantly - adv. - resisting authority or an opposing force in a bold way.

Beamed ► “…both beamed and laughed, turning around to the crowd and holding their slips of paper above their heads.”

► Beamed - verb - smiled expansively.

“The Cask of Amontillado”

“At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely settled – but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk.”

Precluded – verb - prevented

“A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.”

Retribution – noun- payback; punishment for a misdeed

“I must not only punish but punish with impunity.” =

Impunity – noun – freedom from consequences

“There were no attendants at home; they had absconded to make merry in honour of the time.”

Absconded – verb – left quickly and secretly and hid.

“I had told them that I should not return until the morning, and had given them explicit orders not to stir from the house.”

Explicit – adj. – clearly stated

“It was in vain that Fortunato, uplifting his dull torch, endeavored to pry into the depth of the recess.”

(in) vain – adj – ineffectual or unsuccessful; futile

“…he had reached the extremity of the niche and found his progress arrested by the rock…”

Niche – noun – semicircular arched wall indentation (as for a statue); a recess in the wall

“A moment more and I had fettered him to the granite.”

Fettered – verb – shackled; chained up