WORD LIST
Reading edition
The following is a list of the words used in the Second Reader, omitting those previously used in the Primer and First Reader. They are grouped by pages, in the order in which they first occur.
ix seasons
x goldenrod
orchards
fruit
bending
tokens
September
beauty
cheer
11 Indian
ago
tent
skins
bark
wigwam
wore
deer
beads
swam
hunt
arrows
food
tied
branch
12 feathers
hair
painted
face
fierce
cried
else
wanted
brave
13 people
Pilgrims
ground
place
pile
found
belonged
paid
taken
taught
useful
14 Hiawatha
chief
dressed
Mondamin
wrestle
15 grew
win
lie
stood
tall
showed
gift
always
16 Arabella
Ruth
Peter
many
rag
queer
squash
17 ready
Patty Corncob
pink
almost
Betty Clothes-pin
drew
hat
Dinah
silk
smiled
seemed
18 caterpillar
fuzzy
crawling
though
we’ve
tight
snug
cocoon
spun
slept
stirring
spy
spreading
gorgeous
free
creature
flutters
gaily
19 Rumpel-Stilts-Kin
wicked
daughter
spin
straw
filled
die
locked
brownie
chain
lo
behold
reel
21 ring
queen
22 nothing
held
unhappy
land
23 dancing
bonfire
brew
to-morrow
nobody
Tom
Robert
told
24 October
orange
hosts
princes
they’ll
ghosts
leathery
pears
russet
late
’twill
25 canoe
Birch-tree
cloak
waved
Cedar
bent
frame
Larch-tree
sadly
pulled
26 Fir-tree
balm
sailing
rushing
stately
valley
float
water-lily
27 Lady Gray
hid
each
porch
kept
became
gentle
pockets
shoulder
28 fur
29 elves
shoemaker
pair
standing
sold
bought
four
done
evening
30 wife
rapped
quickly
rich
Christmas eve
across
31 Hallowe’en
Ben
Polly
Martha
pumpkins
Jack-o’-lantern
chose
stem-end
nose
mouth
candle
much
threw
hurrah
33 toast
pop
roast
march
rug
joined
34 Cinderella
coach
poem
learned
moments
stories
clack
kernels
whirl
skip
fellow
leap
snap
crack
tossing
pour
swift
fit
35 Philemon
Baucis
36 ever
traveler
door-step
shouting
meet
welcome
strangers
39 grant
knees
linden
40 November
ah
Thanksgiving Day
guest
moistens
lip
past
pie
41 first
harvest
blessing
Governor
feast
42 plenty
gathered
wild
plums
grapes
ashes
breakfast
whole
games
God
goodness
since
44 kitchen
burning
strings
dried
above
taking
care
pudding
rows
loud
45 uncle
sleigh
aunt
drove
46 drifted
stings
toes
bites
47 first-rate
bells
ting-a-ling-ding
trot
dapple-gray
hound
straight
yard
gate
extremely
slow
48 Whittier
bare
feet
swimming
merry
whistle
strawberries
feed
knew
49 another
Snow-Bound
pole
50 cave
rooster
closed
roared
51 cloth
Rachel
carded
fine
smooth
fastened
spindle
Zum
sounded
thread
fleecy
hum
twist
twirl
53 questions
answer
buttons
color
Joe
chestnut
dye
dipped
guessed
loom
treadle
shuttle
woven
54 snip
scissors
stitch
Jack Frost
I’m
55 forth
holly
box
bay
deck
cottage
December
56 carol
angels
heaven
souls
58 Santa Claus
grain
wonderful
happens
bunch
twittering
59 Piccola
Fred
because
church
60 stocking
toys
awoke
61 candy
62 dearly
also
servant
darkness
same
64 fallen
sorry
close
ribbon
65 leads
sight
they’re
dawn
sink
67 Raphael
master
artist
clay
vases
buy
Luca
duke
wants
neck
68 seven
try
harm
draw
69 tears
joy
kneeling
70 January
rosy
cozy
71 stove
Karl
pictures
72 deal
thought
floor
wagon
climbed
inside
quite
listened
74 thankful
75 flock
world
wilderness
downy
plumed
feathery
flakes
below
poppy
cunning
beneath
touch
fair
grown
