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Scul le ry, s. a place where kettles

and dishes are kept Sea far ing, a. travelling by rea Se cond ly, ad. in the second place Se cret ly, ad. privately Sec ta ry, s. one who divides from establishment

Se cu lar, a. worldly

Se di ment, s. what settles at the bottom

Se du lous, a, diligent

Seem ing ly, ad. in appearance
Seem li ness, s. decency

Se gre gate, va. to set apart
Se mi nal, a, belonging to seed

Se na tor, s. a publick councellor
Sense less ly, ad. stupidly
Sen si ble, a. having the power
perceiving by the senses

Sen si tive, a. having sense but

of

not

reason

Sen su al, a. carnal

Sen ti ment, s. thought

Sen ti nel, s, one who keeps
Se pa rate, v a. to disunite
Sep tu ple, a. seven times as
Se pul ture, s. interment
Se ra phim, s. angels of one
heavenly orders

guard

much

of

the

Se ri ous, a. grave, solemn

Ser pen tine, a.winding like a serpent

Ser vi tude, s. slavery
Set tle ment, s. a colony

Se ven fold, ad. seven times

Se venth ly, ad, in the seventh place Se ver al, a. many, s. a state of par tition

Sha dow y, a. full of shades
Shal low ness, 3. want of depth
Shame less ness, s. impudence
Shape li ness, s. beauty of form
Sheep ish ness, s. bashfulness
Shep her dess, s. a woman
tends flocks.

Show e ry, a. rainy
Sig ni fy, v a. to mean
Sign io ry, s. lordship

Si lent ly, ad, without noise
Sil li ness, s simplicity
Sim i lar, a. resembling

who

Sim ple ton, s. a silly mortal
Sin ful ly, ad. wickedly
Sin gle ness, s. simplicity
Sm gu far, a. single, not complex
Sin is ter, a. unfair.
Si tu ate, a. placed, fixed
Size a ble, a. bulky

Ske le ton, s. the bones of a body' preserved in their natural order Skil fully, ad. with skill

Slan der er, s. one who belies ano ther

Slan de rous, a. calumnious
Sla vish ness, s. servility,
Slen der ly, ad. slightly
Sloth ful ly, ad. with sloth
Slo ven ly, a. negligent of dress, ad.
in an inelegant manner
Slug ish ness, s. sloth

Sol dier ly, a. martial like, s. a body of military men

Sol em nize, v a, to celebrate
So li tude, s. a lonely life

So phis ter, s. a subtle disputant
So phis try s. fallacious argument
Sor ce ry, s. magick

Sor row ful, a. mournful, sad
So ve reign, a. supreme in power
South er ly, a. towards the south
Spe ci fy, v a. to mention

Spe cu late, v a. to consider attentively

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Spe cu lum, s. a looking-glass
Sphe ri cal, a. round
Spirit ed, a. lively
Spi rit less, a. dejected
Spiri tous, a, refined
Spite fal ness, s. malignity
Splen e tick, a. fretful
Spright li ness, s. liveliness
Spu ri ous, a. counterfeit

Spur ri er, s. one who makes spurs
Squan der er, s. a spendthrift

Sta mi na, s. the solids of a human

body

State li ness, s. grandeur

Sta. tion er, s. a book-seller
Stead fast ly, ad. firmly

Ste ri lize, v a. to make barren
Stig ma tize, v a. to mark with in-
famy

Si mo ny, s. the baying of church Stin gi ness, s. covetousness

preferments

Sti pu late, v n. to contracts

Stock job ber, s. wito deals in stocks

Stran gu ry, s. difficulty of urine at- Tame a ble a, susceptive of taming Tan gi ble, a. perceptible by the

s. which makes

tended with pain
Strength en er,
strong

Stre nu ous, á. zealous
Stre pe rous, a. noisy
Stub born ness, s. obstinacy
Stu di ours, a. contemplative
Stu pi fy, v a. to make stupid
Stur di ness, s. stoutness

Stut ter er, s. a stammerer

Scy gi an, a. hellish

Sua vi ty, s. sweetness

touch

Task mas ter, s. who imposes tasks
Tax a ble, a. that may be taxed
Teach a le, a, docile
Te gu ment, s. cover
Te le graph, S. an instrument to
convey intelligence by signals
Te le scope, s. a glass for view-
ing distant objects

Tem pe rance, s, moderation
Tem pe rate, a. modcrate

Sub ju gate, v a. to subdue by force Tem po ral, a. measured by time

Sab se quent, a. following

Sub si dy, s. aid in money

Sub sti tute, s. one put in place of
another

Sub tle ty, s. artfulness
Suc cu lent, a. juicy

Sud den ly, ad. unexpectedly
Suf fer ance, s. pain, patience
" Suf fer er, s. one who suffers
Sui ta ble, a. fitting

