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VOCABULARY OF WORDS USED IN THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK

[We have considered that it would be useful to the young reader to have a ready means of reference, in the READING BOOK itself, to all unusual words of one syllable, and all the words of two syllables and above, that occur in the various lessons. In the following pages will be found, properly accentuated, all the more difficult polysyllables, with their meanings, derived from Johnson, Walker, and other competent authorities.]

ABA'NDON, v.a. give up; resign, or quit; forsake; leave

ABI'LITY, s. capacity; qualification; power

A'BJECT, a. mean; being of no hope or regard; destitute

ABLU'TION, s. the act of cleansing or washing clean; water used in washing

ABO'LISH, v.a. make void; put an end to; destroy

ABO'UND, v.n. have in great plenty; be in great plenty

ABRE'AST, ad. side by side

ABRU'PTLY, ad. hastily; suddenly; without the due forms of preparation

A'BSOLUTE, a. positive; certain; unlimited

A'BSTRACT, s. the smaller quantity containing the virtue or power of the greater

ABSTRU'SE, a. hidden; difficult

ABU'NDANT, a. plentiful

ABU'TMENT, s. that which borders upon another

ACA'DEMY, s. (from Academus, an Athenian, who founded a public school at Athens, which after him was called Academia, Latin), place of education; an assembly or society of men, uniting for the promotion of some art

A'CCENT, s. the sound of a syllable; a modification of the voice expressive of the passions or sentiments; the marks made upon syllables to regulate their pronunciation

A'CCIDENT, s. that which happens unforeseen; chance

ACCO'MPANY, v.n. associate with; become a companion to

ACCO'MPLICE, s. an associate; partner

ACCO'MPLISHMENT, s. ornament of mind or body; acquirement

ACCO'ST, v.a. speak to; address; salute

ACCO'UNT, s. the state or result of a computation—as, the account stands thus between us; narrative; value

ACCO'UTRE, v.a. dress; equip

A'CCURACY, s. exactness; nicety

ACCU'STOM, v. to habituate; to inure

ACQUI'RE, v.a. gain; obtain; attain

A'CRID, a. having a hot biting taste; bitter

A'CRIMONY, s. sharpness; severity; bitterness of thought or language

ACRO'POLIS, s. a citadel; the highest part of a city

ACTI'VITY, s. quickness; nimbleness

ACU'TE, a. sharp, not blunt; sharp, not dull; not stupid; vigorous; powerful in operation

ADAMA'NTINE, a. made of adamant; having the qualities of adamant, viz. hardness, indissolubility

ADA'PT, v.a. admit, justify; yield; permit

ADIEU', ad. used elliptically for à Dieu je vous commende, at the parting of friends; farewell

A'DMIRABLE, a. to be admired; of power to excite wonder

ADMIRA'TION, s. wonder

ADMI'T, v.a. suffer to enter; allow

ADO'PT, v.a. take a son by choice; make him a son who is not so by birth; place any person or thing in a nearer relation than they have by nature or something else

ADRO'ITNESS, s. dexterity; readiness

ADU'LT, s. a person above the age of boyhood or girlhood

ADVA'NCE, v.a. improve; forward; propose

ADVA'NTAGE, s. superiority; opportunity

ADVE'NTURE, s. chance; hazard; an enterprise in which something must be left to hazard

ADVE'NTURER, s. he that puts himself into the hands of chance

ADVE'NTUROUS, a. bold; daring; courageous; inclined to adventures

ADVE'RSITY, s. affliction; calamity; misfortune; the public misery

ADVE'RTISEMENT, s. something advertised; the public notice of a thing

A'DVOCATE, s. he that pleads a cause

AE'OLIAN, a. an epithet applied to lyric poetry, because Sappho and Alcaeus were natives of Lesbos in Aeolia, and wrote in the Aeolic dialect

AE'RIAL, a. belonging to the air; lofty

AFFABI'LITY, s. civility; condescension; easiness of manners

AFFE'CT, v.a. act upon; produce effect in any other thing; move the passions; aim at; aspire to

AFFECTA'TION, s. an elaborate appearance; false pretence

AFFE'CTION, s. state of being affected by any cause or agent; love; kindness; good-will to some person; passionate regard

