Chapter IV: Part 4

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His wily opponent was reticent, divulging few secrets. A gibbet was erected adjacent to the citadel. His antiquated raiment is consistent with his provident custom. Is he competent to revise any permanent obligations? Though hesitating and diffident he stubbornly maintained his stand. The sequel showed how indulgent the protector was to penitent rebels. Do not trammel the posse of police in pursuit of the kidnapper. Broken treaties led to conflict. Consult a treatise on ague. The lawyer gave good counsel to the mayor and village council.

deceit
conceit
ceiling
conceive
receiving
fiend
shriek
achieve
relieve
reprieve
prevalent
expedient
stringent
intelligent
benevolent
pleurisy
catarrh
manifest
bigamist
machinist

Catarrh and pleurisy are prevalent. Satan is the arch fiend. The court received urgent requests to reprieve the bigamist. Success is achieved by intelligent effort. It is expedient to use metal ceilings. The benevolent machinist is believed to be conceited. The villain shrieked when his deceit was manifest. Customs officers conceived it necessary to make stringent rules against smugglers. Pistils are seed-bearing organs. Rewarded according to his deserts. A stream with cascades and cataracts.

NOTE: When sounded like long _e_, _i_ comes before _e_, except
after _c_.

elegance
defiance
alliance
variance
appliance
arrogance
ambulance
reluctance
annoyance
conveyance
surfeit
forfeit
counterfeit
heinous
inveigle
project
dynamite
terminate
excessive
explosive

NOTE: When not sounded like long _e_, the order of the letters is
_ei_.

Use an ambulance for his conveyance to a hospital. A surfeit of wealth leads to arrogance. The use of dynamite and other explosives was an excessive annoyance. With reluctance a counterfeiter produced his skilful appliances. The elegance of his address diverted suspicion from his heinous crimes. As the allies are at variance, the alliance may terminate. By their defiance of justice they forfeited our assurance of relief. His soul was teeming with projects of deceit. A Hindu fakir inveigled me by his cleverness. A wretch reeled over but, seizing the reins, he reseated himself.

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cereal
achieve
incite
typical
catarrh
heinous
renewal
fiendish
reticent
variance
civilian
physical
adjacent
pleurisy
inveigle
dynamite
reprieve
expedient
miscreant
acquittal
counterfeit
descendant
assailant
consistent
machinist
benevolent
lieutenant
conveyance

Improvident mendicants made incessant appeals for relief. A reticent lieutenant achieved mastery over his assailant. Is it expedient to reprieve the miscreant who incited to such heinous crimes? Pleurisy and catarrh are physical ailments. Was it fiendish to use dynamite in besieging a citadel? An arrogant but benevolent machinist deemed it consistent with honor to inveigle counterfeiters. Wheat is a typical cereal. A renewal of the civilians' league led to many variances with the soldiers.

offence
defence
pretence
eminence
diligence
deference
eloquence
indolence
excellence
recurrence
device
entice
suffice
spliced
indict
bulwarks
maintain
inditing
commodore
despicable

Form words in --ence from prefer, infer, confer, reside, revere.
Give verb forms corresponding to advice, device, practice, prophecy.

For a recurrence of the despicable offence he was promptly indicted before a magistrate. The eloquence of the lawyer sufficed for his defence. In deference to the commodore's request he spliced ropes with diligence. His indolence was truly a pretence to cloak knavery. A bulwark is perched on the lofty eminence. Savory fruits enticed the saucy ruffian. The excellence of his device for maintaining warmth is acknowledged. The document was indited and sealed. It is a wise practice not to prophesy about elections.

malice
novice
cornice
solstice
artifice
estuary
obituary
dromedary
secretary
arbitrary
auxiliary
adversary
sanctuary
temporary
stationary
wether
brigand
bureau
enumerate
incredible

Add --ary to beg, note, vision, infirm, imagine, mission, custom.

The malice of his adversary was incredible. Though a mere novice in business, he is made temporary secretary of the grocers' guild. The obituary notice was deceiving. The brigands fled on dromedaries beyond the Nile estuary. The cornice meets the sanctuary ceiling. Is the sun stationary at the solstice? The arbitrary tyrant was won over by a clever artifice. Enumerate the auxiliary verbs. From a circle around the moon many augur foul weather. A tainted wether of the flock. An ermine mantle occupied the mantel-piece. The adze and auger are carpenters' tools. A handsome bureau adorned the ladies' waiting-room.

roguery
quackery
colliery
cemetery
artillery
cajolery
treachery
shrubbery
monastery
stationery
axis
oasis
crisis
gratis
trellis
mechanism
ingenious
delectable
periodical
revolution

Join --ery to brave, scene, pot, mock, slave, brew, distil, bake.

Can you distinguish between quackery, cajolery, and roguery? A corps of artillery quelled the feud at the colliery. A cemetery near the monastery is concealed by profuse shrubbery and vines climbing on trellises. The treachery of the guards occasioned an alarming crisis. An oasis in the desert is delectable. The earth's revolution on its axis is shown by an ingenious mechanism. His services are given gratis. Purchase the periodicals at a stationery store. A stationary engine is one not movable. A stationer sells stationery, as a confectioner sells confectionery.

oratory
cursory
dilatory
lavatory
dormitory
directory
desultory
obligatory
compulsory
promissory
harass
cutlass
trespass
abscess
embarrass
merciless
malignant
merchandise
curriculum
interrogative

Put --ory or --tory with direct, deposit, prepare, purge, explain.

The college lavatory adjoins the dormitory, not the vestibule. A dilatory customer was embarrassed by the cashier's refusal to discount a promissory note. A cursory glance revealed a malignant abscess. Desultory attacks in the merciless warfare harassed our adversaries. Trespassers were frightened off by guards equipped with cutlasses. Oratory is made obligatory by the new curriculum. I certified to the completeness of the revised directory. Freight charges on the cargo of merchandise are not satisfactory. Alter the exclamatory sentence to an interrogative one.

destine
doctrine
aniline
gelatine
sanguine
profile
ductile
missile
imbecile
projectile
license
incense
dispense
condense
recompense
superseded
destructive
apothecary
temperament
Dreadnought

Form words by adding --e to bath, cloth, loath, wreath, breath.

Condensed aniline dyes seem destined to supersede other varieties. He advocates the doctrine of recompensing owners of revoked licenses. The projectiles hurled from a modern Dreadnought's batteries are most destructive missiles. The apothecary does not dispense gelatine or incense. The imbecile is obstinate. Gold is ductile. His countenance as seen in profile indicates a sanguine temperament. The marshal mustered the troops levied in populous centres. A circus troupe delighted the populace.

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indict
missile
artifice
roguery
harass
aniline
dilatory
obituary
imbecile
guerilla
cemetery
business
auxiliary
sanguine
solstice
secretary
projectile
supersede
recurrence
ingenious
despicable
eminence
promissory
curriculum
apothecary
embarrass
treachery
Dreadnought

A stationer was indicted for roguery. The artifice of his counsel sufficed in that crisis. The novice was dilatory in inditing the secretary's obituary notice. The apothecary was embarrassed by despicable treachery. Offensive warfare harassed our auxiliaries. The Dreadnought's eminence is due to projectiles of incredible force. The apparatus for aniline dyeing is ingenious. Sanguine of business success. A recurrence of the solstice. A new curriculum of studies supersedes the old. Ancient missiles are found in a cemetery facing the sanctuary. I purchased two bureaus.

ratable
pitiable
laudable
palatable
acceptable
deplorable
impassable
inestimable
inflammable
controllable
sabre
lucre
sombre
spectre
sceptre
equipped
battalion
compassion
phosphorus
expenditure

Form words in --able from agree, excite, prove, deplore, conceal.

