Kate Chopin The Story of an Hour

Evelyn L. (United States of America)
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  1. veiled
    having or as if having a veil or concealing cover
  2. revealed religion
    a religion founded primarily on the revelations of God to humankind
  3. concealing
    covering or hiding
  4. paralyzed
    unable to move
  5. inability
    lack of capacity to do something
  6. sudden
    happening without warning or in a short space of time
  7. sink
    fall or descend to a lower place or level
  8. peddler
    someone who travels about selling wares
  9. sparrow
    a small dull-colored singing bird
  10. eaves
    the overhang at the lower edge of a roof
  11. motionless
    completely still
  12. bespoke
    custom-made
  13. suspension
    the act of hanging something from above so it moves freely
  14. subtle
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  15. bosom
    breast
  16. tumultuously
    in a chaotic, noisy, or excited manner
  17. possess
    have ownership of
  18. striving
    an effortful attempt to attain a goal
  19. slender
    having little width in proportion to the length or height
  20. terror
    an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
  21. vacant
    not containing anyone or anything; unfilled or unoccupied
  22. pulse
    the steady movement of the body's blood-pumping organ
  23. monstrous
    distorted and unnatural in shape or size
  24. exalted
    of high moral or intellectual value
  25. trivial
    (informal) small and of little importance
  26. procession
    the act of moving forward, as toward a goal
  27. persistence
    the act of continuing or repeating
  28. impose
    charge and collect payment
  29. fellow
    a boy or man
  30. illumination
    the quality of providing light
  31. possession
    anything owned
  32. impulse
    an impelling force or strength
  33. keyhole
    the hole where a key is inserted
  34. elixir
    a substance believed to cure all ills
  35. riot
    a state of disorder involving group violence
  36. feverish
    having or affected by an abnormally high body temperature
  37. triumph
    a successful ending of a struggle or contest
  38. latchkey
    key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door
  39. composedly
    in a self-collected or self-possessed manner
  40. gripsack
    a small suitcase
  41. piercing
    painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
Created on Tue Mar 05 11:05:30 EST 2013

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