Chapter XI: Part 11

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 _tár-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

SPI'RITUAL, _a._ that which regards divinity; that which regards the
soul; not temporal

SPLE'NDID, _a._ showy; magnificent; pompous

STABI'LITY, _s._ steadiness; strength to stand

STA'GNANT, _a._ motionless; still

STA'GNATE, _v.a._ lie motionless; have no stream

STA'NDARD, _s._ an ensign in war; a settled rate

STA'RLING, _s._ a bird that may be taught to whistle, and articulate
words

STA'TESMAN, _s._ a politician; one employed in public affairs

STA'TION, _v.a._ place in a certain post or place

STA'TUE, _s._ an image; solid representation of any living being

STA'TURE, _s._ the height of any animal

STE'RIL, _a._ barren; unfruitful

STO'IC, _s._ an ancient philosopher of a particular sect, that met under
the _Stoa_ or portico of the temple

STO'ICAL, _a._ pertaining to the Stoics

STRA'TAGEM, _s._ an artifice in war; a trick by which some advantage is
gained

STRU'CTURE, _s._ building; form

STRU'GGLE, _v.n._ labour; strive; contend

STU'DENT, _s._ a bookish man; a scholar

STUPE'NDOUS, _a._ wonderful; amazing; astonishing

STU'PIFY, _v.a._ make stupid; deprive of sensibility

SUB-DIVI'DE, _v.a._ to divide a part into more parts

SUBDIVI'SION, _s._ the act of subdividing; the parts distinguished by a
second division

SUBDU'E, _v.a._ crush; oppress; conquer; tame

SUB'JECT, _s._ one who lives under the dominion of another; that on
which any operation is performed

SUBME'RGE, _v.a._ to put under water; to drown

SUBMI'SSIVE, _a._ humble

SU'BSEQUENT, _a._ following in train

SUBSI'STENCE, _s._ competence; means of supporting life; inherence in
something else

SU'BSTANCE, _s._ something real, not imaginary; wealth; means of life

S'UBSTITUTE, _s._ one placed by another to act with delegated power

SUBTERRA'NEOUS, _a._ living under the earth

SUBVE'RSION, _s._ overthrow; ruin

SU'CCEED, _v.a._ follow; prosper

SUCCE'SSFUL, _a._ prosperous; happy; fortunate

SUCCE'SSION, _s._ a series of persons or things following one another; a
lineage

SU'CCOUR, _s._ aid; assistance; help in distress

SU'CCULENT, _a._ juicy; moist

SU'DDEN, _a._ coming unexpectedly; hasty; violent

SU'FFER, _v.a._ bear; undergo; endure; permit

SUFFI'CE, _v.n._ be enough; be sufficient; be equal to the end, or
purpose

SUFFI'CE, _v.a._ afford; supply; satisfy

SUFFI'CIENT, _a._ equal to any end or purpose

SU'LLY, _v.a._ spoil; tarnish; dirty; spot

SU'LTRY, _a._ hot and close

SU'MMON, _v.a._ call up; raise; admonish to appear

SU'MPTUOUS, _a._ costly; expensive; splendid

SUPE'RB, _a._ grand; pompous; lofty; magnificent

SUPERINCU'MBENT, _a._ lying on the top of something else

SUPERINDU'CE, _v.a._ bring in as an addition to something else

SUPERINTE'NDENCE, _s._ superior care; the act of overseeing with
authority

SUPERINTEN'DENT, _s._ one who overlooks others authoritatively

SUPE'RIOR, _a._ higher; greater in dignity or excellence; preferable;
upper

SUPERIO'RITY, _s._ pre-eminence; the quality of being greater or higher
than another

SUPERSE'DE, _v.a._ make void by superior power

SUPERSTI'TIOUS, _a._ full of idle fancies or scruples with regard to
religion

SUPPLY', _v.n._ fill up a deficiency; yield; afford; accommodate;
furnish

SUPPLY', _s._ relief of want; cure of deficiencies

SUPPO'RT, _s._ act or power of sustaining; prop

SUPPO'RT, _v.a._ sustain; prop; endure

SUPPO'SE, _v.a._ admit without proof; imagine

SU'RFACE, _s._ superficies; outside

S'URPLUS, _s._ overplus; what remains when use is satisfied

SURROU'ND, _v.a._ environ; encompass; enclose on all sides

SURVE'Y, _v.a._ view as examining; measure and estimate land; overlook

SUSCE'PTIBLE, _a._ capable of anything

SUSPI'CION, _s._ the act of suspecting; imagination of something ill
without proof

