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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
acquiring
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From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
admiringly
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From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
ambition
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From this reading She brought home no ambition save to make her father's home as comfortable as possible.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
apart
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From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
athletic
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From this reading She had entered into social and athletic diversions with zest and had been much more popular with her fellow students than with the faculty.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
belonging
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From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
bestowed
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From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She brought home no ambition save to make her father's home as comfortable as possible.
class
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From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
college
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From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
comfortable
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From this reading She brought home no ambition save to make her father's home as comfortable as possible.
DEBATABLE
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From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
diversions
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From this reading She had entered into social and athletic diversions with zest and had been much more popular with her fellow students than with the faculty.
DuringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
entered
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From this reading She had entered into social and athletic diversions with zest and had been much more popular with her fellow students than with the faculty.
Evelyn
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From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
evinced
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From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
fact
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From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
faculty
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From this reading She had entered into social and athletic diversions with zest and had been much more popular with her fellow students than with the faculty.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
families
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From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
father's
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From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
fellow
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From this reading She had entered into social and athletic diversions with zest and had been much more popular with her fellow students than with the faculty.
four
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From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
girls
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From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
gone
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From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
graduated
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From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
home
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From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
honors
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From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
house
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From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
interest
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From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She had entered into social and athletic diversions with zest and had been much more popular with her fellow students than with the faculty.
June
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From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
knowledge
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From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She brought home no ambition save to make her father's home as comfortable as possible.
mistress
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From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
more
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From this reading She had entered into social and athletic diversions with zest and had been much more popular with her fellow students than with the faculty.
much
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From this reading She had entered into social and athletic diversions with zest and had been much more popular with her fellow students than with the faculty.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
only
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From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
others
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From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
place
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From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
popular
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From this reading She had entered into social and athletic diversions with zest and had been much more popular with her fellow students than with the faculty.
Porter
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From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
position
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From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
possible
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From this reading She brought home no ambition save to make her father's home as comfortable as possible.
QUESTIONS
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From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
set
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From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
Smith
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From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
social
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From this reading She had entered into social and athletic diversions with zest and had been much more popular with her fellow students than with the faculty.
student
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From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
students
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From this reading She had entered into social and athletic diversions with zest and had been much more popular with her fellow students than with the faculty.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She had entered into social and athletic diversions with zest and had been much more popular with her fellow students than with the faculty.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DEBATABLE QUESTIONS Evelyn Porter had come home in June to take her place as mistress of her father's house.
town
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From this reading The fact that she alone of the girls belonging to families of position in the town had gone to college had set her a little apart from the others.
unusual
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From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had entered into social and athletic diversions with zest and had been much more popular with her fellow students than with the faculty.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
years
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From this reading During her four years at Smith she had evinced no unusual interest in acquiring knowledge; she was a fair student only and had been graduated without honors save those which her class had admiringly bestowed on her.
zest
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From this reading She had entered into social and athletic diversions with zest and had been much more popular with her fellow students than with the faculty.
