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Au-gust', grand, majestic.

[ing. Clan, a family or sect of persons. Aux-ilia-ry, n. assistant: a. assist-Climate, temperature of the air as

Av'a-lanche, a mass of frozen snow
falling from a mountain.
A-verse', opposed to.
A'zure, blue; sky-coloured.
Bal-cony, a frame-work before a
window.

Ballast, weight to balance a ship.
Bar-bar'i-ty, cruelty.

Bar-ri-cade', a barrier erected in
haste.
[struction.
Barrier, an entrenchment; an ob-
Ba-salt', a kind of rock or marble
never found in layers, but stand-
ing upright.
Bas'so-re-lie'vo,

sculpture, the figures of which do not stand out in their full proportion. Ba-zaar', a market place. Beau, a fop, a coxcomb. Ben-e-factor, one who confers a benefit. [feeling. Be-numb', to deaden, to deprive of Be-cueath', to leave by will. Be-wil'der, to puzzle, perplex. Billet, a small letter or note. Bleak, cold; cheerless. Bloc-kade', to shut up; to besiege. Bom-bard', to attack with bombs. Bribe, a gift to pervert. Bro-cade, a silken stuff variegated. Buoyant, that will not sink; floating. Ca-bal', a private junto of men. Cab'i-net, a room in which consultations are held; a set of drawers. Car'um-ny, slander, false charge. Ca-nal', a course of water made by

art.

Ca-nine', like a dog.

Ca-non'i-cal, regular; scriptural. Can'o-py, a covering spread over the head.

Ca-no'rous, musical, tuneful.
Ca-pa-bili-ty, capacity; ability.
Cap'i-tal, n. chief city; upper part
of a pillar.
[death.
Cap'i-tal a. principal; deserving
Ca-pit'u-late, to yield on terms.
Ca-pricious, whimsical, fanciful.
Captive, one taken in war.
Cap'ture, n. a prize; something
taken. [Church: a. principal.
Car'di-nal, a dignitary of the Romish
Car'ti-lage, gristle
[back.
Cav-al-cade', a procession on horse-
Cav-a-lier', a horseman, a knight.
Cel'i-ba-cy, single life, unmarried

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differing in different countries. Clutch, v. to grasp: n. a gripe; the number of eggs hatched at one brood.

Coch'i-neal, an insect from which a
red colour is extracted.
Coil, to roll up.
[cur.
Co-in-cide', to agree with; to con-
Column, a pillar.

Com-bine', to join together.
Com-mem-o-ra'tion keeping up the
memory of a person or event.
Ces-sa'tion, a stop; respite.
Ces'sion, a yielding, a giving up.
Session, the sitting of any court.
Cha'os, a confused mass. [guish.
Char'ac-ter-ize, to mark; distin-
Chart, a delineation of coasts.
Char'ter, a writing bestowing priv-
ileges or rights.
Chi-me'ra, a vain wild fancy.
Chop, a small piece of meat; a jaw.
Chrys'a-lis, first apparent change of
a maggot; an aurelia.
Cit'a-del, a fortress, a castle.
Clam'or-ous, noisy, vociferous.
Com-mer'cial, relating to trade.
Common-wealth, republic; general
body of the people.
Com-mu'ni-cate, to impart; to tell.
Com-mu'ni-ty, common possession;
the body politic; a society.
Com'pact, n. a contract, an agree-

ment.

Com-pact', a. firm, close. Com'pass, to surmount; to accomplish: n. a circle.

Com-pe-ti'tion, rivalry; contest. Com-pre-hend', to include; to understand.

Con'cert, n. an agreement; several performers playing or singing the same tune.

Con-clu'sion, end; determination.
Con-clu'sive, decisive.
Con'course, a crowd.
Con-fed'er-ate, an ally. [lic use.
Con-fis-ca'tion, seizing for the pub-
Con-form', to comply with.
Con-grat'u-late, to compliment up-
on any happy event.
Congress, a meeting.
Con'ic, in form of a cone.
Conjure, to practise enchantment.
Con-jure', to enjoin solemnly.
Con'quest, success in arms.
Con'se-crate, to make sacred

Con'se-quent, following naturally. Con-serva-tor-y, a place where any thing is kept.

Con-so'la-tor-y, tending to comfort. Con-spir'a-cy, a plot.