SWA'LLOW, _v.n._ take down the throat; take in

SY'CAMORE, _s._ a tree

SY'COPHANT, _s._ tale-bearer

SY'MMETRY, _s._ adaptation of parts to each other; proportion; harmony

SY'MPHONY, _s._ harmony of mingled sounds

SY'NAGOGUE, _s._ a Jewish place of worship

SY'STEM, _s._ any combination of many things acting together

SYSTEMA'TIC, _a._ methodical; written or formed with regular
subordination of one part to another

TA'BLET, _s._ a small level surface; a surface written on or painted

TA'BULAR, _a._ set in the form of tables or synopses

TA'CTICS, _s._ the art of ranging men on the field of battle

TA'FFETA, _s._ a thin silk

TA'NKARD, _s._ a large vessel with a cover for strong drink

TA'PER, _v.n._ grow gradually smaller

TA'TTOO, _v.a._ mark by staining on the skin

TA'WDRY, _a._ meanly showy; showy without elegance

TA'XATION, _s._ the act of loading with taxes; accusation

TE'CHNICAL, _a._ belonging to the arts; not in common or popular use

TE'LESCOPE, _s._ a long glass by which distant objects are viewed

TEA'CHER, _s._ one who teaches; an instructor

TE'MPERANCE, _s._ moderation in meat and drink; free from ardent passion

TE'MPERATE, _a._ moderate in meat and drink; free from ardent passion;
not excessive

TE'MPERATURE, _s._ constitution of nature; degree of any qualities;
moderation

TE'MPLE, _s._ a place appropriated to acts of religion; the upper part
of the sides of the head

TE'MPORAL, _a._ measured by time secular; not spiritual

TEMPTA'TION, _s._ the act of tempting

TENA'CITY, _s._ adhesion of one part to another

TE'NDENCY, _s._ direction or course toward any place, object, inference,
or result

TE'NDER, _a._ soft; sensible; delicate; gentle; mild; young; weak, as
_tender_ age

TE'NDRIL, _s._ the clasp of a vine or other climbing plant

TE'NEMENT, _s._ anything held by a tenant

TENU'ITY, _s._ thinness; smallness; poverty

TE'RMINATE, _v.n._ have an end; be limited; end

TERMINA'TION, _s._ the end

TERRE'STRIAL, _a._ earthly

TE'RRIBLE, _a._ dreadful; formidable; causing fear

TE'RRIER, _s._ a kind of dog

TE'RRITORY, _s._ land; country

TE'RROR, _s._ fear communicated; fear received; the cause of fear

TE'XTURE, _s._ the act of weaving; a web; a thing woven; combination of
parts

THE'REFORE, _ad._ for this reason; consequently

THOU'SAND, _a._ or _s._ the number of ten hundred

TIDE, _s._ time; alternate ebb and flow of the sea

TI'MID, _a._ fearful; wanting courage

TI'MOROUS, _a._ fearful; terrified; susceptible of fear; capable of
being frightened

TI'TLE, _s._ a general head comprising particulars; an appellation of
honour; claim of right; the first page of a book, telling its name,
and generally its subject

TO'CSIN, _s._ an alarm-bell

TO'RPID, _a._ motionless; sluggish

TO'RTURE, _s._ torments judicially inflicted; pain by which guilt is
punished, or confession extorted