The emperor's sceptre is of inestimable value. Few mountain barriers are now impassable. The tax on rateable property is for controllable expenditures. Filthy lucre is a term applied to money got by deplorable practices. The battalion were equipped with acceptable sabres. The spectre in the theatrical scene wore a sombre mien. His laudable attempts to relieve pitiable distress. Phosphorus is highly inflammable. Castor-oil is usually unpalatable. Commiseration lessens grief, yet the lesson of affliction is invaluable. After dessert he usually dozes on a lounge.

legible
audible
credible
plausible
digestible
eligible
feasible
admissible
corruptible
contemptible
creator
incisor
impostor
executor
competitor
affidavit
plaintiff
testimony
signature
cauliflower

Add --ible to force, resist, divide, digest, sense, corrupt,
produce.

A credible witness made affidavit that the plausible professor was an impostor. The laughter was inaudible. The competitor was ineligible, nor was his testimony deemed admissible. Beavers possess forcible incisors. The executor of the plaintiff's estate is incorruptible. God is our creator. The signature is illegible--a contemptible scrawl. Though perplexing, the project is feasible. Is cauliflower fairly digestible? They were admitted to the queen's presence and their beautiful presents accepted. Undue severity towards criminals is rarely permissible. I gain nought by climbing a knoll. The belle wore a pearl brooch at the bridal party.

traceable
chargeable
changeable
damageable
manageable
peaceable
noticeable
serviceable
advantageable
marriageable
integer
coroner
diameter
conjurer
idolater
czar
forte
duet
cede
queue
diet
lieu
guise
alien
adage

Note that the _e_ is retained to preserve the soft sound of _c_ or
_g_.

An alien idolater was in the guise of a native conjurer. The czar is a peaceable ruler. A serviceable rule for finding the diameter of a circle. The Chinaman's queue is noticeable. Coroners' fees are chargeable to public funds. He has two marriageable daughters. Wrestling is my forte. Use goblets in lieu of tumblers. An unmanageable team of ponies. His ideas are changeable. Malleable iron is made into wagon tires. France ceded Canada to England. The celery was unsaleable. Wrap the damageable goods in linen. Two-thirds is not an integer.

facial
official
glacial
especial
judicial
artificial
beneficial
provincial
commercial
appointment
gamester
gossamer
barrister
chorister
scavenger
bouquet
recently
government
responsible
community

Note the hyphen in well-bred, ox-eyed, air-tight, text-book,
able-bodied, well-meant, high-flier, lion-hearted, fire-escape.

Canada has wonderful commercial advantages. The barrister aspires to a judicial appointment from the provincial government. Glacial action is largely responsible for our Great Lakes. The scavenger's duties are beneficial to the whole community. The facial expression of the gamester is especially severe. A bouquet of artificial lilies was recently presented to the chorister by the choir officials. Gossamer has an interesting derivation. Europeans were here later than the Indians; the latter are dying out. His lax behavior proves that he lacks self-control.

physic
mimic
traffic
shellac
bivouac
picnicker
mimicking
trafficked
rollicking
bivouacked
spiritual
inspiring
aspiration
dispiriting
conspiracy
urchin
extinct
corridor
galvanized
wearisome

NOTE: _k_ is used in these words to keep the _c_ hard.

Zincked or galvanized iron is serviceable. Trafficking in negroes is not wholly extinct. The frolicsome urchins mimicked the simpleton. Bivouacking is usually wearisome. Some rollicking picnickers suffered later from colicky pains. He shellacked the corridor floors. A prominent doctor believes in physicking his patients. He has aspirations to be a pianist. We have spiritual as well as bodily comforts. It was dispiriting to find the conspiracy so widespread. The address on science was most inspiring.

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spectre
integer
bouquet
incisors
coroner
acceptable
plausible
pitiable
sceptre
feasible
affidavit
palatable
signature
chargeable
bivouac
battalion
beneficial
artificial
competitor
conspiracy
government
eligible
plaintiff
impostor
noticeable
trafficker
scavenger
cauliflower

The coroner's signature is noticeable in the affidavit. It was pitiable to see the scavenger wasted to a mere spectre. The bivouac of the battalion was highly beneficial. Cauliflower is palatable. The plaintiff charged his competitors with conspiracy. The government favors a feasible scheme of artificial drainage. The plausible impostor is not eligible for office. A bouquet of daisies was acceptable. Integers are not fractions. Gnawing animals have sharp incisors. Is he a trafficker in liquor licenses?

option
fiction
diction
sanction
rejection
deception
expedition
absorption
temptation
competition
rudiment
nutriment
merriment
impediment
compliment
hazardous
physiology
examination
conscience
proposition

Write words in --tion from create, defect, rotate, quote, dispose.

I await the sanction or the rejection of my proposition. Even keen competition need not induce deception. The author received compliments on his recent fiction. We had the option of joining the expedition but deemed it too hazardous. There is an eager absorption of nutriment by a healthy system. He has an impediment in speech, but his diction is choice. Their merriment implies no deception. He tries an examination on the rudiments of physiology. Obey your conscience despite temptations. Send a petition to the city council against flimsy partitions in buildings.

terrific
aquatic
athletic
despotic
pathetic
prolific
intrinsic
pugilistic
democratic
aristocratic
vehement
implement
settlement
amazement
complement
ensue
beverage
exhibition
programme
agricultural

Add --ic to angel, hero, tone, algebra, botany, drama, mason.

Pugilistic exhibitions were excluded from the athletic programme. The regiment had a full complement of heroic privates. In the newer settlements agricultural implements are necessary. Our government is democratic, not despotic or aristocratic. We viewed with amazement their use of alcoholic beverages and the pathetic scenes that ensued. The naval conflict was vehement, even terrific. The walrus is aquatic in habits. Our prairies give a prolific yield of wheat, whose intrinsic or inherent worth is great. The United States is a republic. A frantic struggle with a lunatic.

deity
agility
facility
civility
sincerity
iniquity
docility
alacrity
vicinity
dexterity
Grecian
magician
optician
politician
electrician
prescribe
displayed
negotiate
worshipped
certificate

Join --ity to intense, absurd, plural, noble, fatal, sincere,
docile.

An optician prescribed for my eyes. The politician dwelt on the iniquity of his opponents and his own sincerity. A magician displayed agility and dexterity. Ancient Grecian deities were publicly worshipped by sacrifices. An electrician negotiated for a residence in our vicinity. Civility and sincerity are certificates of refinement. Accepting the challenge with alacrity, he showed his facility in handling weapons. Don't meddle with the gas-meter. Juicy pears are extremely agreeable to the palates of fever patients.

apprise
criticise
catechise
advertise
supervise
analyse
paralyse
enterprise
compromise
enfranchise
gaiety
surety
sobriety
notoriety
propriety
collapse
habitual
definition
disputant
intoxicating

NOTE: Chastise, comprise, demise, despise, devise, disguise,
exercise, merchandise, revise, surprise, surmise, also end in ise.

There is no surety that the enterprise will not collapse. He criticised the propriety of using gestures. The deceased was paralysed for years before his demise. To analyse means to resolve into simpler elements. The disputants compromised by agreeing to accept my definition. I apprised the foreigners that they could not vote, as they were not enfranchised. Their disloyalty was a matter of public notoriety. Habitual temperance in using intoxicating liquors is laudable sobriety. Mention the provinces comprised in Canada. Explain the meaning of numerator and denominator.

baptize
utilize
realize
civilize
tantalize
patronize
authorize
familiarize
emphasize
sympathize
addict
verdict
dedicate
contradict
predicate
assertion
missionary
justifiable
licentious
bereavement

Join --ize to equal, brutal, real, central, signal, pauper.