Con-ster-na'tion, dread, terror. Con-sum'mate, complete, perfect. Con-tig'u-ous, meeting so as to touch.

[chaste. Con'ti-nent, a large tract of land: a. Con-tin'u-ance, duration. [tinued. Con-tin-u-ation, something conCon'tract, n. a bargain.

[part.

Con-tract', v. to shorten; to make
a bargain.
Con-trib'ute, to give; to bear a
Con'tro-ver-sy, a dispute.
Con-vene', to assemble.
Con-vo-ca'tion, an assembly.
Co-op'er-ate, to labour or act with.
Cop'pice, low wood cut at stated
times.

Cor-po're-al, having a body.
Cor'pu-lent, bulky, fat.
Cor-re-spond', to suit; to write to.
Cor-rupt', v. to bribe; to rot: a.
vicious.

[tion.

Cos'tume, proper dress.
Council, an assembly for consulta-
Coun'sel, advice; scheme.
Coun'ter-feit, forged, fictitious.
Counter-rev-o-lu'tion, a new change
of government overturning a for-
mer change.

Cour'te-sy, kindness, civility.
Crevice, a crack, a cleft.
Cruise, n, a small cup; a voyage.
Cruise, v. to rove over the sea.
Crus-ta'ceous, shelly with joints.
Cul'pa-ble, blameable, guilty.
Cu'rate, an officiating priest.
Curb, to restrain, to check.
Current, n. a running stream: a.
now passing.
Cyl'in-der, a long round body, a rol-
De-bar', to shut out, to exclude.
De-bil'i-tate, to weaken.

[ler.

Dec'a-logue, the ten commandments.
De-ception, fraud, fallacy.
De-cis'ion, determination.
De-cline', to decay; to refuse.
Dec'o-rate, to adorn.
De-coy', to lure, to entrap. [against.
De-cry', to censure, to clamour
De-face', to disfigure.

De-fer', to put off, to delay.
Def'er-ence, regard, respect.
De-ficient, wanting, defective
De-lib'er-ate-ly, warily, advisedly.

Del'i-cate, nice, fine, dainty.
De-lin-e-a'tion, a sketch, drawing.
De-liv'er-ance, a setting free; sen-
tence or judgment. [aration.
De-mar-ca'tion, distinct line of sep
Dem-o-lit'ion, destruction.
De-nom-i-na'tion, a name.
De-nounce', to threaten; to accuse.
De-plore', to lament.
De-pop'u-late, to unpeople. [ness.
De-prav'i-ty, corruption, wicked
De-scent', declivity; invasion; birth.
De-scrip'tive, describing.
Des-ig-nation, a marking out, a
description; a name.
De-scry, to spy out, to discover.
De-sist', to stop.

De-spite', malice; anger.
Des'ti-tute, forsaken; in want.
De-volve', to pass from one to
another.

De-vote', to dedicate; to addict.
Di-a-boli-cal, devilish. [uage.
Di'a-lect, manner of speech, lang-
Di'a-logue, a conversation.
Di-gest', to dissolve in the stomach;
to reduce to method.
Di-la'ta-ble, capable of extension.
Dis-close", to uncover; to reveal.
Dis-com'fit, to defeat.
Dis-con-tin'ue, to leave off.
Dis-em-bark', to land. [tions.
Dis-man'tle, to strip of fortifica-
Dis-sim-u-la'tion, dissembling, hy-
pocrisy.
[assembly.
Dis-solve', to melt; to break up an
Dis'so-lute, loose, wanton.
Dis-tribute, to divide ; to deal out.
District, tract of country..
Dit'ty, a song.

Di-ur'nal, during the day, daily.
Di-verge, to tend various ways from
one point.

Con-verge, to tend to one point. Di-ver'si-ty, difference, variety. Di-vorce', to force asunder. Doc'u-ment, an authentic writing Dome, a cupola; fabric. Do-mes'tic, belonging to the house Do-min'ion, sovereign authority territory. [destined.

Doom, the state to which one is Du-plic'i-ty, double dealing; craft. Dwarf, a person diminutive in stat

ure.

Dyn'as-ty, line of kings. [church. Ee-cle-si-as'tic, relating to the E-clipse, an obscuration of the lu minaries of heaven.

Ec'sta-sy, excessive joy.

