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"The Story of an Hour"

Kate Chopin (1894)

Vocabulary List: "The Story of an Hour"

1. Afflicted – (verb) To cause pain or suffering.


o Example: "Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with heart
trouble."
2. Hastened – (verb) Hurried or moved quickly.
o Example: "Her sister Josephine hastened to break the
news gently."
3. Abandonment – (noun) A state of feeling like one has been deserted or left behind.
o Example: "She wept with sudden, wild abandonment."
4. Repression – (noun) The act of holding back emotions, desires, or impulses.
o Example: "She was not accustomed to repression."
5. Tumultuously – (adverb) In a wild, confused, or agitated manner.
o Example: "Her pulse beat faster, and her breathing became tumultuous."
6. Vacant – (adjective) Empty or without emotion.
o Example: "There was a vacant stare in her eyes."
7. Illumination – (noun) Spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.
o Example: "A clear and exalted perception came to her in this brief moment of
illumination."
8. Exalted – (adjective) Elevated in status or character; praised or revered.
o Example: "A clear and exalted perception came to her."
9. Importunity – (noun) Persistence in requesting or demanding something.
o Example: "Josephine’s importunities were gentle but insistent."
10. Self-assertion – (noun) The act of expressing or defending one's rights, claims, or opinions.
o Example: "Her will had been bent, but now self-assertion was awakening within her."
11. Elixir – (noun) A magical or medicinal potion believed to have healing properties.
o Example: "It was as if she was drinking in a new elixir of life."
12. Trivial – (adjective) Of little importance or significance.
o Example: "There would be no one to live for her during those coming years; she
would live for herself alone, making all trivial decisions on her own."
13. Composedly – (adverb) Calmly and with self-control.
o Example: "She composedly opened the door."
14. Monstrous – (adjective) Extremely evil or wrong; outrageous.
o Example: "She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess
her, and she tried to beat it back with her will—as powerless as her two white slender
hands would have been."
15. Piercing – (adjective) Sharp, intense, and penetrating.
o Example: "There was something coming to her, and she was waiting for it, fearfully.
What was it? Something subtle and elusive, but too piercing to be ignored."

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