'The Story of an Hour' Vocabulary

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• Kate Chopin - Profile

Here's a vocabulary list from "The Story of an Hour," by Kate Chopin. Use these terms for reference, study, and discussion.

"The Story of an Hour": By Appearance

• telegram
• forestall
• paralyzed
• abandonment
• exhaustion
• aquiver
• twittering
• repression
• yonder
• reflection
• suspension
• subtle
• elusive
• tumultuous
• possess
• powerless
• vacant
• keen
• monstrous
• perception
• trivial
• bitter
• procession
• persistence
• impose
• intention
• illumination
• possession
• self-assertion
• impulse
• admission
• riot
• shudder
• importunities
• feverish
• triumph
• joy

"The Story of an Hour": Alphabetical Listing

• abandonment
• admission
• aquiver
• elusive
• exhaustion
• feverish
• forestall
• keen
• illumination
• importunities
• impose
• impulse
• intention
• joy
• monstrous
• paralyzed
• perception
• persistence
• possess
• possession
• powerless
• procession
• reflection
• repression
• riot
• shudder
• subtle
• suspension
• telegram
• triumph
• trivial
• tumultuous
• twittering
• vacant
• yonder