half-remembered

adjective

(of a memory, idea, etc) partially remembered or recalled

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"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 half-remembered

half-plate, half-pound, half-price, half-quartern, half-quire, half-remembered, half-rhyme, half-right, half-rod, half-round, half-round chisel

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Example sentences from the Web for half-remembered

And for a vague, bewildered, half-remembered moment we searched frantically up and down the craggy shore of the lagoon.
Kastle Krags|Absalom Martin
At the door of the little restaurant he stopped short, a half-remembered appointment in his mind.
Four Weird Tales|Algernon Blackwood
The complete lack of humanity in the procedure was something from a half-remembered and horrible past.
Badge of Infamy|Lester del Rey
Perfume sharply symbolic of freedom, heady and intoxicating, numbing his mind with the ghosts of half-remembered dreams.
Impact|Irving E. Cox

It's a strange thing, this cropping up of half-remembered faces in new surroundings.
To Kiel in the 'Hercules'|Lewis R. Freeman

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