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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading After Three Weeks of Incessant Labor She Met with a Painful and Fatal Accident.
an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
From this reading After Three Weeks of Incessant Labor She Met with a Painful and Fatal Accident.
AdoptedadjectiveUS /əˈdɑːptɪd/
acquired as your own by free choice
From this reading The Strangely Romantic History and Sad Death of Miss Agnes Arnold, the Adopted Daughter of the Late Samuel Arnold, of This City.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After Three Weeks of Incessant Labor She Met with a Painful and Fatal Accident.
Agnes
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From this reading The Strangely Romantic History and Sad Death of Miss Agnes Arnold, the Adopted Daughter of the Late Samuel Arnold, of This City.
a native or inhabitant of the United States
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Strangely Romantic History and Sad Death of Miss Agnes Arnold, the Adopted Daughter of the Late Samuel Arnold, of This City.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
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ArnoldnounUS /ˈɑːrnəld/
English poet and literary critic (1822-1888)
From this reading The Strangely Romantic History and Sad Death of Miss Agnes Arnold, the Adopted Daughter of the Late Samuel Arnold, of This City.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Wealthy, Lovely, and Engaged to Be Married, Yet This Devoted Girl Volunteered to Go and Nurse Yellow Fever Patients at Shreveport, Louisiana.
availableadjectiveUS /əˈveɪləbəl/
obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Wealthy, Lovely, and Engaged to Be Married, Yet This Devoted Girl Volunteered to Go and Nurse Yellow Fever Patients at Shreveport, Louisiana.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading The Strangely Romantic History and Sad Death of Miss Agnes Arnold, the Adopted Daughter of the Late Samuel Arnold, of This City.
a female human offspring
From this reading The Strangely Romantic History and Sad Death of Miss Agnes Arnold, the Adopted Daughter of the Late Samuel Arnold, of This City.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading The Strangely Romantic History and Sad Death of Miss Agnes Arnold, the Adopted Daughter of the Late Samuel Arnold, of This City.
zealous in devotion or affection
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edu
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ElectronicadjectiveUS /ˌɪlekˈtrɑːnɪk/
of or relating to electronics; concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons
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having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading Wealthy, Lovely, and Engaged to Be Married, Yet This Devoted Girl Volunteered to Go and Nurse Yellow Fever Patients at Shreveport, Louisiana.
FataladjectiveUS /ˈfeɪtəl/
bringing death
From this reading After Three Weeks of Incessant Labor She Met with a Painful and Fatal Accident.
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
From this reading Or, the Heroine of the Yellow Fever Plague in Shreveport.
FictionnounUS /ˈfɪkʃən/
a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
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a young female
From this reading Wealthy, Lovely, and Engaged to Be Married, Yet This Devoted Girl Volunteered to Go and Nurse Yellow Fever Patients at Shreveport, Louisiana.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Wealthy, Lovely, and Engaged to Be Married, Yet This Devoted Girl Volunteered to Go and Nurse Yellow Fever Patients at Shreveport, Louisiana.
HeroinenounUS /ˈheroʊən/
the main good female character in a work of fiction
From this reading Or, the Heroine of the Yellow Fever Plague in Shreveport.
the aggregate of past events
From this reading The Strangely Romantic History and Sad Death of Miss Agnes Arnold, the Adopted Daughter of the Late Samuel Arnold, of This City.
httpnounUS /ˌeɪtʃtiːtiːˈpiː/
a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
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ImagesnounUS /ˈɪmədʒəz/
plural of “image” — an iconic mental representation
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Or, the Heroine of the Yellow Fever Plague in Shreveport.
IncessantadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈsesənt/
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
From this reading After Three Weeks of Incessant Labor She Met with a Painful and Fatal Accident.
indiananounUS /ˌɪndiˈænə/
a state in midwestern United States
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a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading After Three Weeks of Incessant Labor She Met with a Painful and Fatal Accident.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading The Strangely Romantic History and Sad Death of Miss Agnes Arnold, the Adopted Daughter of the Late Samuel Arnold, of This City.
letrs
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a room where books are kept
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LouisiananounUS /luːˌiːziˈænə/
a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
From this reading Wealthy, Lovely, and Engaged to Be Married, Yet This Devoted Girl Volunteered to Go and Nurse Yellow Fever Patients at Shreveport, Louisiana.
