An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge

Vocabulary

1.      acclivity – an upward slope of ground

2.      hemp – a tall annual plant of the same family as the mulberry, native to Asia and extensively cultivated elsewhere for its tough fibers, which are made into heavy string, rope, coarse cloth.

3.      knell – sound of a bell rung slowly after a death or at a funeral. a warning sign of death

4.      efface – rub out; wipe out; blot out; obliterate

5.      ludicrous – causing derisive laughter; amusingly absurd; ridiculous

6.      inaccessible – hard to get at; hard to reach or enter, not accessible; that cannot be reached or entered at all

7.      convulsive – violently; disturbing

8.      prismatic – of or like a prism. varied in color; brilliant

9.      martinet – a person who upholds and enforces very strict discipline

10.  gyration – circular or spiral motion; whirling; rotation