as much

The same or virtually the same. For example, He's resigning? I thought as much means I thought he was doing just that. [Late 1300s] Also see as much as.

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CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THESE WORDS FROM "LITTLE WOMEN"

"Little Women" may be a classic, but that doesn't mean we all know the meanings of the vocab words from the book. Can you define these words correctly and make Jo proud?
Question 1 of 10
earnest
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.
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Words nearby as much

as level, as likely as not, as long as, as luck would have it, as many, as much, as much as, as of, as one, as regards, as soon
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