He realizes that the verdict is justifiable. Emphasize the predicate. I am authorized to contradict his assertions. Refrain from tantalizing dumb creatures. Patronize home products. The church was dedicated to divine worship. The heathens were baptized in the presence of many spectators. Previously they were addicted to licentious practices. Missionaries aid in civilizing savage peoples. I sincerely sympathize with you in your bereavement. Familiarize yourself with the means of utilizing waste products.

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gaiety
aquatic
analyse
civility
beverage
sincerely
sanction
facility
criticise
optician
paralyse
dexterity
negotiate
magician
docility
decision
vehement
recognize
conscience
intoxicate
physiology
spectator
implement
emphasize
worshipper
competition
programme
bereavement

The worshippers criticised the spectators for lack of civility. The magician's dexterity was advertised on the programme. The optician vehemently condemns beverages that intoxicate. Recognize the sanction of a sincere conscience. He analyses sentences with facility. The mayor's decision recognized the aquatic exhibition. He negotiated a loan to organize an implement factory. His bereavement has paralysed all gaiety. Elephants are remarkable for their docility. There is keen competition in our physiology class. The missionary emphasized the iniquity of perjury.

genius
radius
exodus
impetus
stimulus
gladiolus
terminus
narcissus
apparatus
ignoramus
siphon
graphic
epitaph
phaeton
phantom
vision
solicitor
extraordinary
encouragement
manufacturing

Use no hyphen in barefaced, greyhound, breastplate, breadstuffs.

The Bible contains a graphic account of the exodus from Egypt. The narcissus and gladiolus are favourite flowers. Describe the difference between a phaeton and a carriage. The epitaph on the solicitor's tomb was composed by a genius, not an ignoramus. The radius of a circle can readily be computed without special apparatus. Encouragement is a great stimulus to exertion. The terminus of the steamboat route is an important site for manufacturing. The weight of the atmosphere causes liquids to flow in a siphon. A phantom is a fancied, not a real, vision. Abundant harvests give an extraordinary impetus to trade.

perilous
covetous
timorous
frivolous
poisonous
felicitous
disastrous
boisterous
gluttonous
miraculous
mileage
acreage
mortgage
equipage
disparage
republic
allowance
adventure
exaggerate
automobile

Add --ous to fibre, nerve, pomp, resin, riot, venom, wonder, zeal.

The acreage under cultivation is exaggerated. He disparages the importance of our felicitous relations with the republic. A gluttonous person is too covetous of dainty victuals. Senators have an ample mileage allowance. To the timorous the adventure appeared perilous. His recovery after swallowing the poisonous draught was miraculous. The automobile is our latest equipage. It may be disastrous to mortgage the residence. Avoid being frivolous or boisterous. Beware the bite of a venomous reptile.

session
evasion
version
decision
collision
derision
omission
dimension
dissension
digression
ninths
eighths
twelfths
thirtieths
ninetieths
calculate
utterance
parliament
penniless
pronunciation

Form words in --sion from confuse, infuse, possess, depress, omit,
revise. Add --ths to forty, sixty, eighty, hundred, thousand.

There was an omission of two-eighths from the total. The utterance of a penniless passenger gives a new version of the collision. Dissensions in parliament prolonged the session. How many ninetieths equal eleven-thirtieths? His address contained serious digressions from the main issue. Calculate the dimensions of the rectangle to the twelfth of an inch. The decision to modify pronunciation was greeted with cries of derision. There should be no evasion of duty. How much is two-thirds of one-ninth?

function
quotation
exemption
redemption
completion
inflection
institution
conjunction
transaction
consumption
mosque
opaque
unique
oblique
antique
renown
campaign
chameleon
congratulate
triumphant

Write words in --tion from exert, digest, donate, incline, reject.

The conjunction has no inflection. His collection of antique vases is renowned. The chameleon is unique in some respects. What is the function of the hyphen? The worshippers in the mosque are not Christians. I congratulated the general upon the triumphant completion of his campaign. Explain the difference between vertical and oblique lines. Ground glass is somewhat opaque. A foreign institution secured exemption from taxation. Consumption is often fatal. I cited quotations from English authors. The redemption of the notes was a costly transaction.

duellist
jeweller
traveller
towelling
imperilled
chiselled
medallist
apparelled
councillor
victualler
gentian
artesian
comedian
barbarian
Presbyterian
decrepit
costume
extricate
scrutinize
exhaustible

Note: Words ending in one _l_ double it on adding a vowel suffix.

The comedian is a noted duellist, excelling in the use of the sword. The traveller was apparelled in the native barbarian costume. The councillor advocated artesian wells to give an inexhaustible supply of excellent water. The jeweller chiselled a gentian on the medallist's watch. The licensed victuallers scrutinized the quality of the towelling. A Presbyterian clergyman imperilled his life to extricate the decrepit vagrant. He shovelled the snow away to steer the sleigh easily. People who affect too much politeness rarely effect much real good.

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opaque
acreage
epitaph
twelfths
decrepit
covetous
solicitor
oblique
phaeton
equipage
omission
mortgage
frivolous
ninetieths
victualler
inflection
campaign
counsellor
apparelled
apparatus
felicitous
completion
automobile
miraculous
parliament
exhaustible
congratulate
Presbyterian

There was an omission of the phaeton, automobile, and other equipages from the mortgage. The frivolous solicitor was covetous of being made king's counsellor. The epitaph of the Presbyterian minister is very felicitous. A decrepit victualler was oddly apparelled. The acreage under cereals is a great encouragement. Parliament congratulated the army upon the completion of the campaign. Our prairies appear inexhaustible in fertility. How much is eight-twelfths of seven-ninetieths? A miraculous rescue.

labor
valor
dolor
arbor
fervor
succor
rancor
glamor
splendor
demeanor
honorary
valorous
dolorous
humorist
clamorous
cypress
corporal
sycamore
appreciate
accomplish

NOTE: Instead of the final _or_ in many noun forms _our_ is
recognized as a variant. The _u_ in the latter form is invariably
dropped when the suffix _ous_ is added.

The mien of the humorist when off the stage is dolorous. The corporal's valorous demeanor was highly commended. He was elected honorary president of the federated labor union. The villain's malice and rancor were severely censured. Her beauty and splendor cast a glamor over all. Deeds of valor are accomplished in the joyous fervor of youth. When in danger of drowning he was very clamorous for succor. In my garden is an arbor sheltered by cypress and sycamore trees. Filled with dolor at the prospect of death. I appreciate Arbor Day.

duteous
piteous
aqueous
gaseous
bounteous
righteous
plenteous
nauseous
courteous
erroneous
typify
mystify
rectify
beautify
sanctify
illuminate
almsgiving
manuscript
compassionate
circumstantial

Add --ify to class, pure, false, glory, ample, intense, just,
diverse.

Steam is aqueous vapor. He was very courteous when requested to rectify the erroneous statement. Castor-oil typifies a nauseous draught. Bounteous almsgiving and righteous behavior beautified his life. Gaseous products from coal illuminate our houses. A plenteous peach yield. The circumstantial evidence merely mystified the jurors. Her piteous appeal fell on compassionate ears. A duteous daughter sanctifies a home. He was accused of falsifying the manuscript. A pair of moccasins. He related an anecdote of a penniless acquaintance of ours.

dubious
hilarious
obnoxious
laborious
penurious
notorious
delirious
ingenious
luxurious
abstemious
rarefy
liquefy
putrefy
stupefy
rascality
corduroy
telephone
vagabond
phonograph
temperature

Join --ous to injury, envy, mystery, vary, victory, study.

