used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
admittancenounUS /ədˈmɪtəns/
the right to enter
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
advancesnounUS /ədˈvænsəz/
plural of “advance” — a movement forward
From this reading It was not her place to make advances, all too likely to be rebuffed.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading It was not her place to make advances, all too likely to be rebuffed.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading Remembering her General's injunction, "Let her alone," she refrained from yielding to that impulse.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
assertedadjectiveUS /əˈsɜːrtɪd/
confidently declared to be so
From this reading Her pride, too, asserted itself.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was not her place to make advances, all too likely to be rebuffed.
fearless and daring
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
confrontverbUS /kənˈfrʌnt/
oppose, as in hostility or a competition
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
deniedverbUS /dɪˈnaɪd/
inflected form of “deny” — declare untrue; contradict
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
the act of discovering something
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading No, she must keep her secret until time had done its perfect work.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Remembering her General's injunction, "Let her alone," she refrained from yielding to that impulse.
General'snounUS /ˈdʒenərəlz/
possessive form of “general” — a general officer of the highest rank
From this reading Remembering her General's injunction, "Let her alone," she refrained from yielding to that impulse.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
an instinctive motive
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
injunctionnounUS /ˌɪnˈdʒʌŋkʃən/
a formal command or admonition
From this reading Remembering her General's injunction, "Let her alone," she refrained from yielding to that impulse.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not her place to make advances, all too likely to be rebuffed.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading No, she must keep her secret until time had done its perfect work.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Her pride, too, asserted itself.
and nothing more
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading No, she must keep her secret until time had done its perfect work.
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Remembering her General's injunction, "Let her alone," she refrained from yielding to that impulse.
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading It was not her place to make advances, all too likely to be rebuffed.
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 A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
engage in
From this reading It was not her place to make advances, all too likely to be rebuffed.
Marjorie's
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From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading No, she must keep her secret until time had done its perfect work.
not any; not one
From this reading No, she must keep her secret until time had done its perfect work.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not her place to make advances, all too likely to be rebuffed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading No, she must keep her secret until time had done its perfect work.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading It was not her place to make advances, all too likely to be rebuffed.
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
From this reading Her pride, too, asserted itself.
rebuffedverbUS /rɪˈbʌft/
past form of “rebuff” — reject outright and bluntly
From this reading It was not her place to make advances, all too likely to be rebuffed.
refrainedverbUS /rɪˈfreɪnd/
past form of “refrain” — resist doing something
From this reading Remembering her General's injunction, "Let her alone," she refrained from yielding to that impulse.
RememberingnounUS /rɪˈmembərɪŋ/
the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
From this reading Remembering her General's injunction, "Let her alone," she refrained from yielding to that impulse.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading No, she must keep her secret until time had done its perfect work.
try to get or reach
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
be standing; be upright
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Remembering her General's injunction, "Let her alone," she refrained from yielding to that impulse.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
ThrilledadjectiveUS /θrɪld/
feeling intense pleasurable excitement
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading No, she must keep her secret until time had done its perfect work.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Her pride, too, asserted itself.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading No, she must keep her secret until time had done its perfect work.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A BOLD STAND FOR HONOR Thrilled with the discovery she had just made, Marjorie's first impulse was to seek admittance to the room so long denied her and confront Mary with the knowledge of her good deed.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading No, she must keep her secret until time had done its perfect work.
yieldingadjectiveUS /ˈjiːldɪŋ/
inclined to yield to argument or influence or control
From this reading Remembering her General's injunction, "Let her alone," she refrained from yielding to that impulse.
