"The Story of an Hour"

An hour filled with intense and opposite emotions can be too much for a heart to bear. Take care as you read this list based on the short story by Kate Chopin.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 12 Unit 2's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Pygmalion and the Statue, Pygmalion, Talkin' 'bout a Revolution, Cinderella, the Legend, Why Women Always Take Advantage of Men, The Giving Tree, A Rose for Emily, The Story of an Hour, The Chaser
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  1. afflicted
    grievously affected especially by disease
    Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.
  2. abandon
    a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
    She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms.
  3. grief
    intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one
    When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone.
  4. repression
    a state of forcible subjugation
    She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength.
  5. suspension
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
    It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought.
  6. elusive
    difficult to describe
    She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name.
  7. tumultuous
    characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
    Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously.
  8. strive
    attempt by employing effort
    She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will--as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been.
  9. monstrous
    distorted and unnatural in shape or size
    She did not stop to ask if it were or were not a monstrous joy that held her.
  10. exalted
    of high moral or intellectual value
    A clear and exalted perception enabled her to dismiss the suggestion as trivial.
  11. bitter
    expressive of severe grief or regret
    But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely.
  12. impose
    inflict something unpleasant
    There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature.
  13. impulse
    a sudden desire
    What could love, the unsolved mystery, count for in the face of this possession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being!
  14. elixir
    a substance believed to cure all ills
    No; she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window.
  15. importunity
    insistent solicitation and entreaty
    She arose at length and opened the door to her sister's importunities.
Created on Fri Mar 06 11:29:32 EST 2015 (updated Fri Mar 06 12:20:18 EST 2015)

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