AFFE'CTIONATE, a. full of affection; fond; tender; warm; benevolent

AFFI'NITY, s. connection with

AGGRE'SSION, s. first act of injury

A'GONY, s. the pangs of death; any violent pain in body or mind

AGRE'EABLE, a. suitable to; pleasing

A'GRICULTURE, s. the science of making land productive

A'LABASTER, s. a kind of soft marble, easier to cut and less durable than the other kinds

ALA'RUM, s. notice of any approaching danger; any tumult or disturbance

A'LIEN, s. foreigner; stranger

A'LKALI, s. any substance which, when mingled with acid, produces effervescence and fermentation

ALLEGO'RY, s. a figurative discourse, in which something is contained other than is literally understood

ALLE'VIATE, v.a. make light; ease; soften

ALLO'W, v.a. permit; give leave

A'LPHABET, s. the order of the letters, or elements of speech

ALTERA'TION, s. the act of changing; the change made

A'LTITUDE, s. height of place; space measured upward

AL'TOGETHER, ad. completely; without exception

AMA'LGAMATE, v.a. to unite metals with silver

AMA'ZEMENT, s. height of admiration; astonishment

AMBI'GUOUS, a. using doubtful expressions; doubtful; having two meanings

AMBI'TION, s. the desire of preferment or honour; the desire of anything great or excellent

AMBI'TIOUS, a. fond of power; desirous of power

AME'RICAN, s. native of America

A'METHYST, s. a precious stone of a violet colour

A'MIABLE, a. kind; gentle; good natured; loving; not selfish

AMMUNI'TION, s. military stores, applied to artillery

AMPHITHE'ATRE, s. a building in a circular or oval form, having its area encompassed with rows of seats one above another

AMPU'LLA, s. (pronounced am-poo-la) a vessel of pure gold, used for containing the holy oil at coronations

AMU'SE, v.a. entertain with tranquillity; draw on from time to time

ANA'LOGY, s. resemblance between things with regard to some circumstances or effects

ANATO'MICAL, a. relating or belonging to anatomy

ANA'TOMY, s. the art of dissecting the body; the doctrine of the structure of the body

A'NCESTOR, s. one from whom a person descends

A'NCIENT, a. old; past; former

A'NECDOTE, s. something yet unpublished; biographical history; personal history

ANEMO'METER, s. an instrument to measure the force of the wind

ANGE'LIC, a. resembling angels; belonging to angels

A'NIMAL, s. a living creature

ANIMA'LCULE, s. a small animal, generally applied to those which cannot be seen without a microscope

ANIMO'SITY, s. vehemence of hatred; passionate malignity

ANNIHILATE, v.a. reduce to nothing; destroy

ANNO'Y, v.a. incommode; vex; tease; molest

A'NNUAL, a. that comes yearly

A'NTELOPE, s. a goat with curled or wreathed horns

ANTHROPO'PHAGI, s. man-eaters; cannibals

ANTI'CIPATE, v.a. take an impression of something which is not yet as if it really was

A'NTIQUARY, s. a man studious of antiquity

ANTI'QUE, a. ancient; old; odd; of old fashion

ANTI'QUITY, s. old times; remains of old times

A'NTRE, s. a cavern

ANXI'ETY, s. perplexity; lowness of spirits

ANXIOUS, a. disturbed about some uncertain event

A'PATHY, s. exemption from feeling or passion

APO'CALYPSE, s. the Book of Revelations

APO'LOGY, s. defence; excuse

APO'STLE, s. a person sent with commands, particularly applied to those whom our Saviour deputed to preach the Gospel

APOSTO'LIC, a. delivered or taught by the Apostles

APPARA'TUS, s. tools; furniture; show; instruments

APPE'AR, v.n. be visible; in sight

APPEARANCE, s. the act of coming into sight; phenomenon; apparition; presence

APPE'NDAGE, s. something added to another thing without being necessary to its essence

A'PPETITE, s. hunger; violent longing

APPLA'USE, s. approbation loudly expressed; praise

APPLICATION, s. close study; intenseness of thought; attention; the act of applying; the act of applying anything to another.

