abundancenounUS /əˈbʌndəns/
the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The strange flowers of California, yellow and red, grown familiar now after many years, made their appeal to him.
anew
From this reading The Golden Summer Comes Again The golden summer had come again.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading He loved the exhilarating air and the glorious sunshine.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The strange flowers of California, yellow and red, grown familiar now after many years, made their appeal to him.
take a court case to a higher court for review
From this reading The strange flowers of California, yellow and red, grown familiar now after many years, made their appeal to him.
English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading With the returning summer he welcomed the yellow bird with red crown and black wings.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading With the returning summer he welcomed the yellow bird with red crown and black wings.
CalifornianounUS /ˌkæləˈfɔːrnjə/
a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes
From this reading The strange flowers of California, yellow and red, grown familiar now after many years, made their appeal to him.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The Golden Summer Comes Again The golden summer had come again.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading The Golden Summer Comes Again The golden summer had come again.
the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
From this reading With the returning summer he welcomed the yellow bird with red crown and black wings.
exhilaratingadjectiveUS /ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ/
making lively and cheerful
From this reading He loved the exhilarating air and the glorious sunshine.
well known or easily recognized
From this reading The strange flowers of California, yellow and red, grown familiar now after many years, made their appeal to him.
FillmorenounUS /ˈfɪlmɔːr/
elected vice president and became the 13th President of the United States when Zachary Taylor died in office (1800-1874)
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plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading The strange flowers of California, yellow and red, grown familiar now after many years, made their appeal to him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading He loved the exhilarating air and the glorious sunshine.
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading The Golden Summer Comes Again The golden summer had come again.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading The strange flowers of California, yellow and red, grown familiar now after many years, made their appeal to him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Golden Summer Comes Again The golden summer had come again.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With the returning summer he welcomed the yellow bird with red crown and black wings.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The strange flowers of California, yellow and red, grown familiar now after many years, made their appeal to him.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
held dear
From this reading He loved the exhilarating air and the glorious sunshine.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The strange flowers of California, yellow and red, grown familiar now after many years, made their appeal to him.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading The strange flowers of California, yellow and red, grown familiar now after many years, made their appeal to him.
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
miningnounUS /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/
the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The strange flowers of California, yellow and red, grown familiar now after many years, made their appeal to him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
PalmernounUS /ˈpɑːmər/
United States golfer (born in 1929)
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading The strange flowers of California, yellow and red, grown familiar now after many years, made their appeal to him.
tending to return to an earlier state
From this reading With the returning summer he welcomed the yellow bird with red crown and black wings.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
storedverbUS /stɔːrd/
past form of “store” — keep or lay aside for future use
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading The strange flowers of California, yellow and red, grown familiar now after many years, made their appeal to him.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading The Golden Summer Comes Again The golden summer had come again.
the rays of the sun
From this reading He loved the exhilarating air and the glorious sunshine.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Golden Summer Comes Again The golden summer had come again.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The strange flowers of California, yellow and red, grown familiar now after many years, made their appeal to him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
the upper part of anything
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading To old man Palmer, living alone on the top of Fillmore Hill, the great snow banks stored high upon the mountains meant abundance of water for mining.
welcomedverbUS /ˈwelkəmd/
past form of “welcome” — accept gladly
From this reading With the returning summer he welcomed the yellow bird with red crown and black wings.
a means of flight or ascent
From this reading With the returning summer he welcomed the yellow bird with red crown and black wings.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the returning summer he welcomed the yellow bird with red crown and black wings.
a late time of life
From this reading The strange flowers of California, yellow and red, grown familiar now after many years, made their appeal to him.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading The strange flowers of California, yellow and red, grown familiar now after many years, made their appeal to him.