E'dict, a proclamation.
Ed'i-fice, a building; fabric.
Ed'i-fy, to build up; to instruct.
Ef-ficient, causing effects.

Ef-fi-ca'cious, powerful to produce
the consequence intended.
Ef'fi-gy, image.

Effort, laborious endeavour.
E-lapse', to pass away.
E-late', a. proud: v. to puff up.
E-lec'tion, the act of choosing.
Elo-quence, the power of speaking
fluently and forcibly.
Em'a-nate, to flow from.

Ev-an-gel'i-cal, agreeable to the gospel. [demand. Ex-act', a. accurate; strict: v. to Ex-cess', more than enough. Ex-com-mu'ni-cate, to eject from the

communion of the visible church. Ex-cru'ci-at-ing, tormenting. Ex'e-cra-ble, detestable accursed. Ex'e-cute, to perform; to put to death by law.

Ex-e-cu'tion, performance; death
by forms of law.
Ex-emp'tion, the being freed from.
Ex-hib'it, to show. [banished.
Ex'ile, n. banishment; a person

Ex-pand', to spread out.

Em-balm', to preserve a dead body Ex-ile', v. to banish.
by aromatics.
Em-bar'rass, to perplex.
Em-bellish, to adorn.

Em'blem, a picture; representation.
Em-broid'er, to adorn with figured
work.

E-mer'gen-cy, pressing necessity.
E-met'ic, a vomit.
Em'i-nent, high, lofty.
Em'is-sa-ry, a secret agent.

[dise.

Em-po'ri-um, a place of merchan-
En-act'ment, a decree.
En-am'elled, inlaid with colours.
En-chant'ing, charming.

En-coun'ter, to meet face to face. En-croach', to invade another's right.

En-cum'ber, to clog, to impede. En-dow'ment, wealth bestowed; gift of nature.

En-er-getic, forcible, vigorous. En-force', to strengthen; to constrain.

[ed.

En-gen'der, to beget.
E-nor'mons, very large; very wick-
En-tail, to fix to certain heirs.
En'ter-prise, an undertaking of
hazard.
Eu-thu'si-asm, heat of imagination.
En-tice', to allure. [one day.
E-phem'er-a, an insect that lives only
Epi-cure, a man given wholly to
luxury.
[by bishops.
E-pis'co-pa-cy, church government
E-ques'tri-an, pertaining to a rider
or horseman. [equal length.
Eq-ui-noc'tial, the day and night of
E-rase', to rub out; to destroy.
Es'cort, convoy; guard.
E-strange'ment, alienation. [river.
Es'tu-ar-y, the mouth of a large
E-vac'u-ate, to make empty.
E-vade', to elude, to avoid.

Ex-plode', to burst out with noise and violence.

Ex-ploit', an achievement.
Ex-pound', to explain, to clear.
Ex-pul'sion, the act of driving out.
Ex-te'ri-or, outward, external.
Ex-tir'pate, to root out.
Ex-tortion, an unlawful exaction.
Extreme', a. greatest, utmost: n.
the utmost point.
[tangle.
Ex'tri-cate, to set free; to disen.
Fac'tious, seditious, turbulent.
Factor-y, a manufacturing or trad-
ing establishment.

Fallow, land ploughed but not sowed; pale red.

Fang, any thing like a long tooth.
Fas'ci-at-ed, bound with fillets; tied
with a bandage.
Fas-ci-na'tion, enchantment.
Fel'o-ny, a capital crime.
Fen, a marsh, bog.
Fe-ro'cious, savage, fierce.
Fer'vent, hot, vehement.
Fes-tiv'i-ty, gaiety, joyfulness.
Fla-gi'tious, wicked, villanous.
Fla'vour, taste; relish; odour.
Flo-tilla, a fleet of small ships.
Flushed, reddened; elated.
Fo-ment', to bathe; to encourage.
For'ceps, a pair of pincers.
Formal-ly, according to form; pre-
cisely.
[earth.
Fos'sil, any thing dug out of the
Foster, to nurse, to cherish.
Fowler, a sportsman who pursues
birds.

Frag'ile, frail, brittle.
Fren'zy, madness, distraction.
Frivolous, slight, trifling.
Fro'ward, peevish; perverse.
Fulmi.nate to thunder.

