“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