wrought
fence
array
folded
pinions
76 tones
rang
sped
Nannie
alive
hush
frighten
whisper
delight
crept
wondrous
joyfully
clasped
cheeks
77 midnight
Naka
nearly
hands
short
noon
dim
79 rocks
reindeer
northern
80 Michael Angelo
Grand Duke
statues
faun
stopped
81 spent
among
become
82 February
valentine
least
don’t
really
83 own
write
shaped
84 between
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
spoiled
either
pay
Abe
85 unkind
speech
clapping
turtle
shell
coward
gently
muddy
wise
President
87 flag
Philadelphia
Betsy Ross
husband
money
General
soldiers
war
England
planned
thirteen
stripes
later
88 Longfellow
poet
blacksmith
shop
sparks
anvil
wrote
village
felt
pennies
writing
89 road
heart
Robert Louis Stevenson
verses
island
forest
foxes
bats
miles
town
led
packhorses
banks
bathe
lemons
bananas
90 bathing
knife
women
wear
Tusitala
means
writer
prison
91 speckled
sailor
ropes
Japan
Spain
organ
92 March
blusters
glows
summon
rose
93 Freddy
scamper
begin
heat
Katy
peaches
redden
Arty
shivering
lane
Bessie
low
94 Ulysses
traveling
toward
Æolus
sails
quiet
95 safely
tossed
waves
afterward
97 happiest
third
boxes
store-room
early
rice
tea
undressed
98 fifth
top
99 raise
hollow
carp
waterfalls
America
eagle
100 Benjamin Franklin
101 lightning
pointed
wire
key
rainy
brought
strange
street-cars
electricity
102 prettier
bridges
103 shone
diamonds
sparkling
happened
104 heavy
formed
105 April
Rollicking Robin
doesn’t
coaxes
shadow
Easter
vest
106 princess
fairies
twelve
dishes
angry
107 fifteen
prick
finger
spinning
tower
108 hedge
thorns
rode
110 secret
Pussy Willow
purred
stroked
velvet
hummed
blossoms
scarlet
brimming
chattered
fro
clear
111 course
surprise
coop
112 combs
Ki-ki-ri-ki
115 rabbit
laid
116 merrily
cherries
drive
worms
117 music
cages
118 May
pray
arise
crocus
mantles
purple
daffodils
119 squire
Saxon
cowslips
forgot
120 can’t
122 crown
wand
crowd
123 left
wound
sandwiches
124 gown
frown
you’ll
125 Proserpina
Mother Ceres
chariot
dragons
sea-maids
126 noise
King Pluto
127 pearls
rubies
128 sobbed
129 torch
month
bloom
hungry
begun
130 swallowed
spend
131 Nathaniel Hawthorne
lake
132 coasting
weeds
giants
Tanglewood Tales
133 June
lilies
swells
134 Thumbling
pot
tulip
inch
135 ugly
136 bug
claws
137 legs
daisy
dew
138 beggar
clean
139 dead
141 Maia
143 Midsummer
Titania
Oberon
Puck
sorts
tricks
acorn
144 teeter
weest
won’t
sprightly
broadest
blade
balanced
stone
145 Nixie
Nils
born
Sunday
true
perhaps
famous
violin
146 schoolmaster
lessons
147 although
149 July
’tis
spangled
banner
150 liberty
thee
pride
mountain
freedom
native
noble
rills
templed
rapture
thrills
151 breeze
mortal
tongues
breathe
partake
silence
prolong
author
holy
protect
might
152 Fourth of July
written
number
signing
153 Independence Hall
155 perch
camp
beak
front
156 army
drill
captain
battles
157 calico
cotton
burst
wasn’t
stretched
159 woolly
machine
loaded
160 printing
roller
161 August
wet
luminous
jellyfish
162 shut
promised
164 storm
saved
166 cricket
festival
forward
lute
167 sung
168 King Solomon
believe
169 lonely
morning-glories
171 dashed
172 pools
Celia Thaxter
mainland
173 rooks
curious
flight
neighed
lowed
bleat
174 glove
curtsied
favorite
prayer
pillow
