Collection 2: Scary Tales

As you read Jackie Torrence's "Scary Tales," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 8's Collection 2: The Tell-Tale Heart, Scary Tales, The Monkey's Paw, What Is the Horror Genre?
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words only definitions & notes
  1. spark
    emit or produce electrical discharge
  2. mercy
    the act of showing great kindness toward the distressed
  3. attention
    the faculty or power of mental concentration
  4. stubborn
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  5. emotion
    any strong feeling
  6. exercise
    put to use
  7. tread
    put down, place, or press the foot
  8. hesitant
    unable to act or decide quickly or firmly
  9. cautious
    showing careful forethought
  10. bother
    cause inconvenience or discomfort to
Created on Thu Jul 03 12:15:55 EDT 2014 (updated Fri Jul 04 11:36:22 EDT 2014)

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