The Illustrated London Reading Book by Various
Part 7 out of 8
FLEUR-DE-LIS, _s._ (French for a lily, pronounced _flur-de-lee_) a
term applied in architecture and heraldry
FLE'XIBLE, _a._ capable of being bent; pliant; not brittle; complying:
obsequious; ductile; manageable
FLOAT, _v.n._ to swim on the surface of water; to move without labour in
a fluid; to pass with a light irregular course; _v.a._ to cover with
water
FLO'RIDNESS, _s._ freshness of colour
FLO'URISH, _v.a._ and _v.n._ yield; prosper; wield; adorn
FLU'CTUATE, _v.n._ roll to and again, as water in agitation; be in an
uncertain state
FLU'ID, _a._ anything not solid
FLU'TTER, _v.n._ move irregularly; take short flights with great
agitation of the wines
FO'LIAGE, _s._ leaves; tuft of leaves
FO'LLOWING, _a._ coming after another
FOME'NT, _v.a._ cherish with heat; encourage
FO'REFATHER, _s._ ancestor
FO'REIGN, _a._ not in this country; not domestic; remote; not belonging
to
FO'REPART, _s._ anterior part
FO'REST, _s._ a wild uncultivated tract of ground, with wood
FO'RMER, _a._ before another in time; the first of two
FO'RMIDABLE, _a._ terrible; dreadful; tremendous
FORTIFICA'TION, _s._ the science of military architecture; a place built
for strength
FO'RTITUDE, _s._ courage; bravery; strength
FO'RWARD, _v.a._ hasten; quicken; advance
FO'RWARD, _a._ warm; earnest; quick; ready
FO'RWARD, _ad._ onward; straight before
FO'RWARDNESS, _s._ eagerness; ardour; quickness; confidence
FOSSE, _s._ a ditch; a moat
FOUNDA'TION, _s._ the basis or lower parts of an edifice; the act of
fixing the basis; original; rise
FRA'GMENT, _s._ a part broken from the whole; an imperfect piece
FRA'NTIC, _a._ mad; deprived of understanding
FREE'STONE, _s._ stone commonly used in building, so called because it
can be cut freely in all directions
FREIGHT, _s._ anything with which a ship is loaded; the money due for
transportation of goods
FRE'QUENT, _a._ often done; often seen; often occurring
FRE'SCO, _s._ coolness; shade; duskiness; a picture not drawn in glaring
light, but in dusk
FRI'CTION, _s._ the act of rubbing two bodies together
FRI'VOLOUS, _a._ trifling; wasteful; dawdling
FRO'NTIER, _s._ the limit; the utmost verge of any territory
FU'RNACE, _s._ a large fire
FU'RNISH, _v.a._ supply with what is necessary; fit up; equip; decorate
GA'BLE, _s._ the sloping roof of a building
GA'LAXY, _s._ the Milky Way
GA'LLANT, _a._ brave; daring; noble
G'ALLEY, _a._ a vessel used in the Mediterranean
GA'RDEN, _s._ piece of ground enclosed and cultivated
GA'RMENT, _s._ anything by which the body is covered
GA'RRISON, _s._ fortified place, stored with soldiers
GAUGE, _s._ a measure; a standard
GENEA'LOGY, _s._ history of the succession of families
GE'NERAL, _a._ common; usual; extensive, though not universal; public
GENERA'TION, _s._ a family; a race; an age
GE'NEROUS, _a._ noble of mind; magnanimous; open of heart
GE'NIAL, _a._ that gives cheerfulness, or supports life; natural; native
GE'NTLE, _a._ soft; mild; tame; meek; peaceable
GEOGRA'PHICAL, _a._ that which relates to geography
GEO'GRAPHY, _s._ knowledge of the earth
GE'STURE, _s._ action or posture expressive of sentiment
GI'ANT, _s._ a man of size above the ordinary rate of men; a man
unnaturally large
GIGA'NTIC, _a._ suitable to a giant; enormous
GLA'CIER, _s._ a mountain of ice
GLA'NDULAR, _a._ having glands
GLI'STER, _v.n._ shine; to be bright
GLO'BULE, _s._ a small particle of matter of a round figure, as the red
particles of the blood
GLO'RIOUS, _a._ noble; excellent; illustrious
GLO'SSY, _a._ shiny; smoothly polished
GO'RGEOUS, _a._ fine; magnificent; gaudy; showy
GO'SLING, _s._ a young goose; a catkin on nut-trees and pines
GO'SSAMER, _s._ the web of a male spider
GOUT, _s._ a disease attended with great pain
GO'VERNOR, _s._ one who has the supreme direction; a tutor
GRADA'TION, _s._ regular progress from one degree to another; order;
arrangement
GRA'DUALLY, _ad._ by degrees; step by step
GRA'NDEUR, _s._ splendour of appearance; magnificence
GRANGE, _s._ a farm
GRATIFICA'TION, _s._ pleasure; something gratifying
GRA'TITUDE, _s._ duty to benefactors; desire to return benefits
GRA'VITY, _s._ weight; tendency to the centre; seriousness; solemnity
GROTE'SQUE, _a._ distorted of figure; unnatural
GUARD, _s._ part of the hilt of a sword; a man or body of men whose
business is to watch
GUIDE, _s._ director; regulator
HABITATION, _s._ place of abode; dwelling
HABI'TUALLY, _ad._ customarily; by habit
HA'GGARD, _a._ deformed; ugly
HARA'NGUE, _v.n._ make a speech
HA'RMONIZE, _v.a._ to adjust in fit proportion
HARPO'ON, _s._ a bearded dart, with a line fastened to the handle, with
which whales are struck and caught
HA'ZARDOUS, _a._ perilous, dangerous
HE'AVY, _a._ weighty; burdened; depressed
HE'RALDRY, _s._ the art or office of a herald; registers of genealogies
HE'RBAGE, _s._ grass; pasture; herbs collectively
HERBI'VOROUS, _a._ that eats herbs
HERE'DITARY, _a._ possessed or claimed by right of inheritance;
descending by inheritance
HE'RETIC, _s._ one who propagates his private opinions in opposition to
the Catholic Church
HE'YDAY, _s._ frolic; wildness
HI'DEOUS, _a._ frightful; ugly
HIPPOPO'TAMUS, _s._ a large animal--the river horse
HISTO'RIAN, _s._ a writer of facts and events
HISTO'RICAL, _a._ that which relates to history
HI'STORY, _s._ narration; the knowledge of facts and events
HO'LLOW, _a._ excavated; not solid; not sound
HO'NEY, _s._ a sweet substance produced by bees
HO'NOUR, _s._ dignity; fame; reputation; glory
HO'RIZON, _s._ the line that terminates the view
HO'SPITABLE, _a._ giving entertainment to strangers; kind to strangers
HO'TTENTO'T, _s._ a native of the south of Africa
HOWE'VER, _ad._ in whatsoever manner; at all events; happen what will;
yet
HOWI'TZER, _s._ a kind of bomb
HU'MAN, _a._ having the qualities of a man; belonging to man
HUMA'NITY, _s._ the nature of man; benevolence
HU'MBLE, _a._ not proud; modest; low
HU'MID, _a._ wet; moist; watery
HUMI'LITY, _s._ freedom from pride; modesty
HU'NDRED, _s._ a company or body consisting of a hundred.
