Anne of Green Gables: Chapters 6-10

by L.M. Montgomery
In L.M. Montgomery's classic novel, imaginative and outspoken orphan Anne Shirley comes to the town of Avonlea to live with her new guardians.

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  1. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
    She knew Mrs. Peter Blewett only by sight as a small, shrewish-faced woman without an ounce of superfluous flesh on her bones.
  2. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
    The baby’s awful fractious, and I’m clean worn out attending to him.
  3. reprove
    reprimand, scold, or express dissatisfaction with
    Marilla smothered a smile under the conviction that Anne must be reproved for such a speech.
  4. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
    “You’ll have to remember a little better if you stay here,” admonished Marilla.
  5. assent
    agree or express agreement
    “Why, of course, if you want me to,” assented Anne cheerfully.
  6. fortnight
    a period of fourteen consecutive days
    “Sit down on that chair and try to calm yourself. I’m afraid you both cry and laugh far too easily. Yes, you can stay here and we will try to do right by you. You must go to school; but it’s only a fortnight till vacation so it isn’t worth while for you to start before it opens again in September.”
  7. gossamer
    filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
    Gossamers glimmered like threads of silver among the trees and the fir boughs and tassels seemed to utter friendly speech.
  8. emphatic
    forceful and definite in expression or action
    “Well, they didn’t pick you for your looks, that’s sure and certain,” was Mrs. Rachel Lynde’s emphatic comment.
  9. indignation
    a feeling of righteous anger
    But Anne continued to face Mrs. Rachel undauntedly, head up, eyes blazing, hands clenched, passionate indignation exhaling from her like an atmosphere.
  10. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
    She was as angry with herself as with Anne, because, whenever she recalled Mrs. Rachel’s dumbfounded countenance her lips twitched with amusement and she felt a most reprehensible desire to laugh.
  11. reprehensible
    bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
    She was as angry with herself as with Anne, because, whenever she recalled Mrs. Rachel’s dumbfounded countenance her lips twitched with amusement and she felt a most reprehensible desire to laugh.
  12. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
    Breakfast, dinner, and supper were very silent meals — for Anne still remained obdurate.
  13. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
    Marilla herself, upon her return to the house, was agreeably surprised to hear a plaintive voice calling, “Marilla” over the banisters.
  14. abasement
    a low or downcast state
    But the former understood in dismay that Anne was actually enjoying her valley of humiliation — was reveling in the thoroughness of her abasement.
  15. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
    She only perceived that Anne had made a very thorough apology and all resentment vanished from her kindly, if somewhat officious, heart.
Created on Fri Feb 02 15:05:18 EST 2018 (updated Mon Jun 16 19:35:29 EDT 2025)

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