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
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
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-
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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;
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-pas'sioned, full of passion.
In-ter-sperse', to scatter here and In-tim'i-date, to frighten.
In-veigh', to rail, to censure.
Im-peʼri-al, royal, belonging to an In-ven'tive, quick at contrivance.
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-
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
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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