When delirious his temperature was so high as to cause anxiety. He seemed dubious of victory. When he won there was hilarious rejoicing. Heat liquefies metals. Using tobacco tends to stupefy a youth. He is not luxurious, but rather penurious, in his tastes. Obnoxious weeds should be ruthlessly destroyed. Instances of long life are chiefly among the abstemious. Putrefied meat is poisonous. The vagabond was notorious for his rascality. Edison is a type of the laborious and ingenious inventor. To him we owe the phonograph. The telephone was invented by a Canadian, Dr. Bell. The air is rarefied as one ascends. Corduroy trousers.

cavalier
fusilier
grenadier
brigadier
chevalier
gaselier
chandelier
electrolier
financier
chiffonier
geranium
aquarium
gymnasium
harmonium
nasturtium
resolute
originally
inadequate
discordant
establishment

NOTE: No capital is needed in such phrases as, morocco leather,
plaster of paris, french polish, prussian blue, turkey red, etc.

Originally soldiers were described by the particular weapon used; as, grenadier, fusilier, bombardier. The chandelier is the most ancient, next the gaselier, and now the electrolier. The financier encouraged the establishment of a gymnasium. Place a bouquet of geraniums and nasturtiums on the chiffonier. The brigadier was resolute in exacting obedience. Our school aquarium is inadequate. The church harmonium is woefully discordant. Cavaliers or chevaliers were armed horsemen.

mutineer
domineer
gazetteer
buccaneer
scrutineer
athlete
compete
secrete
complete
concrete
secede
accede
concede
precede
stampede
cupola
asthma
militia
naphtha
orchestra

NOTE: Agreed, exceed, indeed, proceed, succeed.

The mutineers seized the ship and started as buccaneers. He proceeded to complete the cupola. The athlete conceded the advantage to his rival. He graciously acceded to my request. Some dissatisfied members seceded from the orchestra. A wooden pavement preceded the concrete one. The scrutineer succeeded in preventing our secreting the ballots. The militia domineered over the citizens. Purchase a naphtha launch. Fire caused the tethered horses to stampede. We did not compete for publishing the gazetteer. Asthma is frequently fatal.

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accede
militia
piteous
asthma
cypress
concrete
succor
gaselier
naphtha
adequate
sanctify
splendor
ingenious
rascality
putrefy
telephone
sycamore
plenteous
aquarium
humorous
orchestra
financier
geranium
preceding
nauseous
obnoxious
demeanor
manuscript

The militia proceeded to succor the cavalry. The financier's demeanor was obnoxious to the orchestra. Sycamore trees are plenteous, but cypresses are scarce. The orchestra played humorous pieces at the aquarium. Concrete the cellar. It was piteous to witness the asthma patients. Telephone for an adequate supply of naphtha. A piece of ingenious rascality. In the preceding year the queen acceded to the request of her subjects. Putrefying vegetables are dangerous. A manuscript shows a gaselier.

judicious
capacious
malicious
audacious
sagacious
veracity
ferocity
vivacity
scarcity
capacity
adhere
sincere
austere
cashmere
hemisphere
reticule
renegade
adherence
characterize
archipelagos

Change ferocity, vivacity, capacity, sagacity, veracity to forms in
--ous. Make nouns in --ity from atrocious, capacious, sagacious.

The sagacious collie exhibits no ferocity. The audacious renegade adhered to his malicious fiction. Though austere in features he has great vivacity in manner. A sincere, judicious adherence to right principles characterized the governor. I am conscious of the scarcity of men with eminent business capacity. Veracity signifies strict regard for truth. Genuine cashmere shawls come from Asia. There are few archipelagos in our hemisphere. A foreign guide carried a bowie knife in a capacious reticule.

fictitious
vexatious
ambitious
infectious
expeditious
curiosity
inferiority
generosity
university
immensity
opium
asylum
gypsum
quorum
museum
committee
inordinate
overwhelm
magnificent
acknowledge

Make noun forms of words in --ious, and adj. forms of those in
--ity.

The university possesses a magnificent museum. Infectious diseases are readily spread. Hire an expeditious conveyance. Be cautious to abstain from opium. The patients at the asylum gave fictitious names. Gypsum frequently contains the fossil remains of extinct animals. Owing to the lack of a quorum the committee transacted no business. Inordinate curiosity is often vexatious to others. Though almost overwhelmed by adversity they manifested princely generosity. The immensity of the British empire is now fully acknowledged. He is ambitious to control the woollen industry.

secrecy
privacy
delicacy
clemency
obstinacy
cordial
congenial
parochial
centennial
testimonial
beacon
matron
venison
environs
oblivion
beguile
revenue
heighten
ceremony
complexion

Write sec. person sing. of pray, prayed, bless, hate, ruled;
_e.g._, burnest.

The delicacy of the matron's complexion is very noticeable. The city's environs have asphalt avenues. The emperor is renowned for clemency. The centennial ceremonies rescued many quaint customs from oblivion. The rector maintained secrecy as to his parochial revenues. Congenial companions beguiled a tedious voyage. Obstinacy merely heightened the culprit's guilt. The princess is most cordial towards friends in the privacy of her home. Beacon lights are essential to the safety of sailors. I won a testimonial for good behavior. Savory venison is digestible.

accurate
duplicate
intricate
elaborate
collegiate
initiate
fascinate
anticipate
expectorate
emancipate
indicative
nominative
transitive
subjunctive
comparative
obscene
crescent
sciatica
ascertain
condescend

Write verb forms like prayeth, from love, mourn, fear, see, reign.

I ascertained that the principal of the Collegiate Institute anticipates a big attendance. The crescent moon is the Turkish symbol. His scheme is too elaborate and intricate. I sent a receipt in duplicate. He distinguishes accurately between the indicative and the subjunctive mood. The empress condescended to occupy a comparatively mean cottage. Serpents are said to fascinate and stupefy their prey. England emancipated negro slaves about 1808. Refrain from obscene language. A skilful doctor relieved my sciatica. Avoid coughing and expectorating phlegm on the street.

REVIEW OF THE DIFFICULT WORDS.

abscess
absorption
abstemious
acceptable
acknowledge
acquaintance
acquittal
adherence
adjacent
admissible
adversary
affidavit
agriculture
amazement
ambitious
analyse
anecdote
aniline
annoyance
anticipate
apologize
apothecary
apparel
appliance
appreciate
aquarium
archipelago
aristocratic
arrogance
artesian
artifice
artillery
ascertain
asphalt
asthma
asylum
athlete
audacious
austere
authorize
automobile
auxiliary
baptize
barbarian
battalion
beneficial
benevolent
bereavement
beverage
bivouac
boisterous
bouquet
bounteous
brigadier
buccaneer
campaign
cannibal
capacity
cashmere
cataract
catarrh
cauliflower
cavalier
cemetery
centennial
cereals
ceremony
chandelier
changeable
characterize
chorister
citadel
civilian
clamorous
clemency
collegiate
colliery
comedian
commercial
committee
commiserate
comparative
compassionate
competition
complete
complement
complexion
compliments
compulsory
concede
conceit
concrete
confectionery
congenial
congratulate
conscience
consonant
conspiracy
consumption
conveyance
cordial
corduroy
cornice
coroner
corridor
costume
councillor
counsellor
counterfeit
courteous
covetous
crescent
criticise
curriculum
cursory
cypress
damageable
deception
decision
decrepit
deference
delicacy
delirious
demeanor
descendants
despicable
dexterous
diameter
dilatory
diligence
disparage
dissension
divisible
docility
doctrine
dromedary
duplicate
duteous
dynamite
economical
electrician
eligible
eloquence
emancipate
embarrass
emphasize
enfranchise
encouragement
epitaph
equipage
erroneous
especially
estuary
exaggerate
excellence
exclamatory
executor
exemption
exhaustible
expedition
extinct
extraordinary
facility
familiarize
fascinate
fanatical
feasible
felicity
ferocious
fiction
financier
frivolous
function
gaselier
gentian
gluttonous
gorgeous
government
Grecian
gymnasium
hazardous
heinous
hemisphere
humorist
identical
idolatrous
imbecile
immigrant
impassable
impediment
imperilling
implement
impostor
inadequate
incessant
incisor
indolence
infectious
integer
interrogative
intoxicant
intricate
inveigle
judicious
license
lieutenant
liquefy
luxuriant
machinist
magician
magnificent
malicious
manuscript
marriageable
merciless
merriment
mimicking
miraculous
moccasin
mortgage
museum
naphtha
nasturtium
nauseous
negotiate
ninetieths
nominative
nutriment
obituary
obligatory
obnoxious
obscene
offensive
officious
omission
optician
opponent
orchestra
original
overwhelm
palatable
paralyse
parliament
parochial
peaceable
penurious
periodical
permanent
phaeton
phonograph
phosphorus
physical
physiology
picnicker
piteous
plaintiff
plausible
plenteous
pleurisy
politician
preceding
predicate
Presbyterian
pretence
privacy
programme
projectile
promissory
pronunciation
provincial
putrefy
raiment
rancor
rascality
receipt
recurrence
recommend
redemption
renewal
renowned
reprieve
rescuing
resolute
reticent
reticule
revenue
righteous
roguery
sagacious
saleable
sanction
sanctuary
sanguine
savory
scarcity
sciatica
scrutinize
seceded
secrecy
secrete
secretary
serviceable
shrubbery
signature
sincerely
sobriety
solicitor
solstice
spectator
splendor
stampede
stationary
stationer
stimulus
suffice
supersede
supervise
surfeit
sycamore
sympathize
tantalize
telephone
temperament
temptation
testimonial
timorous
tragical
transaction
treachery
triumphant
typify
utilize
utterance
variance
vehement
venison
veracity
vexatious
vicinity
victualler
vivacity
wearisome
woollen
worshipper

