The document provides vocabulary words from three short stories: 1) "Ribbons" by Laurence Yep contains words like harassed, laborious, exotic, and exertion. 2) "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" by Walter Dean Meyers includes impromptu, tenatively, intently, and brittle. 3) "The Green Mamba" by Roald Dahl features autobiography, veranda, and malevolent.