Function, office, power.
Fun-da-mental, serving for the
foundation; essential.
Fun'nel, instrument for conveying
liquor into vessels; pipe; chimney,
or passage of communication.
Furze, gorse, whins.
Gait, manser of walking.
Galiot, a little galley.

Gen'er-al, usual, common: n. a high
military officer.

Gen'er-ous, liberal, noble-minded.
Genus, a class, a kind.
Gibbet, a gallows.

Gland, a smooth fleshy substance.
Gloss, lustre.

Gour-mand', one fond of fine eating
Granite, hard rock.
Gre-ga'ri-ous, going in herds.
Groom, one who tends horses.
Gro-tesque', distorted in figure; un-
natural.
[gullet.
Gu'lar, pertaining to the throat or
Halo, a circle round the sun or

moon.

Ham'mock, a swinging bed.

| Im-pe'ri-ous, haughty.
Im-per'a-tive, commanding.
Im-pose', to lay upon; to deceive.
Im-preg'nat-ed, filled, saturated.
In-an'i-mate, lifeless.

In-au'gu-rate, to invest solemnly.
In-can-ta'tion, spell, enchantment.
In-ca-padi-ty, inability.
Incense, perfumes exhaled by fire
in worship of some divinity.
In-cense', to enrage, to provoke.
In-clined', bending down; disposed
to.
[agreeing with itself.
In-con-sis'tent, not suitable; dis-
In-corpor-ate, to form into one
body.

In-cred'u-lous, hard of belief.
In-cu-ba'tion, the act of sitting upon
eggs to hatch them.
In-cur'sion, attack, inroad.
In-de-co'rous, unbecoming.
In-de-fat'i-ga-ble, unwearied.
In-def'i-nite, not limited; not settled.
In-dem'ni-fy, to secure against loss.
In-dem'ni-ty, security from punish-
ment or loss.

Har'bin-ger, a forerunner, a pre- In-de-pen'dent, free.

cursor.

Hea'then, Gentile, pagan.
Heinous, atrocious; very wicked.
He-red'i-ta-ry, descending by in-
heritance.

Her e-tic, one who maintains opin-
ions in opposition to the Catholic
church.

Hip'po-drome, an amphitheatre for
horse or chariot races.
His'tor-y, a narration of facts.

In-dig'nant, angry.
In-dig'ni-ty, affront.

In-duce', to bring on; to persuade.
In-fat'u-at-ed, struck with folly.
In-fe'ri-or, lower.
In'fi-del, an unbeliever.
In-flict', to impose punishment.
In'flu-ence, power.
In-her'i-tance, patrimony.
In-junction, command.
In-nox'ious, harmless.

His-tor-i-og'ra-pher, a writer of In-sip'id, without taste.

history.

In-stal', to put into office.

company-In'stance, urgency; example.
In'sti-gate, to urge to ill.
In'stinct, that which guides the
actions of irrational creatures.
In-stinctive-ly, by instinct.
In'sti-tute, n. established law; v. to

Horde, a migratory
chiefly applied to the Tartars.
Ho-san'na, praise to God.
Hos'tile, adverse, opposite. [man.
Hu'man, having the qualities of a
Hu-mane', kind, benevolent.
Hu-man'i-ty, the nature of man;
kindness.

I-den'ti-fy, to prove a person or
thing to be really the same.
I-dol'a-try, the worship of images.
Ig-no-min'ious, disgraceful.

Il-lus'trate, to brighten with light;

to explain.

establish. [proper authority. In-sub-or-di-na'tion, resistance of In-surgent, a rebel.

In-sur-rection, a rising against law-
ful authority.

In-ter-cede', to mediate.
In-ter-cept', to stop.

In-ter-mis'sion, pause, stop.

Im-bue', to tincture deeply.

Im'i-tate, to copy.

Im-pas'sioned, full of passion.

In-ter-sperse', to scatter here and
In-tim'i-date, to frighten.

[there.

In-veigh', to rail, to censure.

Im-peʼri-al, royal, belonging to an In-ven'tive, quick at contrivance.

emperor.