TO'RTURE, _v.a._ punish with tortures; torment

TOUR, _s._ (pronounced _toor_) a journey for pleasure

TOU'RIST, _s._ one who travels for pleasure

TO'WARD, _prep._ in a direction to; near to

TOW'ER, _s._ high building; fortress; an elevation

TRADI'TIONAL, _a._ delivered by tradition

TRA'GEDY, _s._ any mournful or dreadful event

TRA'GIC, _a._ mournful, calamitous

TRA'GI-CO'MEDY, _s._ a drama compounded of merry and serious things

TRAIN, _v.a._ draw along; entice; educate

TRA'NQUIL, _a._ quiet; peaceful

TRANQUI'LLITY, _a._ quietness; peace; freedom from trouble or annoyance

TRANSA'CT, _v.a._ manage; negotiate; perform

TRANSA'CTION, _s._ negotiation; management

TRA'NSIENT, _a._ short; momentary

TRANSI'TION, _s._ removal; passage from one to another; change

TRANSMI'T, _v.a._ send from one place to another

TRANSPA'RENT, _a._ clear; translucent

TRA'VEL, _s._ journey; labour; toil

TRA'VEL, _v.n._ make travels; move; go

TRA'VERSE, _v.a._ to cross; to lay athwart; to cross by way of
opposition; to wander over

TREA'CHEROUS, _a._ faithless; guilty of deserting or betraying

TREA'CHERY, _s._ perfidy; breach of faith

TREA'SURER, _s._ one who has the care of money; one who has the charge
of treasure

TRE'LLIS, _s._ a structure of iron, wood, or osier, the parts crossing
each other like a lattice

TREME'NDOUS, _a._ dreadful; horrible

TRE'MOUR, _s._ the state of trembling or quivering

TRE'MULOUS, _a._ trembling; fearful; quivering

TREPIDA'TION, _s._ fear; terror; hurry; confused haste; terrified flight

TRI'ANGLE, _s._ a figure of three angles

TRIBU'NAL, _s._ the seat of a judge; a court of justice

TRI'BUTE, _s._ payment in acknowledgment; subjection

TRI'PLE, _a._ threefold; treble

TRI'UMPH, _s._ victory; conquest

TRIU'MPHANT, _a._ victorious; celebrating a victory

TRO'PHY, _s._ something shown or treasured up in proof of victory

TRO'UBLE, _v.n._ disturb; afflict; tease; disorder

TRU'NCATE, _v.a._ maim; cut short

TRU'NNIONS, _s._ the knobs or bunchings of a gun, that bear it on the
checks of a carriage

TUBE, _s._ a pipe; a long hollow body

TU'BULAR, _a._ resembling a pipe or trunk

TUMU'LTUOUS, _a._ uproarious; noisy

TU'NIC, _s._ part of the Roman dress, natural covering; tunicle

TU'NNEL, _s._ funnel; shaft of a chimney; passage underground

TU'RBAN, _s._ the covering worn by the Turks on their heads

TU'RPITUDE, _s._ shamefulness; baseness

TY'RANNY, _s._ severity; rigour

TY'RANT, _s._ an absolute monarch governing imperiously; a cruel and
severe master; an oppressor