SMALL DIFFICULT WORDS.

accede
acreage
adage
adhere
adze
agile
alien
allies
antique
apprise
aquatic
arbor
axis
basque
beau
beguile
belle
blonde
bureau
cede
chord
cite
civility
crisis
deceit
deity
diction
diet
dozing
draught
ductile
duet
duly
eighths
ensue
ermine
evasion
eyelet
facial
fakir
fervor
feud
fiend
fossil
forte
fusilier
gaiety
gibbet
glacial
gnash
graphic
gratis
guild
guise
gypsum
harass
haunch
heighten
hoax
incite
indict
indite
issue
joist
knack
lair
legible
lieu
lilies
loathe
lore
lucre
mauve
meagre
merely
mien
mileage
militia
missile
mites
mosque
novice
oasis
oblique
odious
opaque
option
oriole
pitiable
plague
posse
prairie
precede
profile
prolific
pshaw
queue
quorum
rarefy
rateable
realize
recent
rectify
rector
relief
revenue
roguish
rouge
rout
route
sabre
sacque
sceptre
scrawl
sequel
session
shield
siege
sieve
siphon
site
sleight
sparsely
spectre
stealth
stupefy
succor
surety
symbol
toque
trellis
troupe
truly
twelfth
typical
unique
vagrant
valor
version
villain
vision
wether
wholly
woeful
wrought

STANDARD V. JUNIOR.

GRADE 8.

NOTE.--In this grade exercises in derivation should be given for
seat-work.

nuisance
grievance
compliance
accordance
significance
allegiance
resistance
pursuance
inheritance
perseverance
artificer
poulterer
interpreter
fishmonger
parishioner
maritime
pedestrian
relinquish
attachment
indefatigable

By indefatigable perseverance the rector won the loyal attachment of his parishioners. A skilful artificer executed this emblem. The fishmonger's stall adjoins the poulterer's. The interpreter converses fluently in several languages. In 1812, the Canadians offered valiant resistance to the Americans. On a pedestrian tour baggage is a nuisance. The Boers recounted their alleged grievances. In accordance with the judge's decision, the sheriff secured inheritance of the estate. Their allegiance to the sovereign is of great significance. In pursuance of treaty agreements they relinquished all maritime possessions. Ready compliance with requests.

incessant
defendant
irrelevant
exorbitant
extravagant
malignant
supplicant
conversant
complainant
predominant
auditor
ancestor
aggressor
chancellor
benefactor
affability
boatswain
handiwork
confederate
cousin-german

The complainant and the defendant are cousins-german. He asks exorbitant prices for his handiwork. His predominant characteristic is affability. The auditor says the outlay for police is extravagant. Our ancestors scarcely comprehended Canada's wonderful wealth. Cancer is a malignant disease. The haughty aggressor gave his confederate a significant look. The boatswain's testimony was deemed irrelevant by the chancellor. The incessant entreaties of a wretched supplicant were answered by a generous benefactor. I am conversant with all the circumstances.

lamentable
formidable
remediable
accountable
commendable
irrevocable
disreputable
inconceivable
indispensable
irreconcilable
adjutant
buoyant
pageant
confidant
ascendant
tariff
sumac
suavity
premier
combating

Samson's one lamentable failing wrought his irrevocable ruin. A buoyant spirit sustained the adjutant when combating formidable foes. The historic character of the Quebec pageant is accountable for its success. The disaster to the relief corps is irremediable. The premier's uniform suavity is most commendable. His disreputable behavior changed stanch friends into irreconcilable enemies. The distance to the fixed stars is inconceivable. Make few confidants. The high-tariff party was in the ascendant. Bring only indispensable necessaries. Sumac leaves are used in tanning. The Protestant divine wore a surplice.

delinquent
malevolent
antecedent
fraudulent
belligerent
recipient
proficient
armament
munificent
omnipotent
accessible
invincible
susceptible
exhaustible
corruptible
paraffin
kerosene
marauder
firmament
resources

Their armament, vaunted as invincible, was readily conquered. The starry firmament proclaims the omnipotent Creator. The belligerent tribes offered a stout resistance to the marauders. Be not susceptible to flattery. He inherits his ancestors' malevolent disposition. Paraffin candles were antecedent to kerosene oil. The delinquent debtor had made fraudulent statements of his resources. The fortunate recipient of the prize is a proficient musician. He was a munificent benefactor to the hospital. He evinced inexhaustible energy. Were the city's officials wholly incorruptible? The ibex browses at almost inaccessible heights.

deference
existence
penitence
negligence
conscience
precedence
abstinence
occurrence
abhorrence
interference
ostensible
intelligible
discernible
irresistible
imperceptible
eclipse
telescope
seniority
gratifying
enunciation

"Conscience doth make cowards of us all." During the earthquake we trembled for our very existence. Prolonged abstinence from a meat diet impaired his strength. Such gross negligence is indefensible. The tornado was irresistible. His penitence was more ostensible than genuine. Clear enunciation aids in making reading intelligible. In deference to his seniority he was accorded precedence. I feel abhorrence for interference in politics by women. The eclipse was discernible through a telescope. A slight, even imperceptible difference. A gratifying occurrence.