HU'RRICANE, _s._ a blast; a tempest
HYDRAU'LIC, _a._ relating to the conveyance of water through pipes
HY'DROGEN, _s._ a gas, one of the component parts of the atmosphere
I'CEBERG, _s._ a hill of ice; a moving island of ice
I'CICLE, _s._ a pendent shoot of ice
I'DOL, _s._ an image worshipped as God; one loved or honoured to
adoration
IGNO'BLE, _a._ mean of birth; worthless
IGUA'NA, _s._ a reptile of the lizard species
ILLE'GAL, _a._ unlawful
ILLUMINA'TION, _s._ brightness; splendour
ILLU'MINATIVE, _a._ having the power to give light
ILLU'SION, _s._ mockery; false show
ILLU'STRATE, _v.a._ brighten with light; brighten with honour; explain;
clear
ILLUSTRA'TION, _s._ explanation; example; exposition
ILLU'STRIOUS, _a._ conspicuous; noble; eminent
I'MAGE, _s._ a statue; a picture; an idol; a copy
IMA'GINARY, _a._ fanciful; poetical
IMAGINATION, _s._ fancy; conception; contrivance; scheme
I'MITATE, _v.a._ copy; counterfeit; resemble
IMMATE'RIAL, _a._ incorporeal; unimportant
IMMEA'SURABLE, _a._ immense; not to be measured
IMME'DIATELY, _ad._ without the intervention of any other cause or event
IMME'NSE, _a._ unlimited; unbounded; infinite
I'MMINENT, _a._ unavoidable; perilous
IMMO'RTALISE, _v.a._ to render immortal
IMMORTA'LITY, _s._ exemption from death; life never to end
IMPA'RT, _v.a._ grant; give; communicate
IMPA'RTIAL, _a._ indifferent; disinterested; just
IMPA'SSABLE, _a._ not to be passed; not admitting passage
IMPA'SSIBLE, _a._ incapable of suffering
IMPA'TIENT, _a._ not able to endure; hasty; eager
IMPERCE'PTIBLE, _a._ not to be discovered; not to be perceived; small
IMPERFE'CTION, _s._ defect; failure; fault
IMPE'RIAL, _a._ belonging to an emperor, king, or queen; regal;
monarchical
IMPE'RIOUS, _a._ commanding; powerful
IMPE'TUOUS, _a._ violent; forcible; vehement
IMPLA'CABILITY, _s._ irreconcileable enmity
IMPLI'CITLY, _ad._ with unreserved confidence
IMPO'RT, _v.a._ carry into any country from abroad
IMPO'RTANCE, _s._ thing imported, or implied; consequence; matter
IMPO'RTANT, _a._ momentous; weighty; of great consequence; forcible
IMPO'SE, _v.a._ lay on as a burden or penalty; deceive; fix on
IMPO'SSIBLE, _a._ that which cannot be; that which cannot be done
IMPRE'GNABLE, _a._ invincible; unsubdueable
IMPRE'SSION, _s._ the act of pressing one body upon another; mark made
by pressure; image fixed in the mind
IMPULSE, _s._ communicated love; the effect of one body upon another
IMPU'NITY, _s._ freedom from punishment; exemption from punishment
INABI'LITY, _s._ want of power; impotence
INACCE'SSIBLE, _a._ not to be reached or approached
INA'CTIVE, _a._ sluggish; slothful; not quick
INCA'LCULABLE, _a._ that which cannot be counted
INCAPA'CITATE, _v.a._ disable; weaken; disqualify
INCARNA'TION, _s._ the act of assuming body
INCE'NTIVE, _s._ that which kindles; that which provokes; that which
encourages; spur
INCE'SSANT, _a._ unceasing; continual
I'NCIDENT, _s._ something happening beside the main design; casualty
INCLO'SURE, _s._ a place surrounded or fenced in
INCLU'DE, _v.a._ comprise; shut
INCONCE'IVABLE, _a._ incomprehensible
INCONSI'DERABLE, _a._ unworthy of notice; unimportant
INCONSI'STENT, _a._ contrary; absurd; incompatible
INCRE'DIBLE, _a._ surpassing belief; not to be credited
INCU'LCATE, _v.a._ impress by frequent admonitions
INCU'RSION, _s._ an expedition
INDENTA'TION, _s._ an indenture; having a wavy figure
I'NDICATE, _v.a._ show; point out
INDI'CTMENT, _s._ an accusation presented in a court of justice
INDIGNA'TION, _s._ wrath; anger
INDISCRI'MINATE, _a._ without choice; impartially
INDISPE'NSABLE, _a._ not to be spared; necessary
INDIVI'DUAL, _a._ single; numerically one; undivided; separate from
others of the same species
INDU'CE, _v.a._ persuade; enforce; bring into view
INDU'LGENCE, _s._ fond kindness; tenderness; favour granted
INDU'STRIOUS, _a._ diligent; laborious
I'NDUSTRY, _s._ diligence; cheerful labour
INEQUA'LITY, _s._ difference of comparative quantity
INE'VITABLE, _a._ unavoidable
INEXHA'USTIBLE, _a._ not to be spent or consumed; incapable of being
spent
INEXPRE'SSIBLE, _a._ not to be told; unutterable
I'NFANTRTY, _s._ a body of foot soldiers; foot soldiery
INFA'TUATE, _v.a._ to strike with folly; to deprive of understanding
INFE'RIOR, _a._ lower in place, station, or value
I'NFIDEL, _s._ an unbeliever; a Pagan; one who rejects Christianity
I'NFINITE, _a._ unbounded; unlimited; immense
INFINITE'SSIMAL, _a._ infinitely divided
INFI'NITY, _s._ immensity; endless number
INFI'RMITY, _s._ weakness of age or temper; weakness; malady
INFLA'TE, _v.a._ to swell; to make larger
INFLE'XIBLE, _a._ not to be bent; immoveable; not to be changed
INFLI'CT, _v.a._ to impose as a punishment
I'NFLUENCE, _s._ power of directing or modifying
INFLUE'NTIAL, _a._ exerting influence or power
INGE'NIOUS, _a._ witty; inventive
INGENU'ITY, _s._ wit; invention; genius; subtlety
INGLO'RIOUS, _a._ void of honour; mean; without glory
INGRA'TITUDE, _s._ unthankfulness
INHA'BITANT, _s._ dweller; one that lives in a place
INHE'RENT, _a._ existing in something else, so as to be inseparable from
it; innate
INI'MITABLE, _a._ not able to be imitated; that which is incapable of
imitation
INJU'RIOUS, _a._ hurtful; baneful; capable of injuring; that which
injures; destructive
INJU'STICE, _s._ iniquity; wrong
INNU'MEROUS, _a._ innumerable; too many to be counted
INQUI'SITIVE, _a._ curious; busy in search; active to pry into
everything
INSCRI'PTION, _s._ something written or engraved; title
I'NSECT, _s._ a small animal. Insects are so called from a separation in
the middle of their bodies, whereby they are cut into two parts,
which are joined together by a small ligature, as we see in wasps
and common flies
INSE'NSIBLY, _ad._ imperceptibly; in such a manner as is not discovered
by the senses
INSE'RT, _v.a._ place in or among other things
INSI'DIOUS, _a._ sly; diligent to entrap; treacherous
INSI'GNIA, _s._ ensigns; arms
INSIGNI'FICANT, _a._ unimportant
INSI'PID, _a._ tasteless; void of taste
INSIPI'DITY, _s._ want of taste; want of life or spirit
I'NSOLENCE, _s._ petulant contempt
INSPE'CT, _v.a._ to examine; to look over
INSPE'CTION, _s._ prying examination; superintendence
