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O PIONEERS! Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT®, and AP® English Test Preparation Willa Cather PSAT is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation neither of which sponsors or endorses this book; SAT is a registered trademark of the College Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this book; GRE, AP and Advanced Placement are registered trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which neither sponsors nor endorses this book, GMAT is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management Admissions Council which is neither affiliated with this book nor endorses this book, LSAT is a registered trademark of the Law School Admissions Council which neither sponsors nor endorses this product. All rights reserved. O Pioneers! Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT®, and AP® English Test Preparation Willa Cather PSAT® is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation neither of which sponsors or endorses this book; SAT® is a registered trademark of the College Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this book; GRE®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are registered trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which neither sponsors nor endorses this book, GMAT® is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management Admissions Council which is neither affiliated with this book nor endorses this book, LSAT® is a registered trademark of the Law School Admissions Council which neither sponsors nor endorses this product. All rights reserved. ICON CLASSICS Published by ICON Group International, Inc. 7404 Trade Street San Diego, CA 92121 USA www.icongrouponline.com O Pioneers!: Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT®, and AP® English Test Preparation This edition published by ICON Classics in 2005 Printed in the United States of America. Copyright ©2005 by ICON Group International, Inc. Edited by Philip M. Parker, Ph.D. (INSEAD); Copyright ©2005, all rights reserved. All rights reserved. This book is protected by copyright. No part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. Copying our publications in whole or in part, for whatever reason, is a violation of copyright laws and can lead to penalties and fines. Should you want to copy tables, graphs, or other materials, please contact us to request permission (E-mail: [email protected]). ICON Group often grants permission for very limited reproduction of our publications for internal use, press releases, and academic research. Such reproduction requires confirmed permission from ICON Group International, Inc. PSAT® is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation neither of which sponsors or endorses this book; SAT® is a registered trademark of the College Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this book; GRE®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are registered trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which neither sponsors nor endorses this book, GMAT® is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management Admissions Council which is neither affiliated with this book nor endorses this book, LSAT® is a registered trademark of the Law School Admissions Council which neither sponsors nor endorses this product. All rights reserved. ISBN 0-497-25334-8 iii Contents PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR..........................................................................................1 PART I THE WILD LAND...................................................................................................3 I.................................................................................................................................5 II.............................................................................................................................13 III............................................................................................................................19 IV............................................................................................................................29 V.............................................................................................................................39 PART II NEIGHBORING FIELDS.....................................................................................45 I...............................................................................................................................47 II.............................................................................................................................53 III............................................................................................................................59 IV............................................................................................................................69 V.............................................................................................................................75 VI............................................................................................................................79 VII...........................................................................................................................87 VIII..........................................................................................................................91 IX............................................................................................................................97 X...........................................................................................................................101 XI..........................................................................................................................107 XII.........................................................................................................................111 PART III WINTER MEMORIES.......................................................................................113 I.............................................................................................................................115 II...........................................................................................................................125 PART IV THE WHITE MULBERRY TREE.......................................................................129 I.............................................................................................................................131 II...........................................................................................................................139 III..........................................................................................................................143 IV..........................................................................................................................147 V...........................................................................................................................151 iv VI..........................................................................................................................155 VII.........................................................................................................................161 VIII........................................................................................................................167 PART V ALEXANDRA....................................................................................................169 I.............................................................................................................................171 II...........................................................................................................................179 III..........................................................................................................................187 GLOSSARY...................................................................................................................193 Willa Cather 1 PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of O Pioneers! by Willa Cather was edited for students who are actively building their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.1 Webster’s edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of synonyms and antonyms for difficult and often ambiguous English words that are encountered in other works of literature, conversation, or academic examinations. Extremely rare or idiosyncratic words and expressions are given lower priority in the notes compared to words which are “difficult, and often encountered” in examinations. Rather than supply a single synonym, many are provided for a variety of meanings, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of the English language, and avoid using the notes as a pure crutch. Having the reader decipher a word’s meaning within context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not already highlighted on previous pages. If a difficult word is not noted on a page, chances are that it has been highlighted on a previous page. A more complete thesaurus is supplied at the end of the book; Synonyms and antonyms are extracted from Webster’s Online Dictionary. Definitions of remaining terms as well as translations can be found at www.websters-online- dictionary.org. Please send suggestions to [email protected] The Editor Webster’s Online Dictionary www.websters-online-dictionary.org 1 P S A T ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e College Entrance Examination Board and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation neither of which sponsors or endorses this book; SAT® is a registered trademark of the College Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this book; GRE®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are registered trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which neither sponsors nor endorses this book, GMAT® is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management Admissions Council which is neither affiliated with this book nor endorses this book, LSAT® is a registered trademark of the Law School Admissions Council which neither sponsors nor endorses this product. All rights reserved. Willa Cather 3 PART I THE WILD LAND Willa Cather 5 I One %January day, thirty years ago, the little town of Hanover, anchored on a windy Nebraska tableland, was trying not to be blown away. A mist of fine snowflakes was curling and eddying about the cluster of low drab buildings huddled on the gray prairie, under a gray sky. The dwelling-houses were set about haphazard on the tough prairie sod; some of them looked as if they had been moved in overnight, and others as if they were straying off by themselves, headed straight for the open plain. None of them had any appearance of permanence, and the howling wind blew under them as well as over them. The main street was a deeply rutted road, now frozen hard, which ran from the squat red railway station and the grain “elevator” at the north end of the town to the lumber yard and the horse pond at the south end. On either side of this road straggled two uneven rows of wooden buildings; the general merchandise stores, the two banks, the drug store, the feed store, the saloon, the post-office. The board sidewalks were gray with trampled snow, but at two o’clock in the afternoon the shopkeepers, having come back from dinner, were keeping well behind their frosty windows. The children were all in school, and there was nobody abroad in the streets but a few rough-looking countrymen in coarse overcoats, with their long caps pulled down to their noses. Some of them had brought their wives to town, and now and then a red or a plaid shawl flashed out of one store into the shelter of another. At the hitch-bars along the street a Thesaurus anchored: (adj) fixed, immobile, plod; (adj) junk, litter, huddle, shawl: (n) wrap, mantle, cape, muffler, stationary, secure, stable, firm; (v) disarray. scarf, pall, mantlet Mantua, wrapper, rock solid, moored, on a rock, plaid: (n) check, tartan, patchwork, kerchief, headscarf, stole. tethered. kirtle, fabric, cloth, cape, tippet; (v) straying: (n) digression, departure, drab: (adj) dreary, gloomy, dingy, mosaic, tesselated; (adj) checked. error; (adj) errant, mistaking, cheerless, somber, boring, dowdy, prairie: (n) meadow, lea, grassland, containing error, incorrect, dark, colorless, dull, depressing. field, savanna, steppe, heath, bush, misleading, astray, mistaken, ANTONYMS: (adj) colorful, vivid, jungle, desert, pampas. erroneous. brilliant, chic, flashy, interesting, rutted: (adj) uneven, not smooth, lined, tableland: (n) table, bench, mesa, cheerful, distinctive, smart, strong. jagged, irregular, rough, furrowed, terrace, highland, Ardennes. lumber: (n) timber, wood; (adj, n) crumpled, potholed, not level, trampled: (adj) crushed, damaged, jumble, rubbish; (v) log, trail; (adv, v) bumpy. ANTONYM: (adj) level. flattened, compressed, packed down.

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There are many editions of O Pioneers!. This educational edition was created for self-improvement or in preparation for advanced examinations. The bottom of each page is annotated with a mini-thesaurus of uncommon words highlighted in the text, including synonyms and antonyms. Designed for school di
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