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pageant
ancestor
artificer
nuisance
existence
maritime
recipient
benefactor
gratifying
susceptible
occurrence
fraudulent
enunciation
parishioner
bulletin
caravan
upheaval
fulfilment
sacrament
matrimony
enthusiasm
corpse
episode
vacation
banisters
shanghai
appendix
rhinoceros

The parishioners made their generous benefactor the recipient of a salver. Our ancestors' fanciful costumes were seen in the pageant. A recent edition of the book has the addition of an appendix. The episode of their rescue was a gratifying occurrence. A fierce grizzly bear mauled his prey. Though in attendance, the hospital assistants and attendants were of little assistance to the surgeon. The artificer was susceptible to cajolery. He acknowledged the existence of fraudulent receipts. In vacation I go to the maritime provinces. The mangled corpses were a grisly sight.

raillery
dysentery
effrontery
buffoonery
debauchery
interstice
dentifrice
armistice
apprentice
accomplice
judgment
argument
lodgment
abridgment
acknowledgment
lichen
lenient
gratuitous
miscreant
cantaloupe

The apprentice is addicted to debauchery. The dentifrice was a gratuitous gift. A respite from buffoonery. The Commander-in-Chief signed an armistice after an argument. Lichens found lodgment and grew in the interstices of the cliff. Well-bred people rarely descend to raillery. The judgment of the court inflicted a severe penalty upon the counterfeiter's accomplices. Dysentery resulted from eating unripe cantaloupe. He censured the miscreant's shameless effrontery. An acknowledgment of his offence resulted in a lenient sentence. An abridgment is the whole in little.

culinary
hereditary
mercenary
alimentary
incendiary
exemplary
sanguinary
preliminary
penitentiary
anniversary
synopsis
paralysis
emphasis
verdigris
parenthesis
utensil
inspector
aluminum
subordinate
deportment

Correct emphasis gives pleasing variety to speech. The incendiary was sentenced to the penitentiary. Culinary utensils made of aluminum are preferred in hotel kitchens. Our national anniversary is celebrated on July 1st. He is distinguished for exemplary deportment. There was a sanguinary encounter preliminary to the main battle. Formerly many sovereigns employed mercenary troops. Verdigris is poisonous. A tendency to certain diseases appears to be hereditary. Enclose the subordinate clause in parentheses. Paralysis of the alimentary canal interferes with digestion. The inspector requested a synopsis of Queen Victoria's reign.

offertory
derogatory
peremptory
promontory
conciliatory
ejaculatory
valedictory
observatory
explanatory
inflammatory
crucial
financial
sacrificial
prejudicial
controversial
analyst
soprano
eliminate
teetotaler
chloroform

The valedictory address was enlivened by ejaculatory remarks from the audience. During the offertory the soprano rendered a fine solo. I made a peremptory demand for salary due. The appeal was inflammatory, not conciliatory. This treatise is explanatory of the elaborate sacrificial rites of the Jews. All controversial points were eliminated from the report. He is accused of uttering statements derogatory to the teetotaler's sincerity, and prejudicial to the state. An analyst made a crucial test of the purity of chloroform. Scrutinize the financial report.

alienate
emaciate
negotiate
facilitate
assimilate
accelerate
syndicate
confiscate
gesticulate
corroborate
celestial
influential
equinoctial
reverential
confidential
despatch
detective
asbestos
mastication
benediction

Excise officials confiscated an illicit whisky still. The politician alienated influential adherents. With reverential mien the vicar invoked a celestial benediction. Many foreigners gesticulate freely in talking. The detective's confidential report corroborated my statement. Several capitalists were incorporated as a syndicate. They negotiated for an asbestos mine. Accuracy and despatch facilitate business. Equinoctial gales accelerated the yacht speed. Thorough mastication aids the assimilation of food. His emaciated appearance excites compassion. The frigate's crew mutinied. He is repairing the dilapidated edifices. There was much cordiality in his greeting. A suit of linen pyjamas.

linear
jocular
jugular
globular
muscular
requite
expedite
parasite
anchorite
anthracite
integrity
depravity
perplexity
tranquillity
susceptibility
sawyer
bequeath
mistletoe
mercantile
intersperse

The mistletoe is a parasite on the oak. His jugular vein was nearly severed in two. Anthracite is accorded preference over bituminous coal. A lone anchorite aims to live in tranquillity. I am in perplexity as to linear and cubic measures. He requited my hospitality by bequeathing a generous legacy. Such degradation and depravity are attributed to savage barbarity. Extreme susceptibility to weather conditions materially weakens the patient's vitality. Punctuality expedites mercantile affairs. Secular interests differ from spiritual. Many recent balloons are not globular in shape. A muscular-looking sawyer interspersed jocular remarks.

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raillery
bequeath
dysentery
facilitate
emphasis
dentifrice
miscreant
paralysis
teetotaler
apprentice
gesticulate
benediction
explanatory
conciliatory
bailiff
attitude
steadfast
stratagem
detriment
calcimine
diametrically
tarlatan
trillium
pictorial
cretonne
vanquish
loathsome
masquerade

The teetotaler's emphasis and gestures evoked the apprentice's raillery. Detectives were despatched to seize the miscreant's accomplices. Amity and enmity are diametrically opposed. The navvy interspersed jocose remarks about the use of a dentifrice. Nothing can exceed my desire to accede to your request for mistletoe. My sire bequeathed me his benediction. His conciliatory attitude towards the anthracite miners facilitated negotiations. A difference of a few instants menaced the success of our stratagem. I related an instance of the bailiff's deference.

fallacy
efficacy
celibacy
advocacy
obstinacy
intricacy
democracy
supremacy
episcopacy
aristocracy
futile
facile
textile
ductile
versatile
cheviot
loyalist
platinum
persuasive
Shakespeare

The fallacy of the critic's argument was evident. The principles of democracy rarely find advocacy among members of the aristocracy. Within his realms the king holds supremacy. The ductile nature of platinum permits nice intricacy of design. None ever surpassed Aristotle in versatile genius. Cheviot cloth is a textile fabric. Celibacy of the clergy is a trait distinctive of the Catholic Church. The majority of the loyalists embraced Episcopacy. He vouched for the efficacy of the liniment. Shakespeare's facile pen has delighted many generations. The tyrant's obstinacy rendered futile our most persuasive appeals.

heresy
ecstasy
apostasy
courtesy
hypocrisy
curtsy
epilepsy
amateur
grandeur
chauffeur
tragical
sceptical
fanatical
majestical
ecclesiastical
succumb
transient
obeisance
palmistry
bumptious

A stranger's courtesy often exceeds a friend's. Revere sincerity, shun hypocrisy. Even transient visitors were unwearied in lauding the grandeur of the scene. Judas's apostasy consigned him to the reprobate class. "Waked to ecstasy the living lyre." The tutor succumbed to epilepsy. She made a graceful curtsy or obeisance to the duchess. I dissuaded him from employing a bumptious amateur in lieu of an experienced chauffeur. The procession swept majestically along. His bigoted, fanatical views were resolutely suppressed. Subsequently he was sceptical of the claims of palmistry. The curate was tried for heresy before an ecclesiastical tribunal. The ruffian met a tragical fate.

decency
currency
tendency
efficiency
emergency
vagrancy
brilliancy
occupancy
discrepancy
repugnancy
radical
identical
technical
tyrannical
alphabetical
redoubt
schedule
catalogue
veterinary
vaccination

"Want of decency is want of sense." Evidently there is some radical defect when young men descend to vagrancy. None doubted the efficiency of the veterinary surgeon. The auditor found no discrepancy in the schedules. The Kaiser's occupancy of the castle was brief. The impostor has a tendency to use spurious currency. In case of emergency the militia will defend the redoubt. The brilliancy of the meteor was obscured by vapor. The catalogue of the technical school gives an alphabetical list of apparatus. That is the identical excuse you proffered previously. Our evil inclinations are our most tyrannical foes. I feel no repugnancy towards vaccination.

velocity
sagacity
audacity
duplicity
simplicity
elasticity
loquacity
complicity
reciprocity
eccentricity
lineage
heritage
assuage
scrimmage
hemorrhage
woeful
stevedore
surcingle
subpœna
malefactor

In children simplicity is usually preferred to loquacity. All men appreciate the heritage of a noble lineage. I endeavored to assuage his grief for his niece's death, due to a hemorrhage. Accused of complicity in the plot, the malefactor was served with a subpœna. The elasticity of rubber is familiar to all. The stevedore displayed great audacity in the scrimmage. The initial velocity of a cannon ball is tremendous. The artist's eccentricity of manner is woeful. He accused me of duplicity in advocating a policy of reciprocity with the United States. He is noted for the sagacity of his judgments. Get a snaffle and surcingle for the pony.

diversity
verbosity
animosity
immensity
perversity
intensity
pomposity
propensity
monstrosity
impetuosity
hypocrite
plebiscite
exquisite
requisite
perquisite
reconcile
conciseness
disinfectant
amphitheatre
sanctimonious

A sanctimonious hypocrite evinced great propensity to deceit. Part beast, part bird, the creature was a monstrosity. The pomposity of the speaker aroused the animosity of his audience. The immensity of the amphitheatre was revealed by the intensity of the light. Conciseness of style is preferable to verbosity. A diversity of opinion exists as to the utility of disinfectants. A suite of exquisitely fitted rooms is a perquisite of the viceroy's. Explain the requisite qualifications for a voter in the plebiscite on local option. A stubborn perversity of will may accompany impetuosity of action.

