Chapter I

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

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European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb

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having a strong desire for success or achievement

From this reading The ambitious and educated American mother is a forceful creature, a strong, powerful woman.

a native or inhabitant of the United States

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

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United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941)

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at the same time that; because; in the way that

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in or near a particular place or position

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the month following July and preceding September

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a mountain or tall hill

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in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading There is only the typical struggle between the dead and the living, between the inert and hideous virtue of decayed souls and the rebellious desires of their doomed progeny.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

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showing who or what does the action

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a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

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largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan

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the act of grasping

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a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain

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a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading The ambitious and educated American mother is a forceful creature, a strong, powerful woman.

a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

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a female human offspring

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no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

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the event of dying or departure from life

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damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless

From this reading There is only the typical struggle between the dead and the living, between the inert and hideous virtue of decayed souls and the rebellious desires of their doomed progeny.

plural of “desire” — the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

From this reading There is only the typical struggle between the dead and the living, between the inert and hideous virtue of decayed souls and the rebellious desires of their doomed progeny.

an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

marked for certain death

From this reading There is only the typical struggle between the dead and the living, between the inert and hideous virtue of decayed souls and the rebellious desires of their doomed progeny.

plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep

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the younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy; on Edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of England (944-975)

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)

From this reading The ambitious and educated American mother is a forceful creature, a strong, powerful woman.

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past form of “enter” — to come or go into

From this reading $1.50 a year Entered as second-class matter at Postoffice, Chicago AUGUST, 1915 The American Family BEN HECHT The dead fingers of spent passions, spent dreams, spent youth clutch at the throat of the rising generation and preserve the integrity of the American family.

Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736)

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a social unit living together

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a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

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plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)

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a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries

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characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical)

From this reading The ambitious and educated American mother is a forceful creature, a strong, powerful woman.

promote the growth of

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

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showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

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Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

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the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages

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United States writer of stories and plays (1894-1946)

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(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War

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grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror

From this reading There is only the typical struggle between the dead and the living, between the inert and hideous virtue of decayed souls and the rebellious desires of their doomed progeny.

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American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643)

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realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906)

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conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal

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a movement by American and English poets early in the 20th century in reaction to Victorian sentimentality; used common speech in free verse with clear concrete imagery

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plural of “impression” — a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

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unable to move or resist motion

From this reading There is only the typical struggle between the dead and the living, between the inert and hideous virtue of decayed souls and the rebellious desires of their doomed progeny.

an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting

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

From this reading Not that there is a typical American family.

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From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

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From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

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From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

From this reading There is only the typical struggle between the dead and the living, between the inert and hideous virtue of decayed souls and the rebellious desires of their doomed progeny.

United States poet (1917-1977)

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

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From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

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

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

United States poet (1869-1950)

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

a vaguely specified concern

From this reading $1.50 a year Entered as second-class matter at Postoffice, Chicago AUGUST, 1915 The American Family BEN HECHT The dead fingers of spent passions, spent dreams, spent youth clutch at the throat of the rising generation and preserve the integrity of the American family.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading The ambitious and educated American mother is a forceful creature, a strong, powerful woman.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Not that there is a typical American family.

the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

and nothing more

From this reading There is only the typical struggle between the dead and the living, between the inert and hideous virtue of decayed souls and the rebellious desires of their doomed progeny.

plural of “passion” — a strong feeling or emotion

From this reading $1.50 a year Entered as second-class matter at Postoffice, Chicago AUGUST, 1915 The American Family BEN HECHT The dead fingers of spent passions, spent dreams, spent youth clutch at the throat of the rising generation and preserve the integrity of the American family.

plural of “pattern” — a perceptual structure

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

record on photographic film

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

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

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

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From this reading $1.50 a year Entered as second-class matter at Postoffice, Chicago AUGUST, 1915 The American Family BEN HECHT The dead fingers of spent passions, spent dreams, spent youth clutch at the throat of the rising generation and preserve the integrity of the American family.

having great power or force or potency or effect

From this reading The ambitious and educated American mother is a forceful creature, a strong, powerful woman.

keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

From this reading $1.50 a year Entered as second-class matter at Postoffice, Chicago AUGUST, 1915 The American Family BEN HECHT The dead fingers of spent passions, spent dreams, spent youth clutch at the throat of the rising generation and preserve the integrity of the American family.

the immediate descendants of a person

From this reading There is only the typical struggle between the dead and the living, between the inert and hideous virtue of decayed souls and the rebellious desires of their doomed progeny.

a person who enjoys reading

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

resisting control or authority

From this reading There is only the typical struggle between the dead and the living, between the inert and hideous virtue of decayed souls and the rebellious desires of their doomed progeny.

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From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status

From this reading $1.50 a year Entered as second-class matter at Postoffice, Chicago AUGUST, 1915 The American Family BEN HECHT The dead fingers of spent passions, spent dreams, spent youth clutch at the throat of the rising generation and preserve the integrity of the American family.

small Old World songbird with a reddish breast

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

-ing form of “room” — live and take one's meals at or in

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany (born in 1918)

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

of inferior status or quality

From this reading $1.50 a year Entered as second-class matter at Postoffice, Chicago AUGUST, 1915 The American Family BEN HECHT The dead fingers of spent passions, spent dreams, spent youth clutch at the throat of the rising generation and preserve the integrity of the American family.

plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

From this reading There is only the typical struggle between the dead and the living, between the inert and hideous virtue of decayed souls and the rebellious desires of their doomed progeny.

depleted of energy, force, or strength

From this reading $1.50 a year Entered as second-class matter at Postoffice, Chicago AUGUST, 1915 The American Family BEN HECHT The dead fingers of spent passions, spent dreams, spent youth clutch at the throat of the rising generation and preserve the integrity of the American family.

having strength or power greater than average or expected

From this reading The ambitious and educated American mother is a forceful creature, a strong, powerful woman.

make a strenuous or labored effort

From this reading There is only the typical struggle between the dead and the living, between the inert and hideous virtue of decayed souls and the rebellious desires of their doomed progeny.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Not that there is a typical American family.

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

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading There is only the typical struggle between the dead and the living, between the inert and hideous virtue of decayed souls and the rebellious desires of their doomed progeny.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Not that there is a typical American family.

The passage at the back of the mouth.

From this reading $1.50 a year Entered as second-class matter at Postoffice, Chicago AUGUST, 1915 The American Family BEN HECHT The dead fingers of spent passions, spent dreams, spent youth clutch at the throat of the rising generation and preserve the integrity of the American family.

exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category

From this reading Not that there is a typical American family.

superlative of “ugly” — displeasing to the senses

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.

From this reading There is only the typical struggle between the dead and the living, between the inert and hideous virtue of decayed souls and the rebellious desires of their doomed progeny.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading The American Family Ben Hecht Patterns Amy Lowell The Piano and Imagism Margaret C. Anderson War Impressions Florence Kiper Frank Lawson, Caplan, Schmidt Alexander Berkman Father and Daughter Edgar Lee Masters Poems from the Greek Richard Aldington Nudity and the Ideal Will Levington Comfort “Rooming” Helen Hoyt The Ugliest Man George Burman Foster A Photograph of Edgar Lee Masters by Eugene Hutchinson Emasculating Ibsen; Death “The Scavenger” { Alice Oliver Henderson Children’s Poems { Arvia Mackaye { Robin Mackaye Book Discussion The Reader Critic

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading The ambitious and educated American mother is a forceful creature, a strong, powerful woman.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading $1.50 a year Entered as second-class matter at Postoffice, Chicago AUGUST, 1915 The American Family BEN HECHT The dead fingers of spent passions, spent dreams, spent youth clutch at the throat of the rising generation and preserve the integrity of the American family.

a young person (especially a young man or boy)

From this reading $1.50 a year Entered as second-class matter at Postoffice, Chicago AUGUST, 1915 The American Family BEN HECHT The dead fingers of spent passions, spent dreams, spent youth clutch at the throat of the rising generation and preserve the integrity of the American family.