Pac'i-fy, to appease.
Page, one side of the leaf of a book
-a young boy attending on a great
person.
Pal-i-sade', pales for enclosure.
Pan'the-ism, worship of all sorts of
false gods.

Pa'pal, relating to the Pope.
Pa-rade', show; military order.
Pard'ed, spotted like the leopard.
Parlia-ment, the assembly of the
king, lords, and commons.
Par'tial-ly, with unjust favour; in
part, not totally.
Par-tit'ion, a division.
Pas'time, sport.

Pa-thet'ic, affecting the passions.
Pa'tri-ot, a lover of his country.
Pe-cu'li-ar, particular.
Ped'es-tal, basis of a statue.
Peer, an equal; a nobleman.
Pe'nal, enacting punishment. [lute.
Per'emp-tor-y, dogmatical, abso-
Pe-riph'ra-sis, circumlocution; use
of many words.
Per'ju-ry, false oath.
Per-se-cu'tion, repeated acts of
vengeance or enmity.
Per-verse', obstinate, in the wrong.
Pet'ty, small, little. [imbodied.
Phalanx, a troop of men closely
Phan'tom, a spectre, apparition.
Phosphor-us, a chemical substance
which air ignites.

Pi-az'za, a walk under a roof sup-
ported by pillars.
Pi-las'ter, a square column.
Pilfer, to practise petty theft.
Pilgrim, one who travels to visit
the shrines of saints.
Pinion, wing; fetters for the arms.
Plain, smooth; flat: clear.
Plane, a level surface.
Poli-tic, prudent; artful.
Po-lit'i-cal, relating to the science
of government.
Pon'tiff, the Pope.
Pop'u-lace, the vulgar; the multi-
Pop'u-lous, full of people.
Porphy-ry, a kind of marble.
Por'ti-co, a covered walk. [ed after.
Pos-te'ri-or, happening after; plac-
Pos-ter'i-ty, succeeding generations.
Postern, a small gate.

[tude.

Post'hu-mous, happening or done
after one's death.
Pre'cept, rule, mandate.
Preci-pice, a headlong steep.

Pre-cip'i-tate, a. hasty: v. to cast
down headlong.
Pred-e-ces'sor, one who was in any
place or state before another.
Pre-hen'sile, laying hold. [weight.
Pre-pon'der-ance, superiority of
Pre-pos-sess', to prejudice; to en-
gage.
[right.
Pre-rog'a-tive, peculiar privilege or
Pres'by-ter-y, body of elders whe-
ther priests or laymen.
Pre-text', a pretence.
Prev'a-lence, superiority, influence.
Pri-me'val, original, of a very early
period.
[first born.
Pri-mo-gen'i-ture, state of being
Pris'tine, ancient, original. [thing.
Pri-va'tion, loss or removal of any
Prob-a-bil'i-ty, likelihood. [phant.
Pro-bos'cis, snout, trunk of an ele-
Proc'ess, tendency; course of law;
operation.

Pro-ces'sion, a solemn train.
Pro-fane', irreverent; not sacred.
Pro-fes'sion, calling; declaration.
Pro-fuse', prodigal; lavish.
Pro-gen'i-tor, forefather, ancestor.
Pro-hib'it, to forbid, to debar.
Project, scheme, contrivance.
Pro-ject', to throw out; jut out;
contrive.

Pro-lific, fruitful.
Prom'e-nade, a walk.
Prom'i-nent, standing out beyond
the other parts.
Prom'on-tor-y, cape, headland.
Prompt, v. to incite, instigate: a.
quick.

Pro-pen'si-ty, inclination.
Prop'er-ty, quality, possession.
Pro-pri'e-ty, an exclusive right;
accuracy.

Proph'e-cy, n. a prediction.
Proph'e-sy, v. to foretel.
[tion.
Pro-test', to give a solemn declara-
Prot'es-tant, one who protests

against popery.