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading Wealthy, Lovely, and Engaged to Be Married, Yet This Devoted Girl Volunteered to Go and Nurse Yellow Fever Patients at Shreveport, Louisiana.
joined in matrimony
From this reading Wealthy, Lovely, and Engaged to Be Married, Yet This Devoted Girl Volunteered to Go and Nurse Yellow Fever Patients at Shreveport, Louisiana.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading After Three Weeks of Incessant Labor She Met with a Painful and Fatal Accident.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading The Strangely Romantic History and Sad Death of Miss Agnes Arnold, the Adopted Daughter of the Late Samuel Arnold, of This City.
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading Wealthy, Lovely, and Engaged to Be Married, Yet This Devoted Girl Volunteered to Go and Nurse Yellow Fever Patients at Shreveport, Louisiana.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or, the Heroine of the Yellow Fever Plague in Shreveport.
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
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plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
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causing physical or psychological pain
From this reading After Three Weeks of Incessant Labor She Met with a Painful and Fatal Accident.
PatientsnounUS /ˈpeɪʃənts/
plural of “patient” — a person who requires medical care
From this reading Wealthy, Lovely, and Engaged to Be Married, Yet This Devoted Girl Volunteered to Go and Nurse Yellow Fever Patients at Shreveport, Louisiana.
PlagueverbUS /pleɪɡ/
cause to suffer a blight
From this reading Or, the Heroine of the Yellow Fever Plague in Shreveport.
ProjectverbUS /ˈprɑːdʒekt/
communicate vividly
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RomanticadjectiveUS /roʊˈmæntɪk/
belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
From this reading The Strangely Romantic History and Sad Death of Miss Agnes Arnold, the Adopted Daughter of the Late Samuel Arnold, of This City.
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading The Strangely Romantic History and Sad Death of Miss Agnes Arnold, the Adopted Daughter of the Late Samuel Arnold, of This City.
SamuelnounUS /ˈsæmjuːl/
(Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king
From this reading The Strangely Romantic History and Sad Death of Miss Agnes Arnold, the Adopted Daughter of the Late Samuel Arnold, of This City.
work done by one person or group that benefits another
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a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After Three Weeks of Incessant Labor She Met with a Painful and Fatal Accident.
ShreveportnounUS /ˈʃriːvpɔːrt/
a city in northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border
From this reading Or, the Heroine of the Yellow Fever Plague in Shreveport.
in a strange manner
From this reading The Strangely Romantic History and Sad Death of Miss Agnes Arnold, the Adopted Daughter of the Late Samuel Arnold, of This City.
TextnounUS /tekst/
the words of something written
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The Strangely Romantic History and Sad Death of Miss Agnes Arnold, the Adopted Daughter of the Late Samuel Arnold, of This City.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading After Three Weeks of Incessant Labor She Met with a Painful and Fatal Accident.
from one end or side of something to the other
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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Wealthy, Lovely, and Engaged to Be Married, Yet This Devoted Girl Volunteered to Go and Nurse Yellow Fever Patients at Shreveport, Louisiana.
UniversitynounUS /ˌjuːnəˈvɜːrsəti/
the body of faculty and students at a university
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VolunteeredverbUS /ˌvɑːlənˈtɪrd/
past form of “volunteer” — tell voluntarily
From this reading Wealthy, Lovely, and Engaged to Be Married, Yet This Devoted Girl Volunteered to Go and Nurse Yellow Fever Patients at Shreveport, Louisiana.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
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WealthyadjectiveUS /ˈwelθi/
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
From this reading Wealthy, Lovely, and Engaged to Be Married, Yet This Devoted Girl Volunteered to Go and Nurse Yellow Fever Patients at Shreveport, Louisiana.
webnounUS /web/
an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
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plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading After Three Weeks of Incessant Labor She Met with a Painful and Fatal Accident.
in the company of; together with
From this reading After Three Weeks of Incessant Labor She Met with a Painful and Fatal Accident.
WrightnounUS /raɪt/
United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
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wwwnoun
computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
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of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Or, the Heroine of the Yellow Fever Plague in Shreveport.
but in spite of that
From this reading Wealthy, Lovely, and Engaged to Be Married, Yet This Devoted Girl Volunteered to Go and Nurse Yellow Fever Patients at Shreveport, Louisiana.
