1) Evaded (verb): to avoid dealing with or facing (something).

Nella Larsen, Quicksand: “‘You don’t like Naxos, Miss Crane?’ She evaded. ‘Naxos, the place? Yes, I like it. Who wouldn’t like it…But-well- I don’t seem to fit here”(373)

This word plays an important part in understanding how Helga was trying to avoid admitting to someone other than herself that she hated being at the school. She didn’t want to deal with the question that Mr. Anderson asked her, but tried to answer indirectly instead.

-“Evaded.” Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster. Web. 20 May 2014.

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1) Diaphanous (adj): characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through.

Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar: “Then my gaze slid over the people to the blaze of green beyond the diaphanous curtains…”(141)

The use of this word allows the reader to understand Esther’s clear visual of the people. She states that she felt as if she was sitting at an enormous window, which shows how see-through the curtain was.

– “Diaphanous.” Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster. Web. 20 May 2014.

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1) Pecuniary (adj):  relating to or in the form of money

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Women and Economics: “…as well as against the pecuniary independence of women…

The quote this word is used in expresses the financial freedom of women, and how it is said to contributes to the discouragement of marriage and family. If women have money, they don’t have to depend on men as providers, and breaks down the family home, where the man is the provider. A financially independent woman can provide for herself.

-“Pecuniary.” Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster. Web. 19 May 2014

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1) Roused (verb): to cause (someone who is tired or not interested) to become active.

Virginia Woolf, Professions for Women: “The girl roused from her dream.”

Woolf used this word to express the fact that the girl was reluctant to pay attention to her imagination. The ideas that woke her would controversial to write about.

-“Rouse.” Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster. Web. 19 May 2014.

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