Collection 6: Winter Dreams

F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story follows Dexter Green and his love for the elusive, effulgent Judy Jones.

Make sure to check out these lists for texts in Grade 11's Collection 6: Winter Dreams, poems of the Harlem Renaissance, poems by Robert Frost, The Crucible, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, The Coming Merging of Mind and Machine, Reality Check, The Ends of the World as We Know Them, The Universe as Primal Scream
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  1. neurasthenia
    nervous breakdown (not in technical use)
  2. grist
    grain intended to be or that has been ground
  3. blatantly
    in a completely obvious manner
  4. bloomers
    underpants worn by women
  5. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  6. mince
    walk daintily
  7. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  8. knickerbockers
    trousers ending above the knee
  9. mashie
    middle-distance iron
  10. flux
    a state of constant change
  11. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  12. romper
    a one-piece garment for children to wear at play
  13. petulance
    an irritable feeling
  14. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  15. roadster
    an open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat
  16. opiate
    a narcotic drug
  17. tonic
    a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
  18. Hot Springs
    a town in west central Arkansas
  19. turbulence
    a state of violent disturbance and disorder
  20. affect
    make believe with the intent to deceive
  21. abstraction
    preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
  22. consumptive
    afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
  23. pugilist
    someone who fights with fists for sport
  24. cloister
    residence that is a place of religious seclusion
  25. ludicrous
    inviting ridicule
  26. row
    an angry dispute
  27. malice
    the desire to see others suffer
  28. invulnerable
    immune to attack; impregnable
  29. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
  30. flourish
    grow vigorously
Created on Fri Jul 18 16:23:29 EDT 2014 (updated Wed Jul 30 17:35:29 EDT 2014)

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