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Exploited

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Exploit verb \ik-ˈsploit, ˈek-ˌ\

a: to make productive use of :  utilize <exploiting your talents> <exploit your opponent’s weakness>

b:  to make use of meanly or unfairly for one’s own advantage <exploiting migrant farm workers>

“He became, for us, a thing to be avoided, outsmarted, and exploited.”

The Shawl paragraph 11

Initially I thought of exploited as a noun and it didn’t make much sense since the other two words were verbs. The father was a thing for that was to be avoided, outsmarted and utilized.

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Febrile

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Febrile adjective \ˈfe-ˌbrī(-ə)l\

a: marked or caused by fever : feverish

“Rosa saw that today Magda was going to die, and at the same time a fearful joy ran in Rosa’s two palms, her fingers were on fire, she was astonished, febrile: Magda, in the sunlight, swaying on her pencil legs, was howling.”

The Shawl paragraph 10

I wasn’t sure but I thought the word was closely related to madness. She was instead feverish (not the sick kind). Rosa was overcome with great emotion and was greatly excited at Magda finally dying.

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Gallantry

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Gallantry noun \ˈga-lən-trē\

a :  an act of marked courtesy

b :  courteous attention to a lady

“And yet,” said he, with the gallantry of a young politician. “for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies?”

A Jury of Her Peers page 265

Initially I was thinking of gallant where it it means brave. This made no sense to me “…a gallantry of a young politician…” Young politicians are rather foolish as opposed to brave. The other definition of gallantry made much more sense in this case.

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Importunities

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Importunities  noun \ˌim-pər-ˈtü-nə-tē, –ˈtyü-\

a: an importunate (troubesembly urgent/annoyance) request or demand

She arose at length and opened the door to her sister’s importunities.

The Story of An Hour paragraph 10

Importunities looks like the word important and although the of the words definition meant annoying urgency I thought it just meant her sisters urgency was important.

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Wares

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Wares  noun  \ˈwer\

a :  manufactured articles, products of art or craft, or farm produce :  goods —often used in combination <tinware

b :  an article of merchandise

In the street below a peddler was crying his wares.

The Story of An Hour paragraph 5

Thinking a peddler is a man peddling a boat him screaming his ‘wares’ to me meant that he was screaming at people to beware. Turns out a peddler is a merchant and he was letting people know what merchandise he has.

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Peddler

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Peddler noun \ˈped-lər\

a : one who offers merchandise (as fresh produce) for sale along the street or from door to door

In the street below a peddler was crying his wares.

The Story of An Hour paragraph 5

I thought a peddler had something to do with a boat. I realized it meant a merchant which helped me understand the setting better. She [Louise] wasn’t overlooking a canal (like in Venice, Italy) and there wasn’t a man on a gondola peddling.

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