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Little Women 31 words

High School level words pulled from Louisa May Alcott's classic.

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  1. bashful
    self-consciously timid
  2. bounce
    spring back; spring away from an impact
  3. clarifying
    that makes clear
  4. coiffure
    the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
  5. conservatory
    a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts
  6. cordial
    politely warm and friendly
  7. crumple
    to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
  8. dawdle
    hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
  9. despondent
    without or almost without hope
  10. dowdy
    lacking in smartness or taste
  11. droll
    comical in an odd or whimsical manner
  12. glacial
    relating to or derived from a glacier
  13. gruff
    brusque and surly and forbidding
  14. listless
    lacking zest or vivacity
  15. lucre
    informal terms for money
  16. mope
    be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed
  17. naughty
    badly behaved
  18. penitent
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  19. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  20. potion
    a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage
  21. prank
    a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
  22. precocious
    characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)
  23. prim
    affectedly dainty or refined
  24. quench
    satisfy (thirst)
  25. quizzical
    perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
  26. ragamuffin
    a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
  27. ramble
    move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
  28. raspy
    unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
  29. revolve
    turn on or around an axis or a center
  30. wheedle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  31. worldly
    characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world