Sui ta bly, ad. agreeably
Sul len ness, s. inóroseness
Sul phur ry, a. like sulphur

Sum ma ry, a, short

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Te na ble, a. that may be held Tem po rise, v n. to comply with

the times

Ten den cy, s. direction towards an object

Ten der ly, ad. kindly

Te nu ous, a. thin, small
Ter ma gant, s. a scold
Ter ri ble, a. dreadful

Ter ri bly, ad. dreadfully

Teri er, s. a dog that goes under ground for his game

T'es ta ment, s. a will
Tes tify, va, to witness
Tes ti ness, s. moroseness

Sun di al, s. a plate on which the Thanks giv ing, s, celebration of

shadow points the hour

Sup ple ment, s. an addition

Sup pli cant, s. an humble petition

er

Sup pli cate, v n. to implore
Sur ge ry, s. the act of curing by
manual operations

Sur li ness, s. moroseness
Sur ro gate, v a. to put in the place
of another, s. a deputy
Sword play er, s. a feucer
Sy ca inore, s. a tree

Syl logist, s. an argument compo

sed of three propositions
Sym me try, s. harmony
Sym pa thy, s. fellow feeling
T

Tab la ture, s. painting
Ta bu lar, a. formed in tables
Ta cit ly, ad, silently
Taf fe ta, s. this silk
Talisman, s. a magical character
Talk a tive, a. loquacious
Ta ma ind, s. a tree

H

mercy.

The o ry, s. speculation
There a bout, ad. near

Thiev e ry, s. practice of stealing Tho rough fare, s, a passage withcut stop

Tho rough pace a. complete
Thrif tiness, s. frugality
Tilla ble, a. arable

Time serv ing, a. complying with
present power
Tim o rous, a. fearful

Ti tle page, s. the page that contains the title of a beck

Ti tu lar, a. nominal
Toil som ness, s. wearsomnets
Tol e rance, s. act of enduring
To le rate, va, to allow

Tor pi tude, s. state of being mo tionless

ty Toward ly, ad. compliant with cuTrac ta ble, a. manageable Trai to rous, a. treacherous Treach e rous, a.faithless

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Trou ble some, a. vexaticus

Tru cu lent, a. barbarous

three

Ven tu rous, a. bold

Ver be rate, v a. to beat
Ver di greise, s must of brass
Ve i fy, v a. to confirm

Ve ri ly,ad. in truth

Vic to ry, s. conquest

Vi gi lance, s. watchfulness

Trum peter, s. who sounds a trum- Vi gi lant, a. watchful

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Ig li ness, s. deformity

ty

Vi gor ous, a. forcible
Vi li fv, v a. to defame

Vil la ger, s. one living in a village
Vil la nous, a, base
Villa ny, s. baseness

Vin ci ble, a. conquerable
Vin dicate, v a. to justify
Vi ne gar, s. an acid liquor
Vi o late, v a. to injure
Vi o lence, s. force
Vi o let, s. a flower

Virginal, a. pertaining to a virgin
Virtu ous, a. morally good

Virulence, s. poison

Vir u lent, a. malignant

Vi si bly, ad. plainly

UIce rate, va. to disease with sorcs Vi si tant, s. one who goes to see

CT ti mate, a. the last

Un der most, a. the lowest

Un du late, v n. to move as a wave
I nity, s. concord
Universe s. the general system of
things

Up right ly, ad. honestly
Urgen cy, s. pressure of difficulty
U su al, a. customary

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U su ry, s. money paid for the use of money

U ten sil, s. an instrument
Ut ter ly, ad, fully -

V

Va can cy, s. vacnity

Va gran cy, s. wandering
Valiant, a. stout

Ya lo fons, a. brave

Va cuish er, s. a conqueror
Va porous, a. fumy

Va ri ance, s. disagreement
Vaunt ing ly, ad. boastfully
Ve ge tate, v n. to grow
Ve le mence, s. force
Vend i ble, a. saleable
Ve no mous, a. poisonous
Ve ne rate, v a. to reverence
Vene ry, s. unchaste ore, disease
Vin li late, v a. to fan with wind

another

Vi ti ate, v a. to spoil
Vi tre ous, a. glassy.
Vi tri al, s. mineral salt
Vi vi fy, v a. to make aliye
W
Wag ge ry, s. sarcastic
gayety
Wake ful ness, s. want of sleep
Wa rily, ad. cautiously
Wa 1iness, s. caution

Wa ter fowl, s. fowl that lives
& about water

Water mill, s. a mill turned by wa

ter

Water work, s. a play of fountains
Wear i ness, s, lassitude

Wear i some, a. tedious
Well a day, interj alas!

