The Elson Readers, Book 5
by
William H. Elson and Christine M. Keck
Part 9 out of 9
uncomfortable state of affairs (un-kom'fer-ta-b'l; a-farz'), hard way
of living
unconscious (un-kon'shus), feeling and knowing nothing
uneasiness (un-ez'i-nes), worry
unequal fight, ill-matched struggle
unfolded to your gaze, spread out before you
unhoused (un-houzd'), turned out of their homes
unknown, crowded nations, great masses of people of different races
unwittingly, by accident
upon their kind, against other men
useless (us'les), without having been made good use of
utmost (utmost), greatest
utter itself in words (ut'er), speak its meaning
vagrant (va'grant), idle wanderer
vague (vag), not clear
vague lisps (vag), talk that could not be understood
vales (valz), little valleys
valor (val'er), bravery
varied riches (va'rid), good foods of different kinds
vault (volt), walled-up space under- ground
vauntingly (vant'ing-li), boastingly
veered (verd), turned
venomous (ven'um-us), poisonous
verdant (vur'dant), green
vest that is bright, red breast
vexation (vek-sa'shun), anger
vexations (vek-sa'shunz), troubles
victuals (vit'lz), food
villain (vil'in), wicked man
virgin air (vur'jin), clear, fresh air of spring.
virtue of vested power (vur'tu), because of the office to which he had
been elected
vision (vizh'un), dream
visions of sugarplums (vizh'unz), dreams of candy
vizier (vi-zer'), a high state officer in Mohammedan countries
voluntarily (voi'un-ta-ri-li), willingly
Wabasso (wa-bas'o)
Wabun (wa'bun), East wind
Wahwahtaysee (wa'wa-ta'se)
wain (wan), wagon
waistcoat (wast'kot), vest
walks of life, things they try to do
wand (wand), slender stick
wanders piping through the village, walks around the town, playing
sweet music
wanted nothing, had everything he wanted
warring (wor'ing), fighting
warrior (wor'yer), fighting man
wary (wa'ri), easily frightened
was minded to try (min'ded), felt he would like to test
wastes (wasts), wide stretches of land unfit for cultivation
wayside blossom (wa'sid blos'um), flower growing by the roadside
wayside things (wa'sid'), flowers that grow along the roadside
Wawa (wa'wa)
Wawonaissa (wa'won-a'sa)
Waywassimo (wa-was'i-mo)
weasel (we'z'l), a small animal noted for its quickness
wedge (wej), a tool, thinner at one edge, used for splitting
ween, know
well mounted, riding on good horses
wend (wend), go
wheeling (hwel'ing), circling
whence, from where
where the last was bred, in the place in which the last sprang
whereupon (hwar'u-pon'), after which
wherever it listeth (hwar'ev'er; list'eth), wherever it wishes
white-skin wrapper, covering of white bark
Whitsunday (hwit's-n-day), the seventh Sunday after Easter
whole round of my isle, trip all the way around the island
whose joy is to slay, who like to kill
wield (weld), use
wigwams (wig'womz), huts of bark
wilderness (sil'der-nes), wild country
wildfire Jack-o'-lantern, gay little man dancing about
willing lands, ground ready for plowing
will not eat salt, in olden times eating salt with a man (that is,
being his guest) bound the guest to do his host no harm, then or
afterward
wily (wii'i), tricky
winged (wing'ed), having wings
winged with feathers (wingd), having feathers at one end, to help them
fly
wintry hoard (win'tri hord), store of food for the winter
wisdom of the book, words which made up the sense
witchery (wich'er-i), fascination
within his scope (with-in'; skop), where he could reach it
with one accord (a-kord'), with the same idea
with one consent (kon-sent'), agreeing
without more ado (a-doo'), not making any objection
wonder (wun'der), surprising thing
wondrous (wun'drus), strange
wondrous birth and being (wun'drus; be'ing), story of the wonderful
way he came into the world and lived in it
words cannot paint, anything one might say could not describe
work the book out, do enough work to pay for the book
worship (wur'ship), devotion to God
wounded (woond'ed), hurt
wounds (woondz), old griefs
woven texture (wo'v-n; teks'tur), cloth
wrack (rak), ruin
wreath (reth), garland
wreathed (reth'ed), joyous
wreathing fires reth'ing), flames twisting around
wrought (rot), worked
wrought together in such harmony (rot; har'mo-ni), so combined in the
carving
Xenil (ze'nil)
yearling (yer'ling), an animal one year old
yellow hair, the silky threads growing out from the end of the corn ear
Yenadizze (yen'a-diz'e), an idler
yeoman (yo'man), free-born man
yester (yes'ter), of the day before
yet unforgotten, still remembered
yore (yor), olden time
young sun, early morning sun
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