а one Amoo-noo_suck (ăm’s-noo’sủk a-mor' phas (à-môr'fás), the amorpha, a flowering plant a move or two, “the ways of the world". amophi-the_a-ter (ăm?fĩ-theoả-tẼr), circular building with seats gradually higher toward the back; in the large central open space, called the arena, the Romans had their gladiatorial contests A'mun (ä'moon), one of the Egyptian gods, represented as a ram with curl ing horns anatomy, study of the human body an'cho-rite monk (ăngókő-rit), ar'. more bound by a vow to live in solitude a-new' (å-nū'), again Angel of the backward look, angel that records our lives An'ge-lus (ăn'jë-lès), bell calling the people to evening prayer Anglo-Saxon divinity of Spring, Eoster, worshiped by the Early English as the goddess who brought back life to the earth an-ni'hi-la'tion (ă-ni'hï-lā'shủn), total destruction an-nulled' the charters (ă-nŭld'), taken away the legal writing which allowed certain rights a-non' (ă-nõn'), soon; immediately a-non'y-mous (å-non'i-mŭs), nameless answer to his inward thought, cor respond to his idea of what he wished to be antagonistic (ăn-tåg'o-nis' tīk), strongly opposed an’ti-dote (ăn’ti-döt), a remedy to counteract the effects of something taken, or applied, by mistake ape (āp), imitate Ap'ol-lo'ni-us (ăp'o-lo'nì-ŭs), ancient Roman philosopher who lived at the time of Christ and was said to be able to converse with birds and animals ap'o-plec'tic op'u-lence (ăp'o-plěk'tỉk op'Ü-lens), overflowing riches ap'os-tol'ic (ăp'os-tol’ik), spiritual ap-palled' (ă-pôld'), horrified ap'pa-ri'tion (ăp'á-rish'ún), ghost ap'pel-la'tion (ă'pěl-ā'shŭn), name ap-praised' (ă-prāzd'), priced apprehension, fear ap-pren'tice (ă-prěn'tỉs), helper who is learning the business; apprenticed, taught a trade while working; 'pren- ap-prise' (ă-priz'), inform design Argo who went in search of the Gold- sel made of sunbeams movements of Ariel, a spirit of the air, in Shakespeare's The Tempest ar'is-toc'ra-cy (ăr'is-tök'rå-si), fortunate classes in society which have riches, power, education, etc. a-room (a-rõ mả), fragrance ar'o-mat'ic (ăr'ő-măt’ik), fragrant; strong-scented artful, coquettish; artful dog, mind, a clever fellow, you may be sure articles of depredation (děp'rė-dā'shŭn) agreement to kidnap articulation, careful sounding of con sonants ar'ti-fice (är'tï-fĩs), unnatural covering; trick as-cribed' to me (ăs-krībd'), said was mine a-skance' (å-skăns'), sideways as' pho-del ăs'fo-děl), in Greek myth ology, a flower associated with the underworld and the dead as'pi-ra'tions (ăs'pï-rā'shŭnz), ambi tions aspire, fly upward; hope to reach as'si-du'i-ty (ăs'i-dū’1-tì), industry as-sid'u-ous (ă-sỉd'ú-ŭs), devoted as-sign' (ă-sin'), representative as-suage' (ă-swāj'), relieve as-sump'tions (ă-sămp'shŭnz), boldness Atch'a-fa-lay'a (ăch'à-fa-li'á), bayou which is an outlet of the Red and the Mississippi rivers at his famous best, as fast as it was pos sible for him attained the extremity, walked through to the opposite side attunes his pipe anew, begins singing again au-gust (ô-gůst'), dignified au're-ole (ô'rė-õl), circle of light around the head, i.e., a halo aus-tere' (Ôs-tēr'), severe; austerity (ôs-těr'i-ti), severity avail, have power to hold me back; help av'a-lanche (ăv'á-lånch), ice, snow, or land sliding down a mountain side av'a-rice (ăv'á-ris), greediness av'a-tar' (ăv'à-tär'), symbol A've Ma-ri'a (ä'vā mä-rē'ä) aye and a-non' (ā; á-non'), constantly az'ure (ăzh'ůr), clear blue a Bab'y-lon'ish jar'gon (båb'i-lon'ssh jär' gon), confusion; Genesis XI, 1-10 bac'cha-nal (băk'á-năl), drunken merry-maker; Bacchanals, the follow ers of Bacchus, the god of wine Bac-chan'tes (bi-kằn’tez), riotous mer ry-makers bale'ful (bāl'fool), gloomy bal'let'-dancer (bål’ā'), toe-dancer balm (bäm), something delightful or soothing balm in Gil'e-ad (gil'ė-ăd), relief from pain, in heaven Bap'tiste' (băp'tēst') bar, prevent bar-bar'ic (bär-băr'ík), vivid and strik ing (as