West ward ly ad. towards the west
Wil der ness, s. a desert
Wil fully, ad. on purpose
Wind ing slicet, s. in which the dead
are enwrapped
Wise a cre, s. a fool
Wish fully, ad earnestly
Wist ful ly, ad. attentively
Wo ful ly, ad. sorrowfully
Wen drous ly, ad, strangely
Wood, pigeon, s. a wild pigeon

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A ban don, va. to resign
A base ment, s. depression
Ab-er rance, s. an errour

Ab er rant, a. wandering from the right way

A bet ment, s. the act of abetting
A bet ter, s: he that abets
A Bid ing, s. continuance
Ab u tion, s. a cleansing
A bol ish, v a. to annul

A bor tion, s the act of bringing forth untimely

A bor tive, s. untimely birth, a. brought forth before due time Ab rup ness, s. violent and sudden separation

Ab ruptness, s. suddenness
Ab scission, s. a cutting off
Ab scon der, s. one who absconds
Ab ster gent, a, having a cleansing
quality

Ab struse ly, ad with difficulty
Ab struse ness, s. difficulty
A bun dance, s. a great plenty
A bu sive, a. apt to abuse
Ac cep tance, s. reception with
approbation

Ac cep tion, s. the received sense of a word

Ac ces sion, s. increase

Ac com plice, s. a partaker
Ac com plish, v a. to fulfil
Ac cor dance, s. agreement,
Ac cor dant, a. willing
Ac coun tant, s. a computer
Ac curs ed, a. execrable
Ac cus er, s. one who accuses
Ac cus tom, v a. to habituate
A chiev er, s. who performs
Achieve ment, s. performance

Ac know lege, v a, to ovn
Ac quit ment, s. act of acquitting
A cros tick, s. a poem
A cute ly, ad. sharply
Ad di tion, s the act of adding:
Ad he rence, s. attachment
Ad just ment, s.
regulation
Ad mis sion, s. admittance
A dop ter, s. who adopts i
A dop tive, a. that may be adopted
Ad van tage, s. profit
Ad ven ture, s. accident
Ad vis er, s. he who advises
Aflection, s. love, kindness
Affec tive, a, that which affects
Affi ance, v a. to betroth, s. a mar
riage contract

Af fiic tion, s, calamity
Af flic tive, a. painful
Affran chise, v a. to make free
Af fu sion, s. a pouring out
A fore hand, ad previously
Ag gres sion, s. the commencement
of a quarrel,

Ag gres sor, s. an invader
Agni tion, s. acknowledgement
A gree ment, s. concord

A lem bick, s. a vessel used in stil ling

Al li sion, s. the act of striking on body against another #

Al lure ment, s. cnticement

Al lu sive, a. hinting at something Al mighty, a. of unlimited power Al rea dy, ad, at or before the pres ent time

Al ter nate, a. reciprocal, s. vicis situde

A mas ment, s. accumulation-
A maz ing, partio. wonderful

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Am bi tion, s. desire of prefer- As sum tive, a. which is as

ment

Am bi tious, a. aspiring

sumed

As su rance, s. confidence

A mend ment, s. change for As ton ish, v

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with fear

a. to confound

A tone ment, s. expiation, At tach ment, s. adherence At tain ment, s. acquisition

An noy ance, s. that which an- At ten dance, s. service

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As sem blage, s. a collection of individuals

As sem ble, v a. to bring together, v n. to meet to gether

As ser ter, s. a maintainer
As ses sor, s. an assisting judge
As sign er, s. he who assigns
As sign ment, s. appointment
As sis tance, s. help
As sis tant, s. a helper

Attendant, s. one who attends.
Atten tion. s. heeding

At ten tive, a. heedful
. At tor ney, s. a lawyer
At trac tion, s. the power of
drawing

A vouch er, s. he that avouch,

Au ro ra, s. the morning twilight

Au then tick, a. having authority

Au tum nal, a. belonging to the Autumn

B Bal co ny, s. a frame before the window of a room

Bal sa mick, a. unctuous. Ban dit ti, s. a company of outlaws Bap tis mal, baptism

a. pertaining to

Be fore hand, ad. previous
Be got ten, participle of beget
Be ha vior, s. manner of act-
ing

Be hold er, s, a spectator
Be lea guer, va. to besiege
Be liev er, s. he who believes
Be lov ed, a. dear
Be tray er, s. a traitor
Bi sec tion, s. the cutting into

two

Bis sex tile, s. a leap year

As sump tion, s. the taking to Brown stu dy, s. gloomy med

one's self

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