Little Women: Louisa May Alcott

Chapter I: Playing Pilgrims Vocabulary Words: 1. Dreadful: extremely bad or unpleasant. Example: "It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. 2. Trotting: move slightly faster than walking. Example: "She is a nervous old lady who keeps me trotting since she worries me." 3. Fussy: much unnecessary worry or excitement about something. Example: "Her aunt was small, with a rather fussy manner." 4. Fret: be constantly or visibly worried or anxious. Example: "If you mess up a few times at first, don't fret."

Chapter I: Playing Pilgrims 5. Impertinent: not showing proper respect; rude. Example: "The young girls at my school are so impertinent." 6. Reproving: showing that you disapprove of someone's bad or silly behavior. Example: "She threw him an angry and reproving look." 7. Detest: to hate someone or something very much. Example: "She detests rude, unladylike girls!" 8. Mane: thick, long hair on a person's head. Example: "She shook her mane of chestnut hair."

Chapter I: Playing Pilgrims 9. Recesses: a small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest. Example: "Plenty of books filled the recesses." 10. Frolic: a light-hearted, fun, or often silly activity. Example: "Tourists sunbathe and frolic in the ocean." 11. Stagger: to walk in an uncontrolled way, as if you are going to fall over. Example: They staggered across the room." 12. Anguish: extreme suffering, grief, or pain. Example: "He experienced the anguish of divorce after 10 years of marriage." 13. Rumpling: to make something untidy. Example: "Amy never minded the rumpling of her curls as she hid her face on her mother's shoulder."

Chapter II: A Merry Christmas Vocabulary Words: 1. Rummage: to search for something by moving things around without care. Example: "The girls rummaged around to find their little books." 2. Pious: strict in religious beliefs and practices. Example: "Margaret has a sweet and pious nature." 3. Abashed: embarrassed or ashamed. Example: "Amy looked abashed when she saw her sisters waiting for her." 4. Impetuously: with sudden force. Example: "They impetuously married after only five weeks."