used by primitive peoples) bard, professional poet and singer barge (bärj), small, graceful sailboat bar'rack (băr'ăk), of the soldier's lodg ings Basin of Mi'nas (mē'näs), Eastern arm of Bay of Fundy bas-relief (bä), standing out from the rest of his face bast'ed been (bās'těd), had water poured over them as a roast has bat-tal'ions (bă-tăl'yŭnz), crowds bay, reddish-brown horse bay'ou (bi'oo), inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, lake, or large river, sometimes sluggish; of Plaque' mine' (plăk' mēn'), town in Louisiana beam, widest part Beau Se'jour' (bā sā'zhoor'), town in Acadia, attacked by the British in 1745 Beautiful River, Ohio River be-dight' (bė-dit'), decorated Bed'lam (běd'lăm), insane asylum in London beetling, jutting out into the street be-guile' (bė-gil'), spend; deceive; be guile you from, make you forget; beguiling, coaxing be-hest' (bė-hěst'), command be-lie', did (be-li'), acted in a manner opposite to Bel'le-fon-taine' (běl'ě-fon-tān') Bel'loy'-en-San'terre' (běl'wä'-än-sõn' târ') Bel-shaz'zars (běl-shăz'àrz), pictures of Belshazzar, last king of Babylon belted half the horizon, extended half way along the sky-line Ben'e-dic'i-te (běn'é-dis'i-të), bless you be-nev'o-lence (bė-něv'ő-lěns), kind ness; organ of, heart be-nig'nant (be-nig'nănt), kind be-nigni-ty (bê-nigoni-ti), kindness be parties to, assist in telling be-reave'ment (be-rēv'měnt), sorrow betrothal (bė-troth’ăl), engagement bid defiance to contagion (dė-fi'ăns; kon-tā'jún), live without fear of the disease big-no'ni-a (big-nö'ni-á), a kind of trop ical vine which bears flowers big'ot-ry (bỉg'ŭt-rỉ), narrow-mindedness birds of passage, birds going south for the winter bishop, wine and fruit juices bi-zarre' (hì-zär'), unusual blanched (blancht), grew pale; pale; whitened blank verse, poetry with rhythm but no rime blas'phe-mous (blås'fe-mès), indecent blenched (blěncht), hesitated Blom'i-don (blóm'i-důn), a mountain blooms, leafless, the blossoms come be fore the leaves in the spring bluff headland, high, steep bank Board of Trade, the committee having charge of commerce “bob," slang for shilling (24 cents) bodiced zone, waist encircled with a wide girdle bole (ből), trunk bonnet and plume, tam-o'shanter with a large feather for decoration bo'nus (bö'nès), extra pay boon (boon), favor bootless, idle Border, region between England and Scotland bor'ough (bůr'ő), village Bourbon scepter, the rule of the Bour bons, a French family, members of which became tyrannical rulers in France, Spain, and Italy 1 bow (bou), front part of a ship Bow'doin (bö'd'n), in Brunswick, Me. bows (boz), U-shaped pieces about the necks of oxen, fastened to the yoke brace, pair brackish (bråk'ish), salt-water Braddock's army, men under General Braddock, defeated by the French and Indians, 1755 Brains of Labor, genius of invention, organization, etc., which is the great force back of all labor brake, thicket brant (brănt), kind of wild duck brawn (brôn), roasted meat; physical strength bra'zier (brā'zhẽr), pan for burning coals breach, opening breech'es (brìch'ěz) brewing on a large scale, cooking in large quantities with clouds of steam brig'ands (brig’ăndz), highwaymen Brig'id (brīj'id), Saint Brigid, patroness of Ireland (453-523) broad-girthed, large and fat brooch (broch), pin brood'ing (brood'ing), thoughtful buck, dashing young fellow bucking, leaping buffcoat, close, leather coat buffer, protection to lessen the shock buf-foon' (bŭf-foon'), clown Bunker Hill, a famous battle of the early Revolutionary days (June 17, 1775) buoy (boi), object kept afloat on the water to mark something below the surface bur'gess (bur'jěs), citizen bur-lesque' (bûr-lěsk'), caricature burning Sappho (săf'o), Greek lyric poetess of intense feeling (600 B. C.) bus'kins (bůs'kĩnz), high boots but all, except their sun, is set, the great ness they have been famous for is now gone butte (būt), hill butting (būt'ing), pushing