INSPIRA'TION, _s._ infusion of ideas into the mind by divine power; the
act of drawing breath
INSTABI'LITY, _s._ inconstancy; fickleness
I'NSTANT, _a._ _instant_ is such a part of duration wherein we perceive
no succession; present or current month
I'NSTANTLY, _ad._ immediately
I'NSTINCT, _s._ natural desire or aversion; natural tendency
INSTITU'TION, _s._ establishment; settlement; positive law
INSTRU'CT, _v.a._ teach; form by precept; form authoritatively; educate;
model; form
INSTRU'CTION, _s._ the act of teaching; information
INSUFFI'CIENT, _a._ inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; unfit
INTE'GRITY, _s._ honesty; straightforwardness; uprightness
INTELLE'CTUAL, _a._ relating to the understanding; mental; transacted by
the understanding
INTE'LLIGENCE, _s._ commerce of information; spirit; understanding
INTE'LLIGIBLE, _a._ possible to be understood
INTE'MPERANCE, _s._ the act of overdoing something
INTE'NSE, _a._ excessive; very great
INTE'R, _v.a._ cover under ground; to bury
INTERCE'PT, _v.a._ to hinder; to stop
I'NTERCOURSE, _s._ commerce; communication
I'NTEREST, _s._ concern; advantage; good; influence over others
INTERE'ST, _v.n._ affect; move; touch with passion
INTERLO'CUTOR, _s._ a dialogist; one that talks with another
INTERME'DIATE, _a._ intervening; interposed
INTE'RMINABLE, _a._ immense; without limits
INTE'RPRETER, _s._ one that interprets
INTERRU'PT, _v.a._ hinder the process of anything by breaking in upon it
INTERSE'CTION, _s._ point where lines cross each other
I'NTERSPACE, _s._ space between
INTERSPE'RSE, _v.a._ to scatter here and there among other things
INTERVE'NE, _v.n._ to come between
I'NTERVIEW, _s._ mutual sight; sight of each other
INTERWE'AVE, _v.a._ to intermingle; to mix one with another in a regular
texture
I'NTIMATE, _a._ inmost; inward; near; familiar
INTONA'TION, _s._ the act of thundering
INTO'XICATE, _v.a._ to inebriate; to make drunk
I'NTRICATE, _a._ entangled; perplexed; obscure
INTRI'GUER, _s._ one that intrigues
INTRI'NSIC, _a._ inward; real; true
INTRODU'CTION, _s._ the act of bringing anything into notice or
practice; the preface or part of a book containing previous matter
INTRU'DER, _s._ one who forces himself into company or affairs without
right or welcome
INUNDA'TION, _s._ the overflow of waters; the flood; a confluence of any
kind
INVA'LUABLE, _a._ precious above estimation
INVA'RIABLE, _a._ unchangeable; constant
INVESTIGATION, _s._ the act of investigating; the state of being
investigated
INVI'NCIBLE, _a._ not capable of being conquered
INVI'SIBLE, _a._ not to be seen
I'RIS, _s._ the rainbow; the circle round the pupil of the eye
IRRA'DIATE, _v.a._ brighten; animate by heat or light; illuminate
IRRE'GULAR, _a._ deviating from rule, custom, or nature
I'RRIGATE, _v.a._ wet; moisten; water
I'RRITATE, _v.a._ provoke; tease; agitate
IRRITA'TION, _s._ provocation; stimulation
I'SLAND, _s._ a tract of land surrounded by water
I'SSUE, _v.a._ send forth
ITA'LIC, _s._ a letter in the Italian character
JA'VELIN, _s._ a spear; a dart; an implement of war
JE'ALOUSY, _s._ suspicion in love; suspicious fear; suspicious caution
JE'WEL, _s._ a precious stone; a teem
JO'CUND, _a._ merry; gay; lively
JO'URNEY, _s._ the travel of a day; passage from place to place
JO'YOUS, _a._ glad; gay; merry; giving joy
JUDI'CIOUS, _a._ prudent; wise; skilful
JU'GGLER, _s._ one who practises sleight of hand
JU'NCTION, _s._ union; coalition
JU'STIFY, _v.a._ clear from imputed guilt; maintain
KANGARO'O, _s._ an animal found in Australia
KE'RNEL, _s._ anything included in a husk; the seeds of pulpy fruits
KI'NGDOM, _s._ the territories subject to a monarch; a different class
or order of beings, as the mineral kingdom; a region
KNI'GHTHOOD, _s._ the character or dignity of a knight
KNO'WLEDGE, _s._ information
KNU'CKLE, _s._ joints of the fingers, protuberant when the fingers close
LABU'RNUM, _s._ a kind of tree
LA'MENTABLE, _a._ deplorable
LAMENTA'TION, _s._ expression of sorrow; audible grief
LA'NCEOLATE, _a._ in a lance-like form
LA'NDSCAPE, _s._ the prospect of a country; a picture of the prospect of
a country
LA'NGUAGE, _s._ human speech; style; manner of expression
LA'NGUOR, _s._ faintness; softness; inattention
LA'RVA, _s._ an insect in the caterpillar state
LA'TENT, _a._ concealed; invisible
LA'TERALLY, _ad._ by the side
LA'TITUDE, _s._ latent diffusion; a certain degree reckoned from the
Equator
LA'TTER, _a._ lately done or past; mentioned last of two
LA'VA, _s._ molten substance projected from volcanoes
LE'AFLET, _s._ a small leaf
LE'GION, _s._ a body of Roman soldiers, consisting of about five
thousand; military force; a great number
LE'NITY, _s._ mildness; gentleness
LENS, _s._ a glass spherically convex on both sides
LEVA'NT, _s._ east, particularly those coasts of the Mediterranean east
of Italy
LEVI'ATHAN, _s._ a water-animal mentioned in the Book of Job
LI'ABLE, _a._ subject; not exempt
LI'BERAL, _a._ not mean; generous; bountiful
LI'BERATE, _v.a._ free from confinement
LI'BERTY, _s._ freedom, as opposed to slavery; privilege; permission
LICE'NTIOUSNESS, _s._ boundless liberty; contempt of just restraint
LI'CHEN, _s._ moss
LIEUTE'NANT, _s._ a deputy; in war, one who holds the next rank to a
superior of any denomination
LI'GHTHOUSE, _s._ a house built either upon a rock or some other place
of danger, with a light, in order to warn ships of danger
LI'NEAR, _a._ composed of lines; having the form of lines
LI'QUID, _a._ not solid; fluid; soft; clear
LI'QUOR, _s._ anything liquid; strong drink, in familiar language
LI'STEN, _v.a._ hear; attend
LI'TERALLY, _ad._ with close adherence to words
LI'TERARY, _a._ respecting letters; regarding learning
LI'TERATURE, _s._ learning; skill in letters
LI'TURGY, _s._ form of prayer
LOCA'LITY, _s._ existence in place
LOCOMO'TIVE, _a._ changing place; having the power of removing or
changing place
LO'CUST, _s._ a devouring insect
LU'DICROUS, _a._ fantastic; laughable; whimsical
LU'MINARY, _a._ any body which gives light
LU'MINOUS, _a._ shining; enlightened
LU'NAR, _a._ that which relates to the moon
LU'PINE, _s._ a kind of pulse
LUXU'RIANT, _a._ superfluously plentiful
MACHINE, _s._ an engine; any complicated work in which one part
