A Likely Story: Winesburg, Ohio

A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life

by Sherwood Anderson

This collection of interlinked short stories centers around protagonist George Willard and the inhabitants of his hometown.

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VOCABULARY LISTS IN THIS COLLECTION:

The Book of the Grotesque

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- ludicrous
- beset
- notion
- intimate
- procession
- grotesque
- indelible
- composite
- thrift
- profligacy
Hands

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- veranda
- boisterous
- clad
- beset
- proprietor
- venture
- shrill
- obscure
- distinguish
- elusive
- bay
- inclination
- tendency
- reminiscent
- pastoral
- earnestly
- convulsive
- pennant
- crude
- tousle
- diffuse
- enamored
- galvanize
- dismay
- rosary
Paper Pills

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- jaded
- fertile
- ceaseless
- frayed
- confound
- blather
- gnarled
- buggy
- suitor
- practitioner
Mother

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- gaunt
- obscure
- listless
- reproach
- yearn
- drab
- befall
- communion
- ineffectual
- strive
- transient
- patronage
- shabby
- grope
- clod
- ambitious
- earnestness
- gawky
- repentance
- reel
The Philosopher

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- protrude
- advisable
- keen
- distinction
- essence
- asylum
- rave
- trifle
- negligence
- sheepish
- despicable
- contempt
- blunt
- presentiment
- emphatic
Nobody Knows

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- sprawling
- sulky
- nerve
- gingham
- comely
- exquisite
- quibble
- unperturbed
- compel
- doggedly
Godliness

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- haphazard
- suppressed
- fervor
- toil
- glib
- avaricious
- alight
- morose
- shrewd
- recluse
- dullard
- berate
- ecstatic
- relent
- manifest
- cultivate
- materialistic
- plunder
- ferment
- impulsive
- gaiety
- indifference
- philosophical
- tirade
- vehemently
- intangible
- groundless
- reproach
- venture
- exultant
- gusto
- exaltation
- humble
- appeal
- stoutly
A Man of Ideas

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- complexion
- uncanny
- visitation
- throes
- compel
- excessive
- intent
- seizure
- overwhelming
- astride
- override
- subterranean
- delve
- besiege
- stature
- mirth
- spry
- solemnly
- shrill
- exposition
Adventure

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- slight
- placid
- ferment
- diffidence
- reserve
- abandon
- livery
- pension
- induce
- cloister
- ineffectual
- perpetually
- resolutely
- stolid
- unaccustomed
Respectability

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- grotesque
- girth
- degrade
- bleary
- saloon
- abominable
- instinctive
- resentment
- homage
- comely
- milliner
- leer
- expectant
- succession
- vile
- fervor
- grovel
- respectable
- plush
- coax
The Thinker

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- boisterous
- eaves
- quarry
- squander
- speculation
- stenographer
- conventional
- reprimand
- reproof
- reprove
- berate
- sullen
- outlook
- gesticulate
- wrangle
- distinction
- idly
- effusive
- profound
- vigorously
- discernible
- plaintively
- stationery
- stave
- sentiment
Tandy

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- manifest
- bounty
- sojourn
- debauch
- incline
- agnostic
- inevitable
- hoarse
- earnest
- ecstatic
- venture
- caress
The Strength of God

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- reticent
- pulpit
- predominate
- stout
- unpretentious
- refined
- aloof
- imposing
- remorse
- muse
- dejected
- stricken
- competent
- worldly
- zeal
- delve
- deliverance
- rapt
- assail
- resolutely
- intercede
- intimate
- fathom
- carnal
- devise
- righteousness
- utterly
- hypocrite
- ministry
- incoherent
The Teacher

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- sage
- pension
- aspire
- muse
- revelation
- premeditated
- complexion
- bluster
- anecdote
- guffaw
- transpire
- mar
- conception
- import
- peddler
- winsome
- domineering
- impulse
- customary
- baffled
Loneliness

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- faculty
- disconcerted
- magistrate
- hearty
- vexed
- striking
- crude
- coherent
- indignant
- egotist
- harangue
- sedate
- substantial
- engagement
- trustee
- fruition
- sprawling
- conclusive
- scrupulously
- acquaint
An Awakening

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- dismal
- don
- dissipation
- amuck
- accoutrement
- resound
- heady
- calico
- woo
- effusive
- ignominiously
- squalid
Queer

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- rheumatism
- patter
- ware
- wheedle
- wrath
- distraught
- typify
- condemn
- protrude
- sullenly
- indifferent
- spasmodic
- futile
- vain
- indistinguishable
The Untold Lie

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- reprobate
- incessant
- conviction
- humdrum
- flashy
- fancy
- infatuation
- trudge
- jaunty
- lapel
Drink

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- frontier
- thriving
- formative
- assert
- casual
- unaffected
- vigor
- squalid
- saunter
- solicitude
Death

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- listless
- ostensibly
- epigram
- divine
- gritty
- haphazard
- fare
- prompt
- perplexed
- muddle
- querulous
- intoxicate
- hysterical
- personify
- adjoin
Sophistication

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- whinny
- sophistication
- pedantic
- profoundly
- thoroughfare
- medley
- prance
- windbag
- cosmopolitan
- pompous
- reflective
- minute
- reverence
- crest
- chasten
Departure

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- pike
- basin
- toil
- bleak
- terminal
- scamper
- commonplace
- dramatic
- aspect
- recollection