English Short Story Vocabulary Words

Front 1

Scullery

Back 1

a small kitchen or room at the back of a house used for washing dishes and other dirty household work.Per

Front 2

Perfunctory

Back 2

lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic

Front 3

Obstinate

Back 3

stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.

Front 4

Furtive

Back 4

attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.

Front 5

Futile

Back 5

incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful

Front 6

Malacca

Back 6

brown cane that is widely used for walking sticks and umbrella handles.

Front 7

Colloquial

Back 7

Characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.

Front 8

Glade

Back 8

an open space in a forest.

Front 9

Recede

Back 9

go or move back or further away from a previous position.

to become more distant.

Front 10

Tapestry

Back 10

a piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving colored weft threads or by embroidering on canvas, used as a wall hanging or furniture covering.

Front 11

Emanations

Back 11

an abstract but perceptible thing that issues or originates from a source.

Front 12

Abstract

Back 12

existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.

a summary of the contents of a book, article, or formal speech.

Front 13

Agate

Back 13

an ornamental stone consisting of a hard variety of chalcedony, typically banded in appearance.

a colored toy marble resembling a banded gemstone.

Front 14

Conjure

Back 14

call upon (a spirit or ghost) to appear, by means of a magic ritual.

Front 15

Persecute

Back 15

subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.

harass or annoy (someone) persistently.

Front 16

Paranoia

Back 16

a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self-importance, typically elaborated into an organized system. It may be an aspect of chronic personality disorder, of drug abuse, or of a serious condition such as schizophrenia in which the person loses touch with reality.