“There Will Come Soft Rains” Vocabulary

1. warrens – crowded, mazelike passages

2. titanic – having great power

3. paranoia – mental disorder characterized by delusion of persecution

4. cavorting – leaping or prancing about

5. spoors – droppings of wild animals

6. okapi – African animal related to the giraffe

7. tremulous – trembling or quivering

8. psychopathic – having a mental disorder

9. grisly – horrible or gruesome

10. oracle – person of great authority or wisdom

11. circumvent – to check or defeat especially by strategy

12. imperturbable – marked by extreme calm and steadiness

13. subsidiary – furnishing aid or support

14. erratic – having no fixed course; inconsistent

15. surcease – cessation or respite; to stop