contributes to the motion of another
MACHI'NERY, _s._ enginery; complicated workmanship
MAGAZI'NE, _s._ a storehouse
MA'GICAL, _a._ acted or performed by secret and invisible powers
MAGNANI'MITY, _s._ greatness of mind
MAGNA'NIMOUS, _a._ of great mind; of open heart
MAGNI'FICENT, _a._ grand in appearance; splendid; otherwise, pompous
MAJE'STIC, _a._ august; having dignity; grand
MAJO'RITY, _s._ the state of being greater; the greater number; the
office of a major
MALE'VOLENCE, _s._ ill-will; inclination to hurt others
MA'LICE, _s._ hatred; enmity; desire of hurting
MALI'CIOUS, _a._ desirous of hurting; with wicked design
MALI'GNANT, _a._ envious; malicious; mischievous
MALI'GNITY, _s._ ill-will; enmity
MA'NDIBLE, _s._ a jaw
MA'NKIND, _s._ the race or species of human beings
MA'NNER, _s._ form; method; way; mode; sort
MANUFA'CTORY, _s._ a place where a manufacture is carried on
MANOEUVRE, _s._ a stratagem; a trick
MARA'UDER, _s._ a soldier that roves in quest of plunder
MA'RGIN, _s._ the brink; the edge
MA'RINER, _s._ a seaman
MA'RITIME, _a._ that which relates to the sea
MA'RSHAL, _v.a._ arrange; rank in order
MA'RTYR, _s._ one who by his death bears witness to the truth
MA'RVELLOUS, _a._ wonderful; strange; astonishing
MA'SONRY, _s._ the craft or performance of a mason
MA'SSACRE, _s._ butchery; murder
MA'SSIVE, _a._ heavy; weighty; ponderous; bulky; continuous
MA'STERPIECE, _s._ chief excellence
MATE'RIAL, _a._ consisting of matter; not spiritual; important
MATHEMA'TICS, _s._ that science which contemplates whatever is capable
of being numbered or measured
MA'XIM, _s._ general principle; leading truth
ME'ASURE, _s._ that by which anything is measured; proportion; quantity;
time; degree
MECHA'NIC, _s._ a workman
MECHA'NICAL, _a._ constructed by the laws of mechanics
ME'DAL, _s._ a piece of metal stamped in honour of some remarkable
performance
MEDI'CINAL, _a._ having the power of healing; belonging to physic
MEDITA'TION, _s._ deep thought; contemplation
ME'DIUM, _s._ the centre point between two extremes
ME'LANCHOLY, _a._ gloomy; dismal; sorrowful
ME'LLOW, _a._ soft with ripeness; soft; unctuous
MELO'DIOUS, _a._ musical; harmonious
ME'MBRANE, _s._ a web of several sorts of fibres, interwoven for the
wrapping up some parts; the fibres give them an elasticity, whereby
they can contract and closely grasp the parts they contain
MEMBRA'NOUS, _a._ consisting of membranes
ME'MOIR, _s._ an account of anything
ME'MORABLE, _a._ worthy of memory; not to be forgotten
ME'MORY, _s._ the power of retaining or recollecting things past;
recollection
MENA'GERIE, _s._ a place for keeping foreign birds and other curious
animals
ME'NTION, _v.a._ to express in words or in writing
ME'RCHANDISE, _s._ commerce; traffic; wares; anything to be bought or
sold
ME'RCHANTMAN, _s._ a ship of trade
META'LLIC, _a._ partaking of metal; consisting of metal
ME'TEOR, _s._ any body in the air or sky that is of a transitory nature
ME'TRICAL, _a._ pertaining to metre or numbers; consisting of verses
METROPO'LITAN, _a._ belonging to a metropolis
MI'CROSCOPE, _s._ an optical instrument, contrived to give to the eye a
large appearance of many objects which could not otherwise be seen
MI'LITARY, _a._ engaged in the life of a soldier; soldierlike warlike;
pertaining to war; affected by soldiers
MIND, _s._ intellectual capacity; memory; opinion
MI'NERAL, _s._ fossil body; something dug out of mines
MI'NSTER, _s._ a monastery; a cathedral church
MI'NSTRELSY, _s._ music; instrumental harmony
MINU'TE, _a._ small; little; slender
MI'RACLE, _s._ a wonder; something above human power
MIRA'CULOUS, _a._ done by miracle
MI'RROR, _s._ a looking-glass
MI'SERY, _s._ wretchedness; calamity; misfortune
MISFO'RTUNE, _s._ calamity; ill-luck
MI'SSILE, _s._ something thrown by the hand
MI'SSIONARY, _s._ one sent to propagate religion
MI'XTURE, _s._ the act of mixing; that which is added and mixed
MO'ATED, _a._ surrounded with canals by way of defence
MO'DERATE, _a._ temperate; not excessive
MODERA'TION, _s._ state of keeping a due mean between extremities
MO'DESTY, _s._ decency; purity of manners
MODULA'TION, _s._ the act of forming anything to certain proportion;
harmony
MO'LTEN, _part. pass._ the state of being melted
MO'MENT, _s._ an individual particle of time; force; importance
MOME'NTUM, _s._ the quantity of motion in a moving body
MO'NARCH, _s._ a sovereign; a ruler; a king or queen
MO'NASTERY, _s._ a residence of monks
MO'NEY, _s._ metal coined for the purposes of commerce
MO'NKEY, _s._ an animal bearing some resemblance to man; a word of
contempt, or slight kindness
MO'NUMENT, _s._ anything by which the memory of persons or things is
preserved; a memorial; a tomb
MO'RALIST, _s._ one who teaches the duties of life
MORA'LITY, _s._ the doctrine of the duties of life
MO'RNING, _s._ the first part of the day
MO'RTAR, _s._ a cement for fixing bricks together; otherwise, a kind of
cannon for firing bomb-shells; a kind of vessel in which anything is
broken by a pestle
MO'RTIFY, _v.a._ destroy vital properties, or active powers; vex;
humble; depict; corrupt; die away
MO'SLEM, _s._ a Mussulman; relating to the Mahometan form of religion
MOSQUE, _s._ a Mahometan temple
MO'TION, _s._ the act of changing place; action; agitation; proposal
made
MO'ULDED, _v.n._ be turned to dust; perish in dust
MO'UNTAINOUS, _a._ hilly; full of mountains; huge
MO'VEABLE, _a._ capable of being moved; portable
MULETE'ER, _s._ mule-driver; horse-boy
MULTIPLI'CITY, _s._ more than one of the same kind; state of being many
MU'LTITUDE, _s._ a large crowd of people; a vast assembly
MU'RMUR, _v.n._ grumble; utter secret and sullen discontent
MU'SSULMAN, _s._ a Mahometan believer
MU'TILATE, _v.a._ deprive of some essential part
MU'TUALLY, _ad._ reciprocally; in return
MY'RIAD, _s._ the number of ten thousand; proverbially any great number
NA'RROW, _a._ not broad or wide; small; close; covetous; near
NA'TION, _s._ a people distinguished from another people
NA'TIVE, _a._ original; natural
NA'TIVE, _s._ one born in any place
NA'TURAL, _a._ produced or effected by nature; not forced; tender
NA'TURALIST, _s._ one who studies nature, more especially as regards
inferior animals, plants, &c.
