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WEIGH in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
WATER in Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
KIND in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
BACHELOR in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
SHE in The Odyssey by Homer
THE KING in The Odyssey by Homer
PRIVILEGE in The Narrative of the Life by Frederick Douglass
KNOWLEDGE in Gulliver's Travels 1 by Jonathan Swift
THE in Dubliners by James Joyce
MR. WORTHING in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
SAME in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
TREATED in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
HATED in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
PICK in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
COAL in Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence
BOSOM in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
WOMEN in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
NOTHING in Macbeth by William Shakespeare
EARLY in Animal Farm by George Orwell
CASSIO in Othello by William Shakespeare
FEEL in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
READER in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
FREE in Les Misérables 1 by Victor Hugo
DIFFICULT in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
ARE in Macbeth by William Shakespeare
MEMORY in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
SPIRIT in Hamlet by William Shakespeare
STORM in The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
OCCUPATION in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
DRINKING in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
KNIFE in The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
BOXER in Animal Farm by George Orwell
MARSHALL in Up From Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington
LORD in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
HUCK in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
MEAT in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
ROGER in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
BUILDINGS in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
REQUIRED in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
DOORS in The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
BODY in The Aeneid by Virgil
WAIT in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
SUCCESS in The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois
DEDALUS in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
YOU in Hamlet by William Shakespeare
NO in Hamlet by William Shakespeare
SEE in King Lear by William Shakespeare
QUINCEY MORRIS in Dracula by Bram Stoker
POOR in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
HUMANS in The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
WATER in The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois
LIVING in Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare
COCONUT in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
MEETING in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
BROTHER in Hamlet by William Shakespeare
CAUTION in The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
DETACHMENT in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
TOGETHER in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
STOP in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
TALL in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
THEN in The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
FULL in The Odyssey by Homer
GARDEN in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
IMAGINATION in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
HONEST in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
TRUTH in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
NIGHT in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
MASTERS in Up From Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington
COURAGE in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
FOLK in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
STOOD in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
HOME in The Trial by Franz Kafka
IF HE WANTED in The Trial by Franz Kafka
MONEY in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
ADVERTISEMENT in Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
ENGAGE in Persuasion by Jane Austen
ACCESSIBLE in Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
STRUGGLE in Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
CHILLED in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
REBELLION in Animal Farm by George Orwell
NEW in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
THOUGHT in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
SHIP in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
EAT AND DRINK in The Odyssey by Homer
WALK in A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
LAND OF OZ in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
WIND in The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
IMPORTANCE in The Trial by Franz Kafka
SERIOUSLY in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
FANG in White Fang by Jack London
MOTIVE in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
PUBLIC in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
SCYLLA in The Odyssey by Homer
HIRED in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
HEART in The Call of the Wild by Jack London
CHANCE in Anna Karenina 1 by Leo Tolstoy
TIME in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
ABOUT in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
BOB in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
CHARMING in Les Misérables 1 by Victor Hugo
LITTLE in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
CHILD in War and Peace 1 by Leo Tolstoy
RAINA in Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
LADY in Macbeth by William Shakespeare
USE in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
BATTLE in The Odyssey by Homer
PEACE in War and Peace 3 by Leo Tolstoy
EQUALITY in Les Misérables 1 by Victor Hugo
INFLUENCE in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
OVERALL in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
GREAT in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
THOUGHT in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
NATURE in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
SEVERE in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
EARS in Dracula by Bram Stoker
MACHINE in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
CHARM in The Tempest by William Shakespeare
BODY in A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
FOOD in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
BETWEEN in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
OPPRESSED in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
KEEP in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
GENTLENESS in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
DARK in Anthem by Ayn Rand
PERIL in The Aeneid by Virgil
FEAR in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
SCHOOL in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
HASTE in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
FEET in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I in Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
FIGHTING in The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
ACQUIRE in Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
THE WINDMILL in Animal Farm by George Orwell
AWAKE in The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
WILL in The Aeneid by Virgil
HAPPY in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
BOOTS in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
TEMPLE in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
NEGLECT in Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
SECRET in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
HAPPY in Anna Karenina 3 by Leo Tolstoy