Chapter I · Chapter 1

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.

inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

of short duration or distance

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

of surpassing excellence

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

plural of “conspirator” — a member of a conspiracy

From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.

an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech

From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.

lively and spirited

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

completely wanting or lacking

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

compelled forcibly by an outside agency

From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.

a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste

From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.

having ones attention or mind or energy engaged

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.

at any time

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

considered likely or probable to happen or arrive

From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

offering fun and gaiety

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.

given to merry frolicking

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.

a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.

inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.

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From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

occurring or falling between events or points in time

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman

From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.

lacking spirit or liveliness

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

the force of workers available

From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.

used to form the superlative

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

without preparation

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

go across or through

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

the act of playing a musical instrument

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

plural of “prank” — acting like a clown or buffoon

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

correct or appropriate behavior

From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.

a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

necessary for relief or supply

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

an easy victory

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

past form of “school” — educate in or as if in a school

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

plural of “shred” — a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.

lacking brightness or color; dull

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

in the near future

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.

inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE VICTIM.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.

create by training and teaching

From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance

From this reading THE VICTIM.

stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.