APPORTIONMENT, s. dividing into portions

APPRECIATE, v.a. set a price on anything; esteem

APPRO'ACH, v n. draw near; somewhat resemble

APPROBATION, s. the act of approving, or expressing himself pleased, or satisfied; support

APPRO'PRIATENESS, s. a fitness to be appropriated

APPROPRIATION, s. the application of something to a certain purpose

AQUA'TIC, a. that inhabits the water; that grows in the water

A'QUEDUCT, s. a conveyance, tunnel, or way made for carrying water

ARA'TOO, s. a bird of the parrot kind

AR'BALIST, s. a naturalist who make trees his study

A'RBITRABY, o. despotic; absolute; depending on no rule

ARBU'TUS, s. a strawberry tree

ARCA'DE, s. a continued arch; a walk arched over

ARCHBI'SHOP, s. a bishop of the first class, who superintends the conduct of other bishops

ARCHITE'CTURE, s. the art or science of building

A'RCTIC, a. northern; lying under the Arctos or Bear

A'RDUOUS, a. lofty; difficult

ARI'SE, v.n. mount upward; get up; proceed

ARMI'LLA, s. a bracelet, or jewel worn on the arm

A'RMY, s. collection of armed men; a great number

AROMA'TIC, a. spicy; fragrant; strong-scented

ARRI'VE, v.n. reach any place; happen

ARRA'NGE, v.a. put in the proper order for any purpose

ARRA'NGEMENT, s. the act of putting In proper order, the state of being put in order

ARRA'Y, s. order, chiefly of war; dress

A'RROGANCE, s. the act or quality of taking much upon one's self

A'RROW, s. the pointed weapon which is shot from a bow

A'RTICLE, s. a part of speech; a single clause of an account; term

ARTI'CULATE, v.a. form words; speak as a man; draw up in articles; make terms

A'RTIFICE, s. trick; fraud; stratagem; art; trade

ARTIFI'CIAL, a. made by art; not natural

ARTI'LLERY, s. weapons of war; cannon; great ordinance

A'RTISAN, s. professor of any art

ASCE'NDANCY, s. influence; power

ASPE'RSE, v.a. bespatter with censure or calumny

A'SPIC, s. the name of a small serpent

ASSA'ILANT, s. one that assails

ASSE'MBLY, s. a company met together

ASSE'RT, v.a. to declare positively; maintain; to defend either by words or actions; claim

ASSIDU'ITY, s. diligence

ASSI'MILATE, v.a. bring to a likeness; turn to its own nature by digestion

ASSISTANCE, s. help

ASSISTANT, s. a helper

ASSI'ZE, s. a jury; any court of justice; the ordinance or statute

ASSO'CIATE, s. a partner; a confederate; a companion

ASSU'RE, v.a. give confidence by a firm promise

ASTO'NISHMENT, s. amazement

ASTRO'NOMY, s. the science of the motions, distances, &c. of the stars

A'THEISM, s. the disbelief of a god

ATHE'NIAN, s. a native of Athens

A'TMOSPHERE, s. the air that encompasses the solid earth on all sides

ATRO'CIOUS, a. wicked in a high degree; enormous

ATTA'CH, v.a. arrest; fix one's interest; win; lay hold on

ATTA'CK, v.a. to make an assault

ATTA'IN, v.a. gain; procure; reach

ATTAINMENT, s. an acquisition; an accomplishment

ATTE'MPT, v.a. venture upon; try; endeavour

ATTE'NDANT, s. one that attends; one that is present at anything

ATTENTION, s. the act of attending; the act of bending the mind upon it

ATTE'NTIVE, a. regardful; full of attention

ATTI'RE, s. clothing; dress; equipment

A'TTITUDE, s. position; expression

ATTRA'CT, v.a. draw to something; allure; invite

ATTRA'CTIVE, a. having the power to draw anything; inviting

ATTRIBUTE, v.a. to ascribe; to yield as due; to impute as a cause

AU'DITOR, s. a hearer

AURO'RA-BOREA'LIS, a. electrical light streaming in the night from the north; the northern lights or streamers

AUSTE'RITY, s. severity; cruelty

AUTHENTIC, a. genuine

AU'THOR, s. the first beginner or mover of anything; a writer in general

AUTHO'RITY, s. power; rule; influence; support; legal power

AU'TUMN, s. the season of the year between summer and winter

AVAILABLE, a. profitable; powerful; advantageous

AVALA'NCHE, s. immense mass of snow or ice

A'VERAGE, s. a middle proportion

AVI'DITY, s. eagerness; voracity; greediness

AVO'ID, v.a. shun; shift off; quit

AWA'KE, v.a. rouse out of sleep; put into new action

AW'KWARD, a. clumsy; inelegant; unready

A'ZURE, s. blue; faint blue

BA'CCHANALS, s. the drunken feasts of Bacchus; fabulous personages who assisted at the festivals of Bacchus