U'LTIMATE, _a._ intended as the last resort

UNABA'TED, _part._ not lessened in force or intensity

UNACCOU'NTABLE, _a._ not explicable; not to be solved by reason; not
subject

UNA'LTERABLE, _a._ unchangeable; immutable

UNAPRROA'CHED, _a._ inaccessible

UNAWA'RE, _ad._ unexpectedly; without thought

UNCE'RTAINTY, _s._ want of certainty; inaccuracy

UNCHA'NGEABLE, _a._ not subject to variation

UNCO'MFORTABLE, _a._ affording no comfort; gloomy

UNCU'LTIVATED, _a._ not instructed; uncivilised

UNDAU'NTED, _a._ unsubdued by fear; not depressed

UNDERGO', _v.a._ suffer; sustain; support

UNDERMI'NE, _v.a._ to excavate under

UNDIMI'NISHED, _a._ not to be lessened; incapable of being lessened

UNDISCO'VERED, _a._ not seen; not found out

UNDISTI'NGUISHABLE, _a._ not to be distinguished

UNFO'RTUNATE, _a._ unsuccessful; unprosperous

U'NIFORM, _a._ conforming to one rule; similar to itself

UNIFO'RMITY, _s._ conforming to one pattern

UNINHA'BITABLE, _a._ unfit to be inhabited

UNINI'TIATED, _part._ ignorant of; not conversant with

UNIVE'RSAL, _s._ the whole

U'NIVERSE, _s._ the general system of things

UNJU'STIFIABLE, _a._ not to be defended

UNMO'ULTED, _part._ unchanged in feather

UNPA'LATEABLE, _a._ nauseous, disgusting

UNRETA'LIATED, _part._ unreturned, applied to injuries

UNSA'Y, _v.a._ retract; deny what has been said

UNSUCCE'SSFUL, _a._ not having the wished event

UNSWA'THE, _v.a._ unbandage

UNVI'TIATED, _part._ pure; not defiled

UNWIE'LDY, _a._ unmanageable; not easily moving, or moved

URGE, _v.a._ press; incite; provoke; solicit

U'SHER, _s._ an under-teacher; one whose business it is to introduce
strangers, or walk before a person of high rank

UTE'NSIL, _s._ an instrument for any use, such as the vessels of the
kitchen, or tools of a trade

VALE'RIAN, _s._ a plant

VA'LLEY, _s._ low ground; a hollow between two hills

VA'LUABLE, _a._ precious; worthy

VA'LUE, _s._ price; worth; rate

VAN, _s._ the front of an army; the first line

VANI'LLA, _s._ a plant, the fruit of which is used to scent chocolate

VA'NISH, _v.n._ lose perceptible existence; disappear; be lost; pass
away

VA'RIANCE, _s._ discord; disagreement

VA'RIEGATE, _v.a._ diversify; stain with different colours

VA'RIOUS, _a._ different; several; diversified

VA'RY, _v.a._ change; change to something else

VA'TICAN, _s._ the palace of the Pope at Rome

VEGETA'TION, _s._ the power of producing the growth of plants

VEGETA'TIVE, _a._ having the power to produce growth in plants

VE'HICLE, _s._ a conveyance

VE'NERABLE, _a._ old; to be treated with reverence

VE'NISON, _s._ game; the flesh of deer

VENTILA'TION, _s._ the act of fanning

VENTILA'TOR, _s._ an instrument contrived to supply close places with
fresh air

VE'NTURE, _v.n._ dare; run hazard; engage in

VE'RIFY, _v.n._ justify against the charge of falsehood; confirm; to
prove true

VE'RILY, _ad._ in truth; certainly

VE'SSEL, _s._ any capacity; anything containing; the containing parts of
an animal body

VESU'VIUS, _s._ a burning mountain near Naples

VICI'NITY, _s._ nearness; state of being near

VICI'SSITUDE, _s._ regular change; revolution

VI'CTIM, _s._ sacrifice; something destroyed

VI'CTORY, _s._ conquest; triumph

VI'GIL, _s._ watch; a fast kept before a holiday

VI'GOROUS, _a._ full of strength and life

VI'GOROUSLY, _ad._ energetically; forcibly; with force; without weakness

VI'LLAGE, _s._ a small collection of houses

VI'NDICATE, _v.a._ justify; clear; assert; revenge

VI'NTAGE, _s._ the produce of the vine for the year; the time in which
grapes are gathered

VI'OLATION, _s._ infringement of a law

VI'OLENT, _a._ forcible; unseasonably vehement

VI'PER, _s._ a serpent; anything mischievous

VI'PERINE, _a._ belonging to a viper

VI'RULENT, _a._ poisonous; venomous; poisoned in the mind; malignant

VI'SIBLE, _a._ perceptible by the eye; apparent

VI'SION, _s._ sight; the faculty of seeing; the act of seeing; a
supernatural appearance; a spectre; a phantom; a dream; something
shown in a dream

VI'SUAL, _a._ using the power of sight

VI'TIATE, _v.a._ deprave; spoil; make less pure

VOLCA'NO, _s._ a burning mountain

VO'TARY, _s._ one devoted, as by a vow, to any particular service,
worship, study, or state of life

VU'LTURE, _s._ a large bird of prey

WA'NTONLY, _ad._ sportively; carelessly

WEA'PON, _s._ an instrument of offence; something with which one is
armed to hurt another

WI'LDERNESS, _s._ a desert

WI'STFUL, _a._ attentive; earnest; full of thought

WO'NDERFUL, _a._ admirable; strange; astonishing

WO'RSHIP, _v.a._ adore; honour; venerate

ZEST, _s._ relish

ZOOLO'GICAL, _a._ that which relates to animals

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