NA'TURE, _s._ constitution of an animated body; regular course of
things; disposition of mind; native state or properties of anything;
sort; species
NAU'TICAL, _a._ that which relates to a sailor
NA'VIGABLE, _a._ capable of being passed by ships or boats
NAVIGA'TOR, _s._ a sailor; seaman
NE'CESSARY, _a._ needful
NECE'SSITY, _s._ compulsion; want; need; poverty
NEGO'TIATION, _s._ treaty of business
NEI'GHBOURHOOD, _s._ vicinity; place adjoining
NE'ITHER, _pron._ not either; nor one nor other
NICHE, _s._ a hollow hi which a statue may be placed
NIDIFICA'TION, _s._ the act of building nests
NI'MBLY, _ad._ quickly; speedily; actively
NI'TROUS, _a._ impregnated with nitre
NOBI'LITY, _s._ high-mindedness; the highest class of people in
civilized life
NO'BLE, _a._ magnificent; great; illustrious
NO'TICE, _s._ remark; heed; regard; information
NOTWITHSTA'NDING, _conj._ although; nevertheless
NO'XIOUS, _a._ hurtful; harmful; baneful; guilty
NU'MBER, _s._ many; more than one.
NU'MBERLESS, _a._ more than can be reckoned
NU'MEROUS, _a._ containing many; consisting of many
NU'TRIMENT, _s._ food
OBE'DIENCE, _s._ submission to authority
OBE'ISANCE, _s._ courtesy
O'BJECT, _s._ that about which any power or faculty is employed
OBJE'CTION, _s._ adverse argument; criminal charge; fault found; the act
of opposing anything
OBLI'QUE, _a._ not direct; not parallel; not perpendicular
OBLI'VION, _s._ forgetfulness
OBNO'XIOUS, _a._ hateful; hurtful; injurious
OBSERVA'TION, _s._ the act of observing, noticing, or remarking; note;
remark
OBSE'RVE, _v.a._ watch; regard attentively note; obey; follow
O'BSTINACY, _s._ stubbornness
OBSTRU'CT, _v.a._ block up; oppose; hinder
OCCA'SION, _s._ occurrence; casualty; incident; opportunity; convenience
OCCA'SION, _v.a._ cause; produce; influence
O'CCUPY, _v.a._ possess; keep; take up; employ; use
OFFE'NSIVE, _a._ displeasing; disgusting; injurious
O'FFER, _v.a._ present itself; be at hand; be present
O'FFER, _v.a._ propose; present; sacrifice
O'FFICE, _s._ a public charge or employment; agency; business
OLFA'CTORY, _a._ having the sense of smelling
O'LIVE, _s._ a plant producing oil; the fruit of the tree; the emblem of
peace
O'MINOUS, _a._ exhibiting bad tokens of futurity
OMI'SSION, _s._ neglect of duty; neglect to do something
OMNI'POTENT, _s._ the Almighty
OMNIPRE'SENCE, _s._ unbounded presence
OMNI'SCIENCE, _s._ boundless knowledge; infinite wisdom
O'NSET, _s._ attack; storm; assault
O'PAL, _s._ a precious stone
O'PALINE, _a._ resembling opal
OPPORTU'NITY, _s._ convenience; suitableness of circumstances to any end
OPPRE'SS, _v.a._ crush by hardship or unreasonable severity; overpower;
subdue
OPPRE'SSOR, _s._ one who harasses others with unreasonable or unjust
severity
O'PTICAL, _a._ relating to the science of optics
O'PTICS, _s._ the science of the nature and laws of vision
O'PULENT, _a._ rich
O'RACLE, _s._ something delivered by supernatural wisdom; the place
where, or persons of whom, the determinations of heaven are inquired
O'RAL, _a._ delivered by mouth; not written
O'RATOR, _s._ a public speaker; a man of eloquence
O'RBIT, _s._ a circle; path of a heavenly body
O'RCHARD, _s._ a garden of fruit trees
O'RCHIS, _s._ a kind of flowering plant
O'RDER, _s._ method; regularity; command; a rank or class; rule
O'RDINANCE, _s._ law; rule; appointment
O'RDINARY, _a._ established; regular; common; of low rank
O'RDNANCE, _s._ cannon; great guns
O'RGAN, _s._ natural instrument: as the tongue is the organ of speech. A
musical instrument
ORGA'NIC, _a._ consisting of various parts co-operating with each other
O'RGANISM, _s._ organic structure
O'RIENT, _a._ eastern; oriental; bright; gaudy
ORI'GINAL, _a._ primitive; first
O'RNAMENT, _v.a._ embellish; decorate
OSCILLA'TION, _a._ the act of moving backward or forward like a pendulum
O'SSEOUS, _a._ bony; resembling bone
OSTENTA'TION, _s._ outward show; pride of riches or power
OSTRICH, _s._ a large bird
OTHERWISE, _ad._ in a different manner; by other causes; in other
respects
OU'TLET, _s._ passage outward
OU'TSET, _s._ setting out; departure
OU'TWARD, _a._ external; opposed to _inward_.
OVERFLO'W, _v.a._ deluge; drown; overrun; fill beyond the brim
OVERTA'KE, _v.a._ catch anything by pursuit; come up to something going
before
OVERTHRO'W, _v.a._ turn upside down; throw down; ruin; defeat; destroy
OVERWHE'LM, _v.a._ crush underneath something violent and weighty;
overlook gloomily
PACI'FIC, _a._ mild; gentle; appeasing
PA'LACE, _a._ a royal house
PA'LTRY, _a._ worthless; contemptible; mean
PA'RADISE, _s._ the blissful region in which the first pair were placed;
any place of felicity
PA'RALLEL, _a._ extending in the same direction; having the same
tendency
PARALLE'LOGRAM, _s._ in geometry, a right-lined four-sided figure, whose
opposite sides are parallel and equal
PA'RAPET, _s._ a wall breast high
PA'RCEL, _s._ a small bundle; a part of a whole
PA'RDON, _s._ forgiveness
PARO'CHIAL, _a._ belonging to a parish
PARO'TIDA-SA'LIVART, _a._ glands so named because near the ear
PA'RTICLE, _s._ any small quantity of a greater substance; a word
unvaried by inflection
PARTICULAR, _s._ a single instance; a minute detail of things singly
enumerated. IN PARTICULAR, peculiarly; distinctly
PARTICULARLY, _ad._ in an extraordinary degree; distinctly
PA'SSAGE, _s._ act of passing; road; way; entrance or exit; part of a
book
PA'SSENGER, _s._ traveller; a wayfarer; one who hires in any vehicle the
liberty of travelling
PA'SSIONATE, _a._ moved by passion; easily moved to anger
PA'SSIVE, _a._ unresisting; suffering; not acting
PA'STORAL, _a._ rural; rustic; imitating shepherds
PATHE'TIC, _a._ affecting the passions; moving
PA'THOS, _s._ passion; warmth; affection of the mind
PA'THWAY, _s._ a road; a narrow way to be passed on foot.
