Best short stories of O Henry

Wen (Canada)
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  1. mammoth
    extinct elephant widely distributed in the Pleistocene
  2. truant
    one who is absent from school without permission
  3. fob
    short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest
  4. setter
    one who puts written material into type
  5. idiocy
    extreme mental retardation
  6. parsimony
    extreme stinginess
  7. subsiding
    a gradual sinking to a lower level
  8. vestibule
    a large entrance or reception room or area
  9. contracted
    reduced in size or pulled together
  10. pier
    a platform built out from the shore into the water
  11. whirl
    the shape of something rotating rapidly
  12. air shaft
    a shaft for ventilation
  13. rippling
    a small wave on the surface of a liquid
  14. ripple
    a small wave on the surface of a liquid
  15. falter
    move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
  16. flutter
    flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
  17. platinum
    a heavy precious metallic element
  18. setter
    one who puts written material into type
  19. quail
    a small game bird
  20. patent
    a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
  21. chop
    cut with a hacking tool
  22. trance
    a psychological state induced by a magical incantation
  23. assertion
    a declaration that is made emphatically
  24. nimble
    moving quickly and lightly
  25. ecstatic
    feeling great rapture or delight
  26. hysterical
    characterized by a state of violent mental agitation
  27. tortoise
    a land turtle with clawed limbs
  28. rim
    the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
  29. tress
    (usually plural) a long lock of hair
  30. dandy
    very good
  31. cosmopolitan
    composed of people from many parts of the world
  32. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  33. glee
    great merriment
  34. breed
    cause to procreate (animals)
  35. brew
    sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor
  36. conjecture
    believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  37. hie
    move fast
  38. fad
    an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
  39. manicure
    professional care for the hands and fingernails
  40. stray
    wander from a direct course or at random
  41. thawed
    no longer frozen solid
  42. inclusion
    the act of making a part of something
  43. decry
    express strong disapproval of
  44. patriotism
    love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
  45. relic
    an antiquity that has survived from the distant past
  46. nary
    colloquial for 'not a' or 'not one' or 'never a'
  47. flippant
    showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
  48. globular
    having the shape of a sphere or ball
  49. perch
    an elevated place serving as a seat
  50. bum
    a disreputable vagrant
  51. query
    an instance of questioning
  52. shun
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  53. alley
    a narrow street with walls on both sides
  54. turquoise
    a shade of blue tinged with green
  55. limning
    a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
  56. bout
    a period of indeterminate length marked by some condition
  57. derivative
    a compound obtained from another compound
  58. afield
    far away from home or one's usual surroundings
  59. unscathed
    not injured
  60. scathe
    the act of damaging something or someone
  61. stroll
    a leisurely walk, usually in some public place
  62. swagger
    walk with a lofty proud gait
  63. scurry
    move about or proceed hurriedly
  64. typography
    the craft of composing type and printing from it
  65. gratify
    make happy or satisfied
  66. lassie
    a girl or young woman who is unmarried
Created on Thu Mar 21 16:29:55 EDT 2013 (updated Tue Mar 26 15:57:26 EDT 2013)

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