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Title: The Night the Bed Fell Vocabulary


1
The Night the Bed Fell Vocabulary
  • By James Thurber

2
Uncanny
  • Odd, strange

3
Crotchets
  • Whimsical or stubborn idea or opinion

4
Premonition
  • warning omen

5
Chloroform
  • Laughing gas anesthetic

6
Symbolism
  • when something represents or stands for something
    else

7
Recitation
  • reading narrating

8
Verisimilitude
  • probability likelihood

9
Grope
  • fumble about feel for

10
Opposed
  • against

11
Notion
  • idea thought

12
Apprehension
  • uneasiness hesitation

13
Ominous
  • threatening doomed

14
Pungent
  • strong sharp

15
Cease
  • stop

16
Accustomed
  • used to ordinary usual

17
Intervals
  • parts sections

18
Allay
  • ease calm still

19
Avert
  • turn away or aside

20
Calamity
  • disaster misadventure

21
Extricate
  • clear away untangle

22
Phobia
  • fear

23
Fortitude
  • resolution courage moral strength

24
Presently
  • right away soon

25
Culprit
  • crook criminal

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Adjoining
  • next to touching
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