PA'TIENCE, _s._ the power of suffering; perseverance
PA'TIENTLY, _ad._ with steadfast resignation; with hopeful confidence
PA'TRIARCH, _a._ one who governs by paternal right; the father and ruler
of a family
PA'THIMONY, _s._ an estate possessed by inheritance
PA'TRIOT, _s._ one who loves his country
PA'TRON, _s._ one who countenances, supports, or protects; defender
PEA'CEABLE, _a._ not quarrelsome; not turbulent
PE'CTORAL, _a._ belonging to the breast
PECU'LIAR, _a._ appropriate; not common to other things; particular
PECULIARITY, _s._ particularity; something found only in one
PE'DESTAL, _a._ the lower member of a pillar; the basis of a statue
PE'DIMENT, _s._ an ornament that finishes the fronts of buildings, and
serves as a decoration over gates
PE'NANCE, _s._ infliction, either public or private, suffered as an
expression of repentance for sin
PE'NDULOUS, _a._ hanging
PE'NETRATE, _v.a._ enter beyond the surface; make way into a body;
affect the mind
PENINSULA, _s._ laud almost surrounded by water
PE'NURY, _s._ poverty; indigence
PE'OPLE, _s._ a nation; the vulgar
PERCEI'VE, _v.a._ discover by some sensible effects; know; observe
PERCE'PTIBLE, _a._ such as may be known or observed
PERFECTION, _s._ the state of being perfect
PERFO'RM, _v.a._ execute; do; accomplish
PE'RFORATE, _v.a._ pierce with a tool; bore
PERHA'PS, _ad._ peradventure; may be
PE'RIL, _s._ danger; hazard; jeopardy
PE'RIOD, _s._ length of duration; a complete sentence from one full stop
to another; the end or conclusion
PE'RISIH, _v.n._ die; be destroyed; be lost; come to nothing
PE'RMANENT, _a._ durable; unchanged; of long continuance
PERNI'CIOUS, _a._ destructive; baneful
PERPENDICULAR, _a._ a straight line up and down
PERPE'TUAL, _a._ never-ceasing; continual
PERPLE'X, _v.a._ disturb; distract; tease; plague
PERPLE'XITY, _s._ anxiety; entanglement
PE'RSECUTE, _v.a._ to harass or pursue with malignity
PERSEVE'RANCE, _s._ persistence in any design or attempt; constancy in
progress
PERTINA'CITY, _s._ obstinacy; stubbornness; constancy
PERTURBA'TION, _s._ restlessness; disturbance
PERU'SAL, _s._ the act of reading
PETI'TION, _s._ request; entreaty; single branch or article of prayer
PHA'LANX, _s._ a troop of men closely embodied
PHENO'MENON, _s._ appearance
PHILOSOPHER, _s._ a man deep in knowledge
PHILOSOPHICAL, _a._ belonging to philosophy
PHILO'SOPHY, _s._ moral or natural knowledge
PHY'SICAL, _a._ relating to nature or to natural philosophy; medicinal;
relating to health
PICTO'RIAL, _a._ produced by a painter
PIC'TURESQUE, _a._ beautiful; magnificent
PI'LCHARD, _s._ a kind of fish
PI'LGRIMAGE, _s._ a long journey
PI'OUS, _a._ careful of the duties owed by created beings to God; godly;
religious
PI'RATE, _s._ a sea robber
PISTA'CHIO, _s._ a dry fruit of an oblong figure
PI'TIABLE, _a._ that which deserves pity
PLA'CABLE, _a._ willing or able to be appeased
PLA'INTIVE, _a._ complaining; lamenting; expressive of sorrow
PLA'NETARY, _a._ pertaining to the planets; produced by the planets
PLANTATION, _s._ a place planted; a colony
PLAU'SIBLY, _ad._ with fair show
PLEA'SANT, _a._ delightful; cheerful; merry
PLEA'SANTRY, _s._ merriment; lively talk
PLEA'SURE, _s._ delight
PLE'NTIFUL, _a._ copious; fruitful; abundant
PLI'ABLE, _a._ flexible; easy to be bent; easy to be persuaded; capable
of being plied
PLI'ANT, _a._ bending; flexible; easy to take a form
PLU'MAGE, _s._ feathers; suit of feathers
PNY'X, _s._ a place where assemblies of the people were held
PO'ETRY, _s._ sublime thought expressed in sublime language
POI'GNANCY, _s._ power of irritation; sharpness
POI'SON, _s._ that which taken into the body destroys or injures life;
anything infectious or malignant
POLI'TE, _a._ glossy; smooth; elegant of manners
POLITICAL, _a._ that which relates to politics; that which relates to
public affairs; also cunning, skilful
PO'PULAR, _a._ vulgar; familiar; well known
POPULARITY, _a._ state of being favoured by the people; representation
suited to vulgar conception
POPULA'TION, _s._ the state of a country with respect to numbers of
people
PO'RTABLE, _a._ manageable by the hand; supportable
PO'RTION, _s._ a part; an allotment
PORTMA'NTEAU, _s._ a chest, or bag, in which clothes are carried
POSI'TION, _s._ state of being placed; situation
PO'SITIVE, _o._ absolute; particular; real; certain
POSSE'SS, _v.a._ have as an owner; be master of; seize; obtain
POSSESSION, _s._ property; the thing possessed
POSSIBLE, _a._ having the power to be or to be done; not contrary to the
nature of things
POSTE'RITY, _s._ succeeding generations
PO'TENTATE, _s._ monarch; prince; sovereign
PO'WER, _s._ command; authority; ability; strength; faculty of the mind
PRACTICABLE, _a._ capable of being practised
PRA'CTICAL, _o._ relating to action; not merely speculative.
PRAE'TOR, _s._ a functionary among the ancient Romans
PRAI'RIE, _s._ a meadow
PRECAUTION, _s._ preservative caution; preventive measures
PRECE'PTOR, _s._ a teacher; an Instructor
PRE'CINCT, _s._ outward limit; boundary
PRECI'PITOUS, _a._ headlong; steep
PREDECE'SSOR, _s._ one who was in any state or place before another;
ancestor
PREDOMINANCE, _s._ prevalence; ascendancy
PREDOMINANT, _a._ prevalent; ascendant; supreme influence
PREDOMINATE, _v.n._ prevail; be supreme in influence
PREFI'X, _v.a._ appoint beforehand; settle; establish; put before
another thing
PRELI'MINARY, _a._ previous; introductory
PREJUDICE, _s._ prepossession; judgment formed beforehand; mischief;
injury
PREPARATION, _s._ anything made by process of operation; previous
measures
PREROGATIVE, _s._ an exclusive or peculiar privilege
PRE'SCIENT, _a._ foreknowing; prophetic
PRESENT, _a._ not past; not future; ready at hand; not absent; being
face to face; being now in view
PRESE'NT, _v.a._ offer; exhibit
PRESE'RVE, _v.a._ save; keep; defend from destruction or any evil
PRESU'MPTION, _s._ arrogance; blind confidence
PREVE'NT, _v.a._ hinder; obviate; obstruct
PRINCIPAL, _a._ chief; capital; essential; important; considerable
PRINCIPLE, _s._ constituent part; original cause
PRO'BABLE, _a._ likely
PRO'BABLY, _a._ very likely
PROBA'TION, _s._ proof; trial; noviciate
PROCEE'D, _v.n._ pass from one thing or place to another; go forward;
issue; arise; carry on; act; transact
PRO'CESS, _s._ course of law; course
PROCE'SSION, _s._ a train marching in ceremonious solemnity
PRODI'GIOUS, _a._ enormous; amazing; monstrous
PRO'DUCE, _s._ amount; profit; that which anything yields or brings
PRODU'CE, _v.a._ offer to the view or notice; bear; cause; effect
