Winesburg, Ohio: Nobody Knows

by Sherwood Anderson
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The Book of the Grotesque, Hands, Paper Pills, Mother, The Philosopher, Nobody Knows, Godliness, A Man of Ideas, Adventure, Respectability, The Thinker, Tandy, The Strength of God, The Teacher, Loneliness, An Awakening, "Queer," The Untold Lie, Drink, Death, Sophistication, Departure
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  1. sprawling
    spreading out in different directions
    The runner stumbled over the sprawling legs.
  2. sulky
    sullen or moody
    "How do you know I want to go out with you," she said sulkily.
  3. nerve
    impudent aggressiveness
    She has a nerve! Well, gracious sakes, she has a nerve," he muttered as he went along the street and passed a row of vacant lots where corn grew.
  4. gingham
    a woven cotton fabric, typically with a checked pattern
    When Louise Trunnion came out of the front door of her house she still wore the gingham dress in which she had been washing dishes.
  5. comely
    very pleasing to the eye
    She was not particularly comely and there was a black smudge on the side of her nose.
  6. exquisite
    intense or sharp
    Just to touch the folds of the soiled gingham dress would, he decided, be an exquisite pleasure.
  7. quibble
    argue over petty things
    She began to quibble. "You think you're better than I am. Don't tell me, I guess I know," she said drawing closer to him.
  8. unperturbed
    free from emotional agitation or nervous tension
    "I can't go far," she said and her voice was quiet, unperturbed.
  9. compel
    necessitate or exact
    In the path at the side of the road they were compelled to walk one behind the other.
  10. doggedly
    with obstinate determination
    "She hasn't got anything on me. Nobody knows," he muttered doggedly and went on his way.
Created on Thu Feb 18 13:29:17 EST 2021 (updated Wed Feb 24 16:03:38 EST 2021)

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