My Antonia: Book V

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. audit
    examine carefully for accuracy
    Tiny audits Lena's accounts occasionally, and invests her money for her; and Lena, apparently, takes care that Tiny doesn't grow too miserly.
  2. vexation
    anger produced by some annoying irritation
    He clenched his fists in vexation and looked up at her impetuously.
  3. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
    They said nothing, but glancing at me, traced on the glass with their finger-tips the outline of the cherries and strawberries and crab-apples within, trying by a blissful expression of countenance to give me some idea of their deliciousness.
  4. veritable
    being truly so called; real or genuine
    We were standing outside talking, when they all came running up the steps together, big and little, tow heads and gold heads and brown, and flashing little naked legs; a veritable explosion of life out of the dark cave into the sunlight.
  5. assent
    agree or express agreement
    They all assented.
  6. impertinent
    improperly forward or bold
    I was saucy and impertinent to him...
  7. jaunty
    having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
    They produced a photograph taken just before I went away to college; a tall youth in striped trousers and a straw hat, trying to look easy and jaunty.
  8. tarry
    leave slowly and hesitantly
    Their mother came to the door with us, and we tarried for a moment to look out at the white slope of the corral and the two ponds asleep in the moonlight, and the long sweep of the pasture under the star-sprinkled sky.
  9. succession
    a group of people or things arranged or following in order
    In my memory there was a succession of such pictures, fixed there like the old woodcuts of one's first primer...
  10. brandish
    move or swing back and forth
    He picked up dried flowers with his toes and brandished them in the belt of sunlight.
  11. incredulously
    in a disbelieving manner
    "You have heard, maybe?" he asked incredulously.
  12. acquisitive
    eager to attain and possess material possessions
    His sociability was stronger than his acquisitive instinct.
  13. unabashed
    not embarrassed
    He made no answer to this, except to smile at me with unabashed pleasure and affection as I drove away.
  14. complacently
    in a self-satisfied manner
    "And I don't want to be," the other agreed complacently.
  15. predetermine
    establish beforehand
    For Ántonia and for me, this had been the road of Destiny; had taken us to those early accidents of fortune which predetermined for us all that we can ever be.
Created on Mon Mar 11 11:46:50 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Jul 31 16:53:02 EDT 2025)

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