BALCO'NY, s. a frame before the window of a room

BALLO'ON, s. a large hollow ball of silk, filled with gas, which makes it rise in the air

BA'NDIT, s. a man outlawed

BA'NISH, v.a. condemn to leave one's country; drive away

BA'NISHMENT, s. the act of banishing another; the state of being banished

BARBA'RIAN, s. a savage; a man uncivilized

BA'RBAROUS, a. savage; ignorant; cruel

BA'RREN, a. unfruitful; sterile; scanty

BARRIC'ADE, v.a. stop up a passage; hinder by stoppage

BASA'LT, s. a variety of trap rock

BASA'LTIC, a. relating to basalt

BASTI'LE, s. (pronounced basteel) a jail; formerly the state prison of France

BA'TTER, v.a. beat; shatter; beat down

BA'TTLE, s. a fight; an encounter between opposite enemies

BEA'CON, s. something raised on an eminence to direct

BEA'RABLE, a. that which is capable of being borne

BEAU'TY, s. a particular grace or feature; a beautiful person

BECO'ME, v.a. befit; be suitable to the person

BEDE'CK, v.a. to deck; to adorn; to grace

BE'DSTEAD, s. the frame on which the bed is placed

BEHI'ND, ad. out of sight; not yet in view; remaining

BEHO'VE, v.n. to be fit

BELI'EVE, v.n. to have a firm persuasion of anything

BENEFA'CTOR, s. one that does good

BE'NEFIT, s. a kindness; a favour conferred; an advantage

BENE'VOLENT, a. kind; having good-will

BENI'GHT, v.a. involve in darkness; surprise with the coming on of night

BENI'GNANT, a. kind; generous; liberal

BE'NISON, s. a blessing

BENU'MB, v.a. make torpid; stupify

BESIE'GE, v.a. to beleaguer; to lay siege to

BESPRE'NT, v. def. besprinkled

BESTO'W, v.a. give; confer upon; lay up

BETWE'EN, prep. in the middle space; from one to another; noting difference of one from another

BI'LBERRY, s. the fruit of a plant so called

BO'ATMAN, s. he that manages a boat

BO'DY, s. material substance of an animal; matter; person; collective mass; main part; main army

BO'RDER, s. edge; edge of a country; a bank raised round a garden and set with flowers

BO'UNTEOUS, a. liberal; kind; generous

BOUQUE'T, s. (pronounced boo-kay) a nosegay

BOWSPRI'T, s. (a sea term) the mast that runs out at the bow of a ship

BRA'CELET, s. an ornament for the arms

BRA'CH, s. a she hound

BRA'CKISH, a. salt; somewhat salt

BRI'LLIANCY, s. brightness; lustre

BRI'LLIANT, s. a diamond of the finest cut

BRI'LLIANT, a. shining; sparkling; full of lustre

BU'BBLE, s. a small bladder of water; anything which wants solidity and firmness

BU'LKY, a. of great size or stature

BU'LWARK, s. a fortification; a security

BUO'YANCY, s. the quality of floating

BU'RDENSOME, a. grievous

BU'RIAL, s. interment; the act of putting anything under earth or water

BU'RY, v.a. inter; put in the grave; conceal

BU'TTRESS, s. a prop; a wall built to support another

CA'DENCE, s. the fall of the voice; state of sinking, decline

CALA'MITY, s. misfortune; cause of misery; distress

CA'LCULATE, v.a. reckon; adjust

CAL'CULA'TION, s. a practice or manner of reckoning; a reckoning

CA'LEDO'NIANS, s. the ancient inhabitants of Scotland

CAMPA'IGN, s. a large, open, level tract of land; the time for which any army keeps the field

CA'NADA, s. a province of the British possessions in America

CANA'L, s. any course of water made by art; a passage through which any of the juices of the body flow

CANA'RY, s. an excellent singing-bird—so called from its native place, the Canary Islands

CA'NNIBAL, s. a savage that eats his fellow-men taken in war

CA'PABLE, a. susceptible; intelligent; qualified for; able to receive; capacious; able to understand

CAPA'CIOUS, a. wide; large

CAPA'CITY, s. power; ability; state; condition; character

CAPERCA'ILZIE, s. (pronounced cap-per-kail-zeh) cock of the wood

CA'PITAL, s. the upper part of a pillar; the chief city of a nation or kingdom

CA'PITAL, a. applied to letters—large, such as are written at the beginning or heads of books

