Chapter I: Etymological
Aborigines— a system of mountains.
Aboriginal— what was original before.
Aboriginate— to settle down in a place.
Alias— a good man in the Bible.
Alienate— to put together.
to make a citizen of.
to make a foreigner.
to live in another country except your own.
Amenable— any thing that is mean.
Ammonia— the food of the gods.
Animosity— a sudden surprise.
kindness.
thoughtfullness.
an emblem or sign.
great liveliness.
Aristocracy— to be stuck up.
Armistice— one who takes part in battle.
Asphyxia— a grumbling fussy temper.
Assiduity— state of being an acid.
Audible— worthy of applause.
Auriferous— giving light from yourself.
pertaining to an orifice.
Beneficence— a state of insanity.
Burglarize— to make burglars.
Capillary— a little caterpiller.
Cassowary— a kind of dromedary.
Centaur— a three legged animal.
Conjugate— to all wrinkle up.
Conservative— a person interested in politics who does not like Mr.
Gladstone.
Corniferous— rocks in which fossil corn is found.
Crosier— a staff carried by the Deity.
Culinary— cunning or cute.
Delineate— to deface.
to make lean.
Demagogue— a vessel containing beer and other liquids.
Egregious— the art of learning.
feeding on flocks.
a good many sheep together.
Emissary— a foreign missionary.
Emolument— a softening.
a structure.
a great increase.
a headstone to a grave.
Epicac— a man who likes a good dinner.
Equanimity— evenness of time.
carefullness.
being equal all round.
Equestrian— an equal.
a competetor.
one who asks questions.
one who walks on foot.
Erudition— act of wiping out.
state of being erude.
Espionage— a kind of cabbage.
Eucharist— one who plays euchre.
Exhilarate— pertaining to happiness.
Franchise— any thing belonging to the French.
Freebooter— a man three feet high.
Idolater— a very idol person.
Ignition— the art of not noticing.
Impetuosity— to get into a pet.
Implacable— not able to be placed.
Ingratiating— grating up the ear.
Interloper— one who runs away to get married.
Irrigate— to disturb.
to turbulate.
to make fun of.
to emit sparks.
to contest in law.
to ask in return.
to dispense with justice.
Knickerbocker— something to ring with.
Matins— something to wear on the feet.
Medieval— a wicked man who has been tempted.
Mediocrity— the science of the Medes.
Mendacious— what can be mended.
Mercenary— relating to money matters.
one who feels for another.
hostile to life.
one living on charity.
one who suffers.
pertaining to the eye.
relating to habits.
strong, bold, brave.
one who delivers a message.
one who sets on fire with hostile intent.
Miscellaneous— all mixed up.
Munificence— waste.
thanksgiving.
brightness.
great wealth.
a tragedy.
a beautiful city.
Non-conformist— a decenter of ancient times.
Ominous— power to be all present.
power to eat all things.
Parasite— a sort of bird.
one who speaks well.
an example.
a kind of umbrella.
the murder of an infant.
Party-colored— a fine kind of a dress to wear to a ball.
Pennyroyal— relating to money.
Perennial— every seven years.
Plagarist— a writer of plays.
Plagarism— fire worship.
Prism— a prim precise person.
Publican— a man who does his prayers in public.
Quarternions— a bird with a flat beak and no bill living in New
Zealand.
the name given to a style of art practiced by the
Phœnicians.
a religious convention held every hundred years.
Republican— a sinner mentioned in the Bible.
Reticence— tardyness.
retirement.
a review.
something of the eye.
great slowness.
Satiate— to make tasty.
Sibilant— the state of being idiotic.
Starveling— a small child who doesunt have enough to eat.
Subtlety— gentley.
profanity.
brittleness.
softness.
vagueness.
easily coaxed.
light and airy.
is sprightness.
a settlement.
great doubtfullness.
stepping through easily.
state of being easy broken.
Technology— according to the text.
a plagarism nearly obsolete.
something which teaches you to be very tecknical in
your remarks.
Tenacious— ten acres of land.
Vacillating— ticking like a pendulum.
Vermicular— the intestines of a worm.
She is related to him by _animosity_.
A great many people _alienate_ from their country to this.
The ring is quite an _auriferous_ article.
He is a very _auspicious_ boy.
She dresses very _auspicious_.
The _belligerent_ powers receive a salary.
We call him a _charger_ because he charges so much.
_Chronology_ is the science of the brane.
He had a _chronic_ disease—something the matter with the chrone.
The _coercion_ of some things is remarkable, as bread and molasses.
We should never _commiserate_ a person even if we dislike them.
Her hat is _contiguous_ because she wears it on one side.
The girl was _delineate_ in her work.
John said he would _delineate_ the book.
The washwoman _dilated_ the clothes.
He was totally _dismasted_ with the whole performance.
The officer is to be tried for _dissertation_ of his office.
The place was left in a state of _dissertation_.
He _dominated_ or ruled the paper.
He is a great _duplicate_ because so very deceitful.
The men marched out in an _egregious_ procession.
He preached to an _egregious_ congregation.
He gave a correct _elimination_ of the word.
The captain _eliminated_ a bullet through the man’s heart.
He stood on a high _emissary_.
There was a small _emolument_ of water in the vessel.
He was _exhilarated_ to a better place.
We should endeavor to avoid _extremes_—like those of wasps and bees.
You should _fascinate_ the vine to the wall.
I have a _gauzy_ hen at home.
He treated her with _ignition_ because he did not notice her.
The marriage was _illegible_.
They tried to _imbecile_ the animal.
The _leopard_ is watching his sheep.
I _liquidate_ you from all blame.
John _liquidated_ his bread with milk.
The strawberry crop was _magnanimous_.
The _magnanimous_ of Milton was wonderful.
He has a very _mental_ intellect.
He was a member of the _mediocrity_.
The child gave a _mercenary_ account of the accident.
She has just returned from the _mercenary_.
This examination makes me feel very _nauceous_.
The stomach contains _nausea_.
Her fright was _palliateable_ because it made her pale.
The doctrine that like can be cured by like is called _panacea_.
You will see how _pecuniary_ he is when I tell you he is going to
marry for money.
The family is placed under _pecuniary_ circumstances.
He was _pecuniary_ or tight in his money matters.
My _perennial_ tuition is due to-day.
The earth _perennially_ revolves round the sun.
He enjoys riding on a _philosopher_.
You should take caution and be _precarious_.
The _propensity_ of this room is very small.
She was very quick at _repertoire_.
A great many persons are quite _resonant_.
The naughty boy _resources_ his mother.
People become full of _retisense_ when they are silent.
Minerals crystallize in _rhododendrons_.
You need not try to _satiate_ my pathway.
She _seceded_ the velvet to her dress.
The _serfdom_ at Cony Island is very high.
The men employed by the Gas Company go round and _speculate_ the
meter.
The _supercilious_ girl acted with _vicissitude_ when the _perennial_
time came.
He prayed for the waters to _subsidize_.
The birds _subsidize_ in the summer for the most part on fruits.
He is a very _tacit_ scholar because he is easily taught.
He _temporized_ the zinc nicely.
We ought to _temporize_ our health.
The _tenacious_ girl was good in church.
Herod was called a _tetrarch_ because he was so fond of tea.
There are a good many donkeys in _theological_ gardens.
Some of the best fossils are found in _theological_ cabinets.
The telescope is very _transparent_ because you can see through it.
He landed safe on _vice versa_.
The earth makes a _vicissitude_ around the sun once a year.
They had a strawberry _vestibule_.
_Zoology_ is interesting to those who like the study of words.
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