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ecstasy
assuage
amateur
exquisite
identical
schedule
obeisance
subpœna
hypocrite
efficiency
transient
veterinary
hemorrhage
eccentricity
pretext
optical
warily
mirage
illusion
cymbals
humane
chemise
embezzle
primitive
semaphore
crucifixion
inseparable
sauer-kraut

Has he the remedies requisite to assuage the stevedore's hemorrhage? A subpœna cut short the amateur's ecstasy. These concise schedules are not identical. A mirage is a transient optical illusion. No allusion was made to the veterinary's apostasy, but his eccentricity is plain. The mace is a symbol of authority. His offer to play the cymbals was merely a pretext for soliciting alms. An eminent physician was most humane in prescribing for the wretch, who was in imminent danger. Sea-sickness induced violent retching. The secretary has a record of the ayes and noes.

igneous
ligneous
beauteous
cutaneous
miscellaneous
gorgeous
courageous
outrageous
advantageous
simultaneous
galleon
dudgeon
bludgeon
puncheon
chameleon
assassin
suzerain
eruption
accordion
ingredient

Granite is an igneous rock. Sailing in the gorgeous sunset, the galleon was a beauteous sight. The editor found the use of miscellaneous items very advantageous. The suzerain was in high dudgeon at the outrageous conduct of subordinates. Cutaneous eruptions are cured by balms. The two courageous firemen emerged from the ruins almost simultaneously. The assassin used a heavy bludgeon. The chameleon was drowned in a puncheon. The metal box has a ligneous appearance. In accordions the tones are generated by means of metallic reeds. What are the ingredients in the mixture?

vexatious
rebellious
fastidious
contagious
mysterious
ingenious
illustrious
salubrious
amphibious
ignominious
plebeian
meridian
tragedian
equestrian
grammarian
jonquil
hygiene
anatomy
cyclamen
hysterics

People so fastidious about appearances are most vexatious. An ingenious physician proved the disease to be contagious. The illustrious tragedian died at the meridian of his glory. Many amphibious animals live in salubrious climates. The grammarian preserved a mysterious silence. The oppressive laws enacted by the nobles made the plebeians rebellious. The equestrian performance in the circus was an ignominious failure. The cyclamen and jonquil bloom profusely. Hygiene was substituted for anatomy. A frenzy of grief induced hysterics. Nicotine from tobacco is highly poisonous.

spirituous
impetuous
sumptuous
ambiguous
contiguous
superfluous
conspicuous
tempestuous
promiscuous
contemptuous
pavilion
cotillion
vermilion
postillion
contagion
crochet
croquet
furlough
insomnia
barricade

A free use of spirituous liquors was once believed to prevent contagion. Contemptuous treatment often gives rise to tempestuous scenes. Contiguous to the infirmary is a barricade. A promiscuous crowd danced a cotillion. Conspicuous among these by his vermilion necktie, was the postillion. Later, a sumptuous banquet was served in the pavilion with scrupulous care. The use of superfluous phrases renders his meaning ambiguous. Is he apt to be crotchety when playing croquet? The ensign's furlough was curtailed. Laudanum should not be used for insomnia.

mucous
ludicrous
dexterous
garrulous
tremulous
scurrilous
unanimous
marvellous
anonymous
omnivorous
routine
aquiline
crinoline
guillotine
tambourine
courier
missive
attorney
intercede
restaurant

Fishwives are noted for scurrilous language. Viewed merely as a literary work, the Bible is a marvellous volume. The attorney was tremulous when interceding with the jury. The restaurant waiter is garrulous. A courier received an anonymous missive. Mucous expectorations contribute to spread disease. The guillotine is so named from its introducer. A swarthy gypsy maiden played a tambourine dexterously. Stylish ladies may resume the wearing of crinoline. The bugler has an aquiline nose and a ludicrous squint. I found solace in the routine of daily duties. Swine are omnivorous feeders. The vote for the aqueduct was unanimous.

melee
decree
refugee
matinee
employee
pedigree
fricassee
guarantee
mortgagee
chimpanzee
baptism
witticism
fanaticism
hypnotism
rheumatism
fraught
symptom
foreclosure
marchioness
pianoforte

He guarantees seats for the matinee at the theatre. The chimpanzee's appearance is uncouth. A forlorn refugee evinces symptoms of chronic rheumatism. Judgment and witticism are often at strife. Cæsar issued a decree to his subjects to be enrolled. The chicken fricassee was insipid. Several instances of lunacy have developed from fanaticism. Four weeks' notice of foreclosure was issued by the mortgagee. I enquire into no man's pedigree. Hypnotism is fraught with danger. The marchioness is bountiful towards her employees.

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hygiene
plebeian
furlough
symptom
guillotine
beauteous
guarantee
assassin
witticism
tragedian
dexterous
marvellous
rheumatism
equestrienne
auricle
palisade
Jehovah
opossum
abstinence
vindictive
hallelujah
philopena
variegated
diaphragm
somersault
œsophagus
appropriate
sarsaparilla

The attorney interceded to save the tragedian's assassin from the guillotine. The observance of hygiene alleviated all symptoms of hysterics or rheumatism. The prophets of old were persecuted. A sergeant prosecuted his search for recruits for his regiment. The athlete observes a strict abstinence as to fricassees and spirituous liquors. The beauteous and dexterous equestrienne is marvellously fastidious. I have studied about the auricles of the heart, the œsophagus, and the diaphragm. "The oracles are dumb." Though of plebeian origin his witticisms guaranteed him a place at court.

friction
abolition
cessation
discretion
laceration
repetition
extinction
exhaustion
conciliation
exaggeration
typhus
fungus
octopus
humerus
hippopotamus
bunion
species
ultimate
epidermis
chilblain

Oiling a machine lessens friction. Moulds are a species of fungus growth. "Discretion is the better part of valor." Repetition induces a habit. Exaggeration is frequently due to a too lively imagination. I dislocated my humerus; there was also a laceration of the epidermis. The abolition of slavery led to the American Civil War. The ultimate extinction of the hippopotamus is probable. Typhus fever is accompanied by great exhaustion. The Board of Conciliation effected a cessation of hostilities. The octopus has attained notoriety from tales of its ferocity. Bunions and chilblains are annoying.

calibre
accoutre
mediocre
fracture
stricture
massacre
saltpetre
sepulchre
manœuvre
reconnoitre
inscription
specification
stupefaction
annunciation
conflagration
curfew
suture
ligament
decipher
carbine

Saltpetre is used in curing bacon. Scouts were detailed to reconnoitre. Is the inscription on the pendant decipherable? Every manœuvre of the battalion was exact. There were frequent massacres of the pioneers by the Indians. A stricture of the intestines made an operation necessary. Christ's sepulchre was rock-hewn. The militia are accoutred with carbines of small calibre. The sexton gave a minute description of the conflagration. Orchids grew in the fissures of the cliff. The niche is occupied by a handsome statue. He sells dentists' forceps. Stupefaction was due to his inhaling gas. The apostles made annunciation of the gospel. "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day." The sutures of the skull are not tied by ligaments.