CA'PTAIN, s. a chief commander

CA'PTIVE, s. a prisoner

CAPTI'VITY, s. imprisonment; subjection by the fate of war; bondage; slavery; servitude

CA'PTURE, v.a. take prisoner; bring into a condition of servitude

CA'RAVAN, s. a conveyance; a troop or body of merchants or pilgrims, as they travel in the East

CARE'ER, s. a course; full speed; course of action

CA'RGO, s. the lading of a ship

CARNI'VOROUS, a. flesh-eating

CA'ROB, s. a plant bearing a nutritious fruit so called

CA'RRIAGE, s. the act of carrying or transporting; vehicle; conduct

CA'RRION, s. the carcase of something not proper for food

CA'RRONA'DE, s. a short iron cannon

CA'RRY, v.a. convey from a place; transport; bring forward; bear

CAR'TILAGE, s. a smooth and solid body, softer than a bone, but harder than a ligament

CARTILA'GINOUS, a. consisting of cartilages

CA'RTRIDGE, s. a case of paper or parchment filled with gunpowder, used for greater expedition in loading

CASCA'DE, s. a cataract; a waterfall

CA'STELLATED, a. that which is turretted or built in the form of a castle

CATAMARA'N, s. a rude species of boat

CA'TARACT, s. a waterfall

CATA'STROPHE, s. a final event

CATHE'DRAL, s. the head church of a diocese

CA'VALRY, s. horse soldiery

CA'VERN, s. a hollow place in the ground

CA'VIL, s. a false or frivolous objection

CA'VITY, s. a hole; a hollow place

CE'DAR, s. a kind of tree; it is evergreen, and produces flowers

CE'LEBRATE, v.a. praise; commend; mention in a set or solemn manner

CELE'BRITY, s. transaction publicly splendid

CELE'RITY, s. quickness

CELE'STIAL, a. heavenly

CE'METERY, s. a place where the dead are deposited

CE'NTRE, s. the middle

CE'NTURY, s. a hundred years

CEREMO'NIOUS, a. full of ceremony

CE'REMONY, s. form in religion; form of civility

CE'RTAIN, a. sure; unquestionable; regular; particular kind

CHAO'TIC, a. confused

CHA'PTER, s. a division of a book; the place in which assemblies of the clergy are held

CHARACTERI'SE, v.a. to give a character of the particular quality of any man

CHARACTERI'STIC, s. that which constitutes the character

CHARACTERI'STICALLY, ad. constituting the character

CHA'RITY, s. kindness; love; good-will; relief given to the poor

CHA'TEAU, s. (pronounced shat-oh) a castle

CHA'TTER, v.a. make a noise by collision of the teeth; talk idly or carelessly

CHE'RUB, s. a celestial spirit, next in order to the seraphim

CHRI'STENDOM, s. the collective body of Christianity

CHRI'STIAN, s. a professor of the religion of Christ

CHRO'NICLE, s. a register of events in order of time; a history

CHRO'NICLER, s. a writer of chronicles; a historian

CHRONO'METER, s. an instrument for the exact measuring of time

CI'PHER, s. a figure, as 1, 2

CI'RCUIT, s. a circular band

CI'RCUIT, s. ring; round; stated journey repeated at intervals

CIRCU'MFERENCE, s. the space enclosed in a circle

CIRCUMSCRI'BE, v.a. enclose in certain lines or boundaries; bound; Limit

CI'RCUMSTANCE, s. something relative to a fact; incident; event

CI'STERN, s. a receptacle of water for domestic uses; reservoir

CI'STUS, s. rock-rose

CI'TADEL, s. a fortress; a place of defence

CI'TIZEN, s. a freeman of a city; townsman

CI'TY, s. a corporate town that hath a bishop

CI'VIL, a. political; not foreign; gentle; well bred; polite

CIVI'LITY, s. politeness; complaisance

CI'VILIZA'TION, s. civilising manners

CI'VILIZE, v.a. reclaim from savageness and brutality

CLA'MOUR, s. noise; tumult; disturbance

CLA'RION, s. a trumpet

CLI'MATE, s. a region, or tract of land, differing from another by the temperature of the air

CLU'STER, s. a bunch

CO'GNIZANCE, s. trial; a badge by which one is known

COLLE'CT, v.a. gather together; bring into one place; gain from observation