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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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actual
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all
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Ambitious
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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annulled
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away
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bigoted
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Black
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Boy
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Bridal
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broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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Carbuncle
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Catastrophe
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Champion
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Charles
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charters
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colonies
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Cross
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David
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Dr
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Dudley
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Edward
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From this reading Edward Randolph's Portrait III.
Eleanore's
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From this reading Lady Eleanore's Mantle IV.
endanger
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Endicott
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England
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Esther
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Experiment
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Gentle
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Goldthwaite's
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Gray
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GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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groaned
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Guest
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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
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harsh
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heavier
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Heidegger's
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Higginbotham's
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Hills
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Hollow
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House
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Howe's
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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II
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III
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From this reading Edward Randolph's Portrait III.
IV
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From this reading Lady Eleanore's Mantle IV.
James
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Knell
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Lady
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From this reading Lady Eleanore's Mantle IV.
Legends
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liberties
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MantlenounUS /ˈmæntəl/
a loose covering like a cloak
From this reading Lady Eleanore's Mantle IV.
Masquerade
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May-Pole
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Merry
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Minister's
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Mount
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Mr
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New
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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Old
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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
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once
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ones
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ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
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Peter
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Portrait
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From this reading Edward Randolph's Portrait III.
pressure
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Province
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Randolph's
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From this reading Edward Randolph's Portrait III.
Red
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religion
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Revolution
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sent
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Shaker
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soldier
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successor
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Swan
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takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading James II, the bigoted successor of Charles the Voluptuous, had annulled the charters of all the colonies, and sent a harsh and unprincipled soldier to take away our liberties and endanger our religion.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Old Esther Dudley The Ambitious Guest Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure The Shaker Bridal Endicott and the Red Cross There was once a time when New England groaned under the actual pressure of heavier wrongs than those threatened ones which brought on the Revolution.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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There
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thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
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threatened
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Three
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timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Old Esther Dudley The Ambitious Guest Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure The Shaker Bridal Endicott and the Red Cross There was once a time when New England groaned under the actual pressure of heavier wrongs than those threatened ones which brought on the Revolution.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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Treasure
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underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Old Esther Dudley The Ambitious Guest Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure The Shaker Bridal Endicott and the Red Cross There was once a time when New England groaned under the actual pressure of heavier wrongs than those threatened ones which brought on the Revolution.
unprincipled
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Veil
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Voluptuous
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Wakefield
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Old Esther Dudley The Ambitious Guest Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure The Shaker Bridal Endicott and the Red Cross There was once a time when New England groaned under the actual pressure of heavier wrongs than those threatened ones which brought on the Revolution.
Wedding
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whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
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whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
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wrongs
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