PRODU'CTION, _s._ the act of producing; fruit; product; composition
PROFESSION, _s._ vocation; known employment
PROFU'SE, _a._ lavish; too liberal
PROFUSION, _s._ extravagance; abundance
PRO'GRESS, _s._ course; advancement; motion forward
PROHI'BIT, _v.a._ forbid; debar; hinder
PROJE'CT, _v.a._ throw out; scheme; contrive; form in the mind
PRO'PAGATE, _v.a._ extend; widen; promote
PRO'PER, _a._ fit; exact; peculiar
PRO'PHECY, _s._ a declaration of something to come
PROPHE'TIC, _a._ foreseeing or foretelling future events
PROPORTION, _s._ symmetry; form; size; ratio
PROPOSITION, _s._ one of the three parts of a regular argument, in which
anything is affirmed or denied; proposal
PROPRIETOR, _s._ possessor in his own right
PROPRI'ETY, _s._ accuracy; justness
PROSA'IC, _a._ belonging to or resembling prose
PROTE'CTOR, _s._ defender; supporter; guardian
PROTRU'DE, _v.a._ thrust forward
PROVI'DE, _v.a._ procure; furnish; supply; stipulate
PROVIDE'NTIAL, _a._ effected by Providence; referrible to Providence
PRO'VINCE, _s._ a conquered country; a region
PROVINCIAL, _a._ that which relates to provinces
PROVISION, _s._ the act of providing beforehand; measures taken
beforehand; stock collected; victuals
PROVOCATION, _s._ an act or cause by which anger is raised; an appeal to
a judge
PROXI'MITY, _s._ nearness
PTA'RMIGAN, _s._ (pronounced _tar-mi-gan_) a bird of the grouse species
PU'BLIC, _s._ the people; general view; open view
PU'LLEY, _s._ a small wheel turning on a pivot, with a furrow on its
outside, in which a rope runs
PU'NISH, _v.a._ to chastise; to afflict with penalties or death for some
crime
PU'NISHED, _a._ chastised
PU'PIL, _s._ a scholar; one under the care of a tutor
PU'RCHASE, _v.a._ acquire; buy for a price
PU'RITY, _s._ clearness; freedom from foulness or dirt; freedom from
guilt; innocence
PU'RPOSE, _v.t._ intention; design; instance
PU'TRIFY, _v.n._ to rot
PU'ZZLE, _v.a._ perplex; confound; tease; entangle
PY'RAMID, _s._ a solid figure, whose base is a polygon and whose sides
are plain triangles, their several points meeting in one
PYTHA'GORAS, _s._ the originator of the present system universe
PYTHAGORE'ANS, _s._ followers of Pythagoras
QUALIFICATION, _s._ accomplishment; that which makes any person or thing
fit for anything
QUA'NTITY, _s._ any indeterminate weight or measure; bulk or weight; a
portion; a part
QUA'RRY, _s._ game flown at by a hawk; a stone mine
RA'DIANT, _a._ shining; emitting rays
RAMIFICA'TION, _s._ division or separation into branches; small
branches; branching out
RA'NCID, _a._ strong scented
RAPA'CIOUS, _a._ given to plunder; seizing by violence
RAPI'DITY, _s._ celerity; velocity; swiftness
RA'PTURE, _s._ transport; haste
RA'TTLE, _s._ a quick noise nimbly repeated; empty and loud talk; a
plant
RA'TTLESNAKE, _s._ a kind of serpent, which has a rattle at the end of
its tail
REA'CTION, _s._ the reciprocation of any impulse or force impressed,
made by the body on which such an impression is made
RE'ALISE, _v.a._ bring into being or act; convert money into land.
REA'SON, _s._ the power by which man deduces one proposition from
another; cause; ground or principle; motive; moderation
REASONABLENESS, _s._ the faculty of reason
REASONING, _s._ an argument
REBE'LLION, _s._ insurrection against lawful authority
RECE'DE, _v.n._ fall back; retreat; desist
RECEI'VE, _v.a._ obtain; admit; entertain as a guest
RE'CENT, _a._ new; late; fresh
RECE'PTACLE, _s._ a vessel or place into which anything is received
RECOGNITION, _s._ review; renovation of knowledge; acknowledgment;
memorial
RECOLLE'CTION, _s._ recovery of notion; revival in the memory
RECOMME'ND, _v.a._ make acceptable; praise another; commit with prayers
RECOMMENDA'TION, _s._ the act of recommending; that which secures to one
a kind reception from another
RE'COMPENSE, _s._ reward; compensation
RECOMPENSE, _v.a._ repay; reward; redeem
RE'CORD, _s._ register; authentic memorial
RECREA'TION, _s._ relief after toil or pain; amusement; diversion
RE'CTIFY, _v.a._ to make right
RE'CTITUDE, _s._ straightness; rightness; uprightness
REDE'MPTION, _s._ ransom; relief; purchase of God's favour by the death
of Christ
REDU'CE, _v.a._ bring back; subdue; degrade
REFLECTION, _s._ that which is reflected; thought thrown back upon the
past; attentive consideration
REFLE'CTOR, _s._ considerer
REFRA'CT, _v.n._ break the natural course of rays
REFU'LGENT, _a._ bright; splendid
REGA'LIA, _s._ ensigns of Royalty
REGA'RD, _v.a._ observe; remark; pay attention to
RE'GIMENT, _s._ a body of soldiers under one colonel
RE'GION, _s._ tract of land; country
RE'GULAR, _a._ methodical; orderly
REINFO'RCE, _v.a._ strengthen again
REJE'CT, _v.a._ cast off; refuse; throw aside
RE'LATIVE, _s._ a near friend; a relation; a kinsman
RE'LATIVE, _a._ having relation
RELAXATION, _s._ the act of loosening
RELA'XED, _a._ slackened; loosened; let loose; diverted; eased;
refreshed
RELEA'SE, _v.a._ quit; let go; slacken; free from
RELE'NT, _v.n._ slacken; remit; soften; melt
RE'LIC, _s._ that which remains
RELIE'VE, _v.a._ ease pain or sorrow; succour by assistance; support;
assist
RELI'GION, _s._ a system of divine faith and worship
RELU'CTANT, _a._ unwilling; acting with repugnance
REMAI'N, _v.n._ continue; endure; be left
REMAINDER, _s._ the part left
REMA'RKABLE, _a._ observable; worthy of note
RE'MEDY, _s._ a medicine by which any illness is cured; that which
counteracts any evil; reparation
REME'MBER, _v.a._ bear in mind; not to
REMO'NSTRANCE, _s._ strong representation
REMO'RSELESS, _a._ without remorse
RE'NDER, _v.a._ restore; give back; represent; exhibit; give
REPEA'T, _v.a._ use again; do again; speak again
REPO'RT, _s._ rumour; popular fame; sound; loud noise
RE'PRESENT, _v.a._ exhibit; describe; personate; exhibit to show
REPRESENTA'TION, _s._ image; likeness; public exhibition
REPRIE'VE, _s._ respite after sentence of death
REPRI'SAL, _s._ something seized by way of retaliation for robbery or
injury
RE'PTILE, _s._ an animal that creeps on many feet
REPU'BLIC, _s._ commonwealth; a government without a King or other
hereditary head
REPU'GNANT, _a._ disobedient; contrary; opposite
REPU'LSE, _v.a._ beat back; drive off
REPUTA'TION, _s._ character of good or bad; credit
REPU'TE, _s._ character; reputation
REQUE'ST, _s._ petition; entreaty; demand
RE'QUIEM, _s._ a hymn, in which they ask for the dead, requiem or rest
REQUISITE, _a._ necessary
RE'SCUE, _v.a._ set free from any violence, confinement, or danger