In-vest', to clothe; to place in ottic

In-ves'ti-gate, to search out.
Ir-rat'ion-al, void of reason.
-re-triev'a-ble, that cannot be re-
paired or regained.
Is'sue, to come out; to send out.
Ju'da-ism, Jewish form of worship.
Judgment, decision; understanding;
punishment by Providence.
Lam'i-na, a thin plate.
Lan'guid, faint, weak.
Lank, loose, thin.

Larva, a mask; a maggot. [lanche.
Lau'wine, Swiss name for an ava-
La'ver, a washing vessel.
League, a confederacy; measure of
three miles. [changes the mass.
Leav'en, ferment; any mixture that
Ledge, a shelving rock.

Legis-la-tive, giving laws. [lawful. Le-git'i-mate, born in marriage; Lep'er, one infected with leprosy. Li-ba'tion, an offering of wine poured out in honour of some deity.

Li-cen'tious-ness, contempt of just restraint; sinful indulgence. Lin'eal, composed of lines; descending in a direct line. Loath'some, causing disgust. Lon-gev'i-ty, length of life. Lure, enticement.

Lux-u'ri-ous, addicted to pleasure.
Mac'er-ate, to make lean; to steep.
Mach-i-na'tion, artifice; malicious
scheme.

Mailed, covered with armour.
Ma-jes'tic, stately; like a king.
Male-ad-min-is-tra'tion, bad man-

agement.

Ma-lig'ni-ty, malice; bad temper.
Man'date, a command; a charge.
Man'di-ble, the jaw.
[linen.
Man'gle, to lacerate; to smooth
Manned, furnished with men.
Man'tling, spread luxuriantly; in
sprightly agitation.
Ma-raud'er, a plundering soldier.
Ma-rine', belonging to the sea; n. a
soldier on board a ship of war.
Mar'i-time, relating to the sea;
Marvel-lous, wonderful. [naval.
Mas'sa-cre, slaughter, murder.
Mas-ti-ca'tion, the act of chewing.
Mat-ri-mo'ni-al, pertaining to mar-
riage; connubial.
Ma-tu'ri-ty, ripeness.
Me-di-a'tor, intercessor.
Mel'an-chol-y, gloomy, pensive.
Mel-lifluous, flowing with honey.

Me-mo'ri-al, something to preserve memory.

Mer'can-tile, trading, commercial. Mess'inate, one of a set who mess together.

Me-trop'o-lis, the chief city.
Mi'gra-tor-y, roving, wandering.
Mim'ic, to imitate as a buffoon.
Min'a-ret, pinnacle of a Mahometan
Min'is-try, office; service. [temple.
Mint, place where money is coined.
Mis'cre-ant, a vile wretch. [pose.
Mis-di-rect', to apply to a bad pur-
Mis-giving, doubt, hesitation.
Mod'el, representation; pattern.
Mod-u-la'tion, agreeable harmony.
Mor'al, relating to practice as vir-
tuous or vicious.
Mortgage, a pledge.
Mosque, a Mahometan temple.
Mot'tled, spotted; speckled.
Mould, that in which any thing is
formed; soil; concretion from
damp.

Mound, a bank of earth or stone.
Mum'my, an Egyptian embalmed

corpse.

Mu-nif'i-cence, liberality.
Mus'cu-lar, full of muscles, brawny.
Mys'ter-y, something above human
knowledge.

Nau'ti-cal, pertaining to sailors.
Nav'i-gate, to sail.

Ne-ces'si-tate, to make necessary.
Ne-fa'ri-ous, wicked.
Ne-go'ti-ate, to traffic, to treat.
Neutral, of neither party. [nests.
Ni.di-fi-ca'tion, the act of building
Noc-turnal, nightly.
Ob'li-ga-tor-y, binding. [cause.
Oc-ca'sion, incident; opportunity;
Oc-cur', to happen; to meet.
O'dour, a scent good or bad.
Of'fal, waste meat; refuse.
Op'u-lence, wealth, riches.
O-ra'tion, speech, harangue.
Or'a-tor-y, eloquence.
Or'di-nance, law, rule.
Ord'nance, cannon, great guns.
Organ, a natural or musical instru-
ment.

O-ri-en'tal, eastern.
O-rigʻi-nal-ly, at first.
Os-ten-ta'tious, fond of show.
Out'law, one excluded from the
benefit of the law; a plunderer.
Out'rage, open violence.
O-ver-whelm', to crush.
|O-vip'a-rous, bringing forth eggs

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