Identify five words from the reading selection that were unfamiliar to you. Look up their meanings if you haven’t already done so. Create a vocabulary table that includes the meaning and other forms (parts of speech) of those words.



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Word Meaning Other Parts of Speech

neurasthenic (adj) having neurasthenia; a condition of neurasthenic (n);
being exhausted or fatigued neurasthenia (n)

mince (v) 1. to take small steps mincer (n);
2. to finely cut or grind food mincing (adj)

precarious (adj) unsteady; dependent on circumstances precariously (adv)

attune (v) to be harmonious with, to make aware or alert attunement (n)

denouement (n) the result of a sequence of events; the final part --