allusion
incision
precision
ascension
dissension
pretension
oppression
suppression
intercession
condescension
indigo
portico
sirocco
stiletto
armadillo
Messiah
Israelite
wielding
subjugate
quadruped

In surgery precision is essential in making incisions. The oppression of Christians began after Christ's ascension. The author has pretensions to elegance of diction. Suppression of feeling strengthens character. The portico is of Roman style. The Queen's intercession secured a reprieve. The sirocco poisons the atmosphere. Condescension is a noble quality. Indigo is a permanent dye. The assassin was proficient in wielding a stiletto. Our geography has an allusion to the armadillo. There were lively dissensions among the Israelites regarding the expected Messiah.

minuet
minaret
parapet
clarionet
flageolet
gazette
coquette
etiquette
quartette
mignonette
plateau
tableau
chateau
trousseau
portmanteau
capsule
quinine
discern
specialty
parachute

Her trousseau was conveyed in a portmanteau. A recent issue of the gazette describes the count's chateau. The coquette is an adept in dancing the minuet. The graceful minaret was readily discerned from the height of the plateau. A series of tableaux was a complete hoax. The best instruments in the quartette were the clarionet and the flageolet. Does etiquette permit ladies to promenade on the parapet? The florist makes a specialty of mignonette. Take quinine in capsules. I descended in a parachute, swinging on a trapeze. The accounts of the diocese show a deficit. His post at the union depot is a sinecure. Buy sachet powder.

alleviate
castigate
eliminate
exhilarate
capitulate
fluctuate
accumulate
concentrate
approximate
contaminate
quiz
baize
azure
cozen
chintz
osier
crosier
malign
benign
arraign
vizier
epicure
macaroni
benevolence
Archbishop

He could neither malign nor cozen the judge. His benign countenance indicates benevolence. Ski-ing is exhilarating. A deacon bore the Archbishop's crosier. Censure arraigns both private motives and public actions. The sky was vested in azure. The price of baize and chintz fluctuates. The vizier concentrated his troops, and the besieged garrison capitulated. The ringleaders were castigated, but the sufferings of the troops were alleviated. Accumulate knowledge rather than wealth. The epicure disdains macaroni. Give an approximate estimate of the cost. Simplicity should not be imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated.

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plateau
coquette
mediocre
repetition
exhilarate
exaggerate
trousseau
massacre
mignonette
manœuvre
quadruped
stupefaction
conflagration
hippopotamus
cotyledon
forfeiture
patrimony
aggravate
vocabulary
orthography
presumptuous
biassed
reynard
equinox
colleague
miniature
enrolment
instalment

The manœuvres of the army corps were to prevent a repetition of the massacres. The hippopotamus is a species of quadruped not yet annihilated. Explain the uses of the calyx, the cotyledon, and the tendril. Acquire an extensive vocabulary and correct orthography. My adherence to the king resulted in forfeiture of my patrimony. Very exhilarating is the climb to plateaux perfumed by mignonette. His presumptuous adherents aggravated the quarrel. The loss of her trousseau in the conflagration stupefied the coquette. He exaggerates his mediocre abilities.

abattoir
reservoir
delirium
laudanum
pendulum
cerebrum
linoleum
petroleum
mausoleum
meerschaum
repellent
recipient
delinquent
fraudulent
antecedent
calumny
sapphire
amethyst
attribute
superintendent

Linoleum and petroleum are got wholesale at an emporium. The pendulum is of nickel. Distinguish between the cerebrum and the cerebellum. A public abattoir replaced the slaughter houses. The patient's delirium is attributed to doses of laudanum. The superintendent was the recipient of a meerschaum pipe. The delinquent auctioneer was accused of fraudulent dealings. The mausoleum is adjacent to the reservoir. His query was to elicit the antecedent of the relative pronoun. Calumny was utterly repellent to him. The amethyst and sapphire are precious stones.

tenacious
atrocious
malicious
efficacious
avaricious
capricious
loquacious
precocious
pernicious
pugnacious
decalogue
pedagogue
demagogue
synagogue
avoirdupois
homicide
fascinate
literature
etymology
commodity

The decalogue is kept in every synagogue. The precocious child was very capricious. He prescribed an efficacious elixir. The pedagogue taught syntax and etymology. The poet is avaricious of fame. The larceny of the diaper towelling and dimity was a malicious act. The demagogue incited a political intrigue. Cats are tenacious of life. Is the chamois pugnacious? Pernicious literature should be suppressed. Though handsome, she is too loquacious to fascinate her auditors. The cumbrous avoirdupois system is still used for weighing coarser commodities. He wreaked dire vengeance for the atrocious homicide. At the approaching session of Parliament the cession of territory will be broached. I throttled the dastard who vilified you, my liege.

nutritious
licentious
pretentious
contentious
superstitious
seditious
facetious
propitious
ostentatious
conscientious
cuticle
canticle
chronicle
corpuscle
tabernacle
aerie
specie
sortie
reverie
menagerie

Rice is highly nutritious. Licentious and superstitious, the Roman Empire fell. Though facetious in speech he is not ostentatious in manner. A pretentious subaltern solicited leave to head a sortie. The weather was not propitious for a nocturnal expedition. Listening to the canticles in the synagogue, I fell into a reverie. The ancient chronicles relate many trivial episodes. While contentious in harangue he is not seditious in act. The conscientious physician prescribed for my carbuncle. Exercise develops muscle. The cuticle envelops the body. He robbed the eagle's aerie. The Puritans proscribed theatres. At the menagerie, wages are paid in gold specie. The blood corpuscles readily coagulate.

nuptial
deferential
reverential
providential
consequential
decisive
deceptive
seductive
initiative
diminutive
recipe
epitome
anemone
extempore
catastrophe
anchovy
bologna
scimitar
souvenir
gratitude

The sentinel's warning averted a catastrophe. An influential friend of ours contemplates building a substantial residence. Consequential people often aim to take the initiative. He wrote an epitome of the extempore speech. A diminutive hussar dealt a decisive stroke with his scimitar. The seductive path bordered by anemones proved deceptive. On receiving a souvenir of the nuptial ceremony he expressed his gratitude. Omit the recipe for anchovy sauce. Lightning struck a boat that was lightening its load. Bologna sausage satiated his appetite. The escapades of the dissolute servitor were scandalous. Dahlias, fuchsias, and zinnias.

regatta
guerilla
insignia
dilemma
cyclopædia
influenza
neuralgia
scarlatina
dyspepsia
pneumonia
conducive
suggestive
consecutive
competitive
appreciative
copse
spigot
faucet
geyser
trophy
vassal
cañon
tactics
gauger
vivacity

Our lacrosse team won the trophy in two consecutive years. Is scarlatina infectious? Is he appreciative of the stimulus afforded by competitive examinations? Influenza and pneumonia are very prevalent. The insignia of office were conferred after the regatta. Every library requires a cyclopædia. Dyspepsia and neuralgia are not conducive to vivacity. The gauger was in a sad dilemma when the faucet and spigot were lost. The skirmish is suggestive of guerilla tactics. The closing of a business letter may be, "Yours respectfully." Knight or vassal, let each respectively do his duty. Near the cañon is a geyser, beside a hazel copse.

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recipe
guerilla
intrigue
decisive
souvenir
scimitar
facetious
defrayal
reservoir
apoplexy
dyspepsia
diminutive
efficacious
abbreviate
migratory
erysipelas
pneumonia
meerschaum
anniversary
superintendent
chrysanthemum
rescind
nautical
deficiency
pulmonary
quarantine
coincidence
pre-eminent

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