RESE'MBLE, _v. a_ to be like; to compare; to represent as like something
else
RESE'NTMENT, _s._ anger; deep sense of injury
RE'SERVOIR, _s._ a receiver; a large basin which receives water
RESIDENCE, _s._ dwelling; place of abode
RESOU'RCE, _s._ resort; expedient
RESPECTIVE, _a._ particular; relating to particular persons or things
RESPIRA'TION, _s._ the act of breathing; relief from toil
RESPLENDENT, _a._ bright; shining; having a beautiful lustre
RESPONSIBLE, _a._ answerable; accountable
RESTRAINT, _s._ abridgment of liberty; prohibition; restriction
RETALIATION, _s._ requital; return of like for like
RETA'RD, _v.a._ hinder; delay
RE'TINUE, _s._ a number attending upon a principal person; train
RETROSPECTION, _s._ act or faculty of looking backward
RETU'RN, _s._ the act of coming back to the same place; act of restoring
or giving back
REVELA'TION, _s._ discovery; communication; apocalypse; the prophecy of
St. John, revealing future things
REVE'NUE, _s._ income; annual profits received from lands or other funds
RE'VERENCE, _s._ veneration; respect; title of the clergy
REVE'RSE, _v.a._ turn upside down; overturn
RHINO'CERUS, _s._ a large animal with a horn on its nose
RHODODE'NDRON, _s._ the rose-bay
RI'BALDRY, _s._ mean, lewd, brutal language
RI'DICULE, _s._ contemptive mockery
RI'VET, _v.a._ fasten strongly
RI'VULET, _s_ a small river; streamlet; brook
ROMA'NTIC, _a._ wild; fanciful
ROO'KERY, _s._ a nursery of rooks
ROYA'LIST, _s._ adherent to a King
RU'BY, _s._ a precious stone of a red colour
RU'DIMEMT, _s._ the first principle
RU'GGED, _a._ rough; uneven; rude
RU'STIC, _a._ rough; rude; pertaining to the country
RUSTI'CITY, _s._ rural appearance; simplicity
SA'CRAMENT, _s._ an oath; an outward and visible sign of an inward and
spiritual grace
SA'CRED, _a._ immediately relating to God; holy
SA'CRIFICE, _v.a._ offer to heaven; destroy or give up for the sake of
something else; destroy; kill
SAGA'CITY, _a._ quickness of scent; acuteness of discovery
SA'LINE, _a._ consisting of salt; constituting bait
SA'NCTITY, _s._ holiness; goodness; purity
SA'NGUINARY, _a._ cruel; bloody; murderous
SA'PPHIRE, _s._ a precious stone, of a blue colour
SAU'RIAN, _s._ a reptile belonging to the order of Sauris or lizards
SAVA'NNAH, _s._ an open meadow without wood
SCABBARD, _s._ the sheath of a sword or dagger
SCE'NERY, _s._ the appearances of places or things; the background of
the scenes of a play
SCE'PTRE, _s._ the ensign of royalty borne in the hand
SCI'ENCE, _s._ knowledge; certainty grounded, on demonstration
SCIENTIFIC, _a._ producing demonstrative knowledge
SCREECH, _s._ cry of horror and anguish; harsh cry
SCRI'PTURE, _s._ sacred writing; the Bible
SCU'RRY, _a._ mean; vile; dirty; worthless
SCU'LPTURE, _s._ carved work
SE'AMAN, _s._ a sailor
SE'ASON, _s._ one of the four parts of the year; a fit time
SE'CRET, _s._ something studiously hidden; privacy; solitude; a thing
unknown
SECRE'TE, _v.a._ put aside; hide
SECU'RITY, _s._ protection; safety; certainty
SEE'MING, _s._ appearance; show; opinion
SELE'CT, _v.a._ choose in preference to others rejected
SELE'CTION, _s._ the act of choosing; choice
SE'MI-GLO'BULAR, _a._ half circular
SE'MINARY, _s._ place of education
SE'NATOR, _s._ a public counsellor
SENSA'TION, _s._ perception by means of the senses
SENSIBI'LITY, _s._ quickness of sensation; delicacy
SENSORIO'LA, _s. plur._ little sensoriums
SENSO'RIUM, _s._ the seat of sense; organ of sensation
SE'NTINEL, _s._ one who watches or keeps guard, to prevent surprise
SEPARATION, _s._ the act of separating; disunion
SE'QUEL, _s._ conclusion; consequence; event
SEQUE'STER, _v.a._ separate from others for the sake of privacy; remove;
withdraw
SERE'NITY, _s._ calmness; mild temperature; peace; coolness of mind
SE'RIES, _s._ sequence; order; succession; course
SERRA'TED, _a._ formed with jags or indentures, like the edge of a saw
SE'RVANT, _s._ one who attends another, and acts at his command
SERVICEABLE, _a._ active; diligent; officious; useful; beneficial
SE'VERAL, _a._ different; divers; many
SHA'NTY, _s._ a temporary wooden building
SHE'LTER, _s._ cover; protection
SI'GNAL, _s._ a notice given by a sign; a sign that gives notice
SI'GNIFY, _v.a._ to declare; to make known; to declare by some token or
sign; to express; to mean
SILT, _s._ mud; slime; consisting of mud
SI'MILAR, _a._ like; having resemblance
SIMPLICITY, _s._ plainness; not cunning; silliness
SIMULTANEOUS, _a._ acting together; existing at the same time
SINCE'RITY, _s._ honesty of intention
SI'NGER, _s._ one that tings; one whose profession or business is to
sing
SI'NGULAR, _a._ single; particular
SI'TUATE, _part. a._ placed with respect to anything else; consisting
SKE'LETON, _a._ the bones of the body preserved together, as much as can
be, in their natural situation
SKI'RMISH, _s._ slight fight; contest
SLA'TY, _a._ having the nature of slate
SLEIGHT, _s._ artful trick; dexterous practice
SLU'GGISH, _a._ slow; slothful; lazy, inactive
SOBRI'ETY, _s._ soberness; calmness; gravity
SOCI'ETY, _s._ company; community
SO'CKET, _s._ a hollow pipe; the receptacle of the eye
SO'LDIER, _s._ a fighting man; a warrior
SO'LEMN, _a._ religiously grave; awful; grave
SOLE'MNITY, _s._ gravity; religious ceremony
SOLI'CITOUS, _a._ anxious; careful; concerned
SOLI'CITUDE, _s._ anxiety; carefulness
SO'LID, _a._ not liquid; not fluid; not hollow; compact; strong; firm;
sound; true; profound; grave
SOLI'LOQUY, _s._ a discourse made by one in solitude to himself
SO'LITARY, _a._ living alone; not having company
SO'LITUDE, _s._ loneliness; a lonely place
SO'RROW, _s._ grief; pain for something past; sadness
SOU'THERN, _a._ belonging to the south
SO'VEREIGN, _s._ supreme lord.
SPA'NGLE, _s._ any little thing sparkling and shining
SPA'NIEL, _s._ a dog used for sport in the field, remarkable for
tenacity and obedience
SPEA'KER, _s._ one that speaks; the prolocutor of the Commons
SPE'CIES, _s._ a sort; class of nature; show
SPECIMEN, _s._ sample; a part of any thing exhibited, that the rest may
be known
SPE'CTACLE, _s._ a show; sight
SPECTA'TOR, _s._ a looker-on; a beholder
SPECULA'TION, _s._ examination by the eye; view; spy
SPHE'RICAL, _a._ round; globular
SPI'CULA, _s. plur._ little spikes
SPI'CY, _a._ producing spice; aromatic
SPI'DER, _s._ the animal that spins a web for flies
SPI'RAL, _a._ curved; winding; circularly involved
SPI'RIT, _s._ breath; soul of man; apparition; temper
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