My Antonia: Book IV

by Willa Cather
Vividly bringing the American frontier to life, this novel traces the life of Ántonia Shimerda, an immigrant who settles among the pioneers in Nebraska.

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  1. likeness
    similarity in appearance or nature between persons or things
    While I was waiting for him to come out of his developing-room, I walked about trying to recognize the likenesses on his walls: girls in Commencement dresses, country brides and grooms holding hands, family groups of three generations.
  2. gilt
    having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
    ... its picture on exhibition at the town photographer's, in a great gilt frame.
  3. aristocrat
    a member of the nobility
    Larry Donovan was a passenger conductor, one of those train-crew aristocrats who are always afraid that some one may ask them to put up a car-window, and who, if requested to perform such a menial service, silently point to the button that calls the porter.
  4. menial
    relating to unskilled work, especially domestic work
    Larry Donovan was a passenger conductor, one of those train-crew aristocrats who are always afraid that some one may ask them to put up a car-window, and who, if requested to perform such a menial service, silently point to the button that calls the porter.
  5. aloofness
    a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
    Larry wore this air of official aloofness even on the street, where there were no car-windows to compromise his dignity.
  6. mellow
    soften
    The windy springs and the blazing summers, one after another, had enriched and mellowed that flat tableland; all the human effort that had gone into it was coming back in long, sweeping lines of fertility.
  7. flighty
    guided by whim and fancy
    "She laughed kind of flighty like, and whispered, 'Good-bye, dear house!'"
  8. loath
    strongly opposed
    Yulka came bringing a dishpanful of wrung clothes, but she darted back into the house like she was loath to see us.
  9. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
    Jimmy, I sat right down on that bank beside her and made lament.
  10. afflicted
    grievously affected especially by disease
    She was afflicted with toothache; one tooth after another ulcerated, and she went about with her face swollen half the time.
  11. surly
    unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation
    Ambrosch had got over his good spell long ago, and was always surly.
  12. corral
    a pen for cattle
    It'll be dark before she gets them cattle put into the corral.
  13. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
    I was indignant.
  14. luminary
    a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
    For five, perhaps ten minutes, the two luminaries confronted each other across the level land, resting on opposite edges of the world.
  15. intrusive
    tending to enter uninvited
    "I'll come back," I said earnestly, through the soft, intrusive darkness.
Created on Mon Mar 11 11:41:03 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Jul 31 16:40:28 EDT 2025)

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