Pro-tract', to draw out; to delay.
Proverb, a common saying, adage.
Province, district; office. [in fear.
Quail, a. a bird of game: v. to yield
Quar'ry, a stone mine; bird flown
at by a hawk.
[goods.
Quay, an artificial bank for landing
Quell, to crush, subdue.

Quote, to cite the words of another. Raud, a foray, or predatory excur sion on horseback.

[series.

Sub-lime', high, lofty, grand.
Suburbs, out-parts of a city.
Suc-cess', good fortune.
Suc-cession, regular and orderly
Suc-cess'ful, prosperous.
Suc-ces'sive, following in order.
Suffrage, a vote.

Sug-gest'ion, hint; insinuation.
Sulten, gloomy.

Sum'ma-ry, n. abridgement, ab-
stract, a. brief.
Sump'tu-ous, costly.
[look.
Su-per-in-tend', to oversee, over-
Su-pe-ri-or'i-ty, pre-eminence.
Sup-plant', to displace by stratagem.
Sup-ple-men'ta-ry, additional.
Sup-press', to crush, conceal.
Su-prem'a-cy, highest authority.
Surfeit, sickness or satiety caused
by overfulness.
[cion.

Sur-mise', imperfect notion, suspiSur-vive', to outlive.

Sus-pend', to hang; to delay.

Swamp, a marsh, a fen.

Sylvan, woody.

Tem'po-rar-y, lasting only for a
limited time.
[sions.
Tem-po-ral'i-ties, secular posses-
Tem'po-rize, to delay.
Te-na'cious, holding fast.
Ten'et, position or opinion.
Ten'or, course; purport.
Tenure, manner or condition of
holding a possession.
Tes-ti-mo'ni-al, written evidence.
Tes-ta'ceous, consisting of shells.
Tetrarch, governor of the fourth
part of a province.
Theme, a subject or exercise.
The-ol'o-gy, Divinity, religion.
The'o-ry, speculation; not practice.
Tho'rax, the breast.
Thraldom, slavery.
Tor-na'do, a hurricane.

Tour, a ramble, roving journey.

ious. Trans-fer', to convey, to remove. Trans-form', to change the forin. Trans-la'tion, removal; act of turning into another language. Trans'verse, in a cross direction. 'Trea'tise, a discourse. Treaty, negotiation, compact. Tri-bu'nal, seat of a judge. Trib'ute, payment made in acknowledgement of subjection. Trill, quaver, tremulousness of music. Trophy, something displayed in proof of victory.

Tu'ber-cle, a small swelling, pimple. Tu-mul'tu-ous, turbulent. Typ'i-fy, to show by type or emblem. Ul-tra-o-pin'ions, extreme opinions. Un-con-di'tion-al, without terms. Un'du-la-tor-y, moving in the manner of waves. [accused. Un-im-peach'a-ble, that cannot be U-nique', singular; to which there is nothing like. U'ni-ty, one; agreement. U-ni-versi-ty, school for the liberal [tron. Un-ma'tron-ly, unbecoming a maUn-par'al-leled, not matched. Un-re-mit'ting, not stopping, not giving up.

arts.

Un-tu'tored, untaught.
Up-braid', to chide, reproach.
U-surp', to seize by force.
Vag'a-bond, a vagrant, wanderer.
Van'tage, superiority, profit.
Vas'sal, a subject, dependent.
Ve-loc'i-ty, swiftness.

Ven'er-a-ble, worthy of reverence.
Vest, v. to dress: n. an outer gar-

ment.

Ves'per, the evening.

Vice-re'gal, pertaining to a viceroy. Vice'roy, one who governs for the king.

Vigour, strength.
Vin'di-cate, to justify.
Vin-dic'tive, revengeful.
Vi-vac'i-ty, liveliness.

[alive. Vi-vip'a-rous, bringing forth young Volley, a flight of shot. [force. Vol'un-ta-ry, acting freely, not by Wi'ly, cunning, sly.

Yeo'man, a gentleman farmer.
Zeal'ot, one full of zeal.

Ze'ro, where the scale of the ther mometer begins.