butts (bắts), handle ends by common consent, unanimously cal'dron (kôl'drůn), kettle calender, one who presses cloth be tween rollers to glaze it Caloi-ban (kaloi-băn), Çn ugly creature, half man, half monster, in Shakes peare's The Tempest cal-li'o-pe (kă-li'ő-pė), a musical instru ment with steam whistles Cam'den Town, a suburb of London “came down" handsomely, did a gen erous thing (a pun) can'de-la'brum (kăn'dė-lā'brům), large ornamental branched candlestick can'dor (kın'děr), frankness can'is-ters (kăn'is-tērz), cases for coffee and tea Can'no-bie Lee (kăn'ő-bē), rising ground in southern Scotland cant (kănt), hypocritical preaching can-ta'ta (kån-tä'ta), musical accom paniment ca-pa'cious (kå-pā'shủs), roomy; broad capital, attractive capitalist (kăp'i-tăl-ist), a possessor and controller of much money caposule (lắposul), small cylindrical shaped case car'a-coled (kăr'a-kõld), turned cardinal, a high officer in the Catholic church ca-reer'ing (kå-rēr'ing), running car'ri-on (kă'rï-ŭn), dead body Car-thu'sian (kär-thū'zhăn), one of the order of monks whose rigid vows com pel almost absolute silence Ca'sa Gui'di (kä'så gwē'dē) case'ment (kās'měnt), window opening on hinges from one side cas'tel-la'ted (kăs'tě-lāt'ěd), built like a castle, with towers and ramparts castes (kåsts), different ranks of society cas'u-al-ly (kăzh'ů-ăl-î), carelessly catch, a round cath'o-lic (kăth'ö-lik), universal caus'tic (kôs'tỉk), sharp cau'ter-ized (kô'tēr-izd), burned to pre vent infection cav'al-cade' (kăv'ăl-kād'), horseback procession Ca-wein' (kā-win') Ce'dra (sē'drá), a river celebrated herd in the poem, see Wordsworth's poem "March" ce-les'tial (sé-lěs' chăl), divine cen'ser (sěn'sēr), vessel for perfumes or to burn incense in cables, ropes and chains ca'dence (kā'děns), rhythm Cains and Abels, pictures of Cain and Abel, sons of Adam and Eve. See Genesis IV Cen-ten'ni-al (sěn-těn'1-ăl), 100th anni versary of 1776; centennial birthday, 100th anniversary certain flight, straight, sure path ces-sa'tion (se-sā'shŭn), stopping C'est toi, c'est toi, Marcel! Mon frére, comme je suis heureuse (sā twä, mür’sel, mô frår, kim jẽ swẽ zẼrr002) chafed ocean-side (chāft), wave-washed shore chaf'finch (chăf'inch), common Euro pean song-bird chaise (shāz), light carriage; chaise and pair, carriage and two horses Chal-de'an plain (kăl-dē’ăn), wide, un cultivated stretches of land in Chal dea, an ancient country of Asia chal'ised (chăl'ist), cup-shaped Chalk'ley's Journal (chôk’līz), the in cident was retold from the Journal of Thomas Chalkley (1675-1741), a traveling Quaker preacher chambered cell, room-like part of the shell chan'cel (chăn'sěl), the part of the church reserved for the ministers or priests change'ling (chānj'lîng), child supposed to have been changed, by fairies, for another 'Change, upon, in the Royal Exchange, the center of London commerce chap'let (chăp'lět), rosary character, standing chargeable, burdensome charger, horse Charles the Voluptuous (vő-lŭp'tů-ės), Charles II of England (1630-1685), who cared only for pleasure charwoman (chär), woman hired by the day to clean chasm (kăz'm), deep break in the earth chaunt (chônt), song of praise cheapens his array, makes his plumage look dull and faded Cheapside, street in London Cher'so-nese (kür'sò-nēz), Eastern Greece chivalrous (shỉv'ăl-růs), valiant Christina, Fort (kris-tē'nå) chron'ic (krón'ík), habitual chronicle (krón'i-k’l), living record chub, a kind of fish ci'de-vant' (sē'dē-vän'; here, sē'dě-vän' for meter), former cir'cuit (sûr'kit), journeys from hour to hour civil and religious, both of citizenship and of the church claim his toll (tol), seize his share, and kill for food clapboards (klăp'bõrdz), extra boards to keep out rain, shingles clar'et (klâr' ět), purplish red clar'i-on (klăr'i-ŭn), clear and loud, like a trumpet clean-winged, swept clean with a turkey's wing clem'ent (klěm'ěnt), indulgent clois'ter (klois'tēr), covered outdoor passage lined with columns clout'ed (klout'ěd), patched Co-che'cho (kő-chē'ko) coil, chain; trouble col-lab'o-rated (kõ-lăb'ő-rāt'ěd), wrote together col'league (köl'ēg), associate col'on-nades' (kol'o-nādz'), series of columns of trees Columbian Plains, in Western Canada Col'um-kill (kol'ŭm-kil), Saint Colum ba, an Irish missionary to Scotland in the sixth century col'umn (kol'ům), pillar Co-man_ches (ki-mănochez), warlike Indian tribe come'ly (kům'li), good-looking comforter, long, knitted scarf commonplace, likenesses com-mun'ing (ko-mūn'ing), having per sonal relations com-pact' (kõm-păkt'), crowded to gether com'pass (kům'pås), range compassed, controlled compass-flower plant with leaves which indicate the points of the com pass compensate (kòm'pěn-sāt), make up com'pe-tence (kom'pė-těns), wealth com'pe-tent (kom'pė-těnt), good composed, at rest com'pound (kõm'pound), mixture com'pre-hen'sive (kòm'pré-hěn'sĩv), ex tensive; comprehensive ocean, vast extent con-ceived' (kón-sēvd'), begun conception (kon-sep'shŭn), design; idea concurrence (kön-kür'ěns), agreement con-curs' with their movements (kon kúrz'), assists in their undertakings a a con-demn' (kön-děm'), criticize con'de-scen'sion (kõn'dė-sen'shŭn), friendliness as though they were equals con-duce' (kön-dūs'), lead con-du'cive (kon-dū'sĩv), helpful confiscated (kõn'fis-kāt'ěd), seized con'fla-gra'tion (kon'flå-grā'shủn), fire con-found' (kon-found'), confuse con-gealed' (kon-jēld'), hardened; con gealed into, shown in con'i-cal (kõn'i-kăl), cone-shaped conjecture (kõn-jěk'túr), infer; think con-nu'bi-al (kð-nū'bi-ăl), matrimonial con'scious-ness (kõn'shůs-něs), knowl edge con'se-cra'tion (kon'sė-krā'shủn), giv ing up in a noble manner constituted, lawful-here, English con'sum-ma'tion (kon'sů-mā'shŭn), Cos'ta Ri'ca's everglades (kos'tå rē'ká), swamps of Costa Rica, a republic in Central America Cotton Mather, American clergyman (1663-1728) couch'ant (kouch'ănt), Aquatting cou'lee (kooʻlr), bed of a dried-up stream coun'ter-feit (koun'tēr-fît), pretend counterplots, schemes to defeat him counter-proposition, proposal in answer to your own cou'reurs'des-bois (kõo'rur' dā-bwä'), French or French and Indian hunters and traders of western North Ameri ca, especially Canada court'ier (kort'yễr), attendant on bringing to a perfect close contemplation of theorists (thē'o-rists), attention of those who merely think about it and do not put their ideas into practice con-tem'po-ra-ry (kon-těm'pö-rå-rỉ), of the present day con-tig'u-ous (kon-tig'ů-ės), adjoining con-tri'tion (kon-trīsh'ún), repentance controversy (kon'tro-vûr-sý), dispute con-vened' (kon-vēnd'), called together conventional standards of greatness, the way the majority of people cide whether a man is great or not con-vert' (kon-vürt'), change co-op'er-a'tion (kö-õp'ēr-ā'shủn), help cope (kop), canopy co'pi-ous (ko'pi-ės), many copper, wash-boiler; kettle cor'al reefs (kõr’ăl), skeletons of certain small sea-animals have been deposited through the ages and form islands corner for the rustic Muse, column of contributed poetry Cornland, farmland, in general cor'po-ra'tion (kôr'pö-rā'shủn), legis lative body cor-ral' (kõ-răl'), an inclosure for con fining animals Cor-reg'gio (kör-rěd'jo), Italian artist cor-robo-rated (kõ-rób'o-rāt'ěd), ad mitted the truth of corrupt, spoiled; dishonest; corrupted, changed from good to bad; corruption, dishonesty corse'let (kôrs’lět), armor king, queen, or prince cov'ert-ly (kův'ērt-li), secretly cov'et-ous (kův'ě-tůs), greedy coy-o'te (ki-o'të), prairie wolf crane, iron hook for supporting kettle3 over a fire; machine for handling great weights crank, top-heavy, a fault of ships of that time cran'nied (krằn'id), having crevices cra-vat (kra-vặt/), necktie crav'en (krā'v'n), coward craw, crop cre-den'tials (kré-děn'shălz), letters of recommendation creditor, the one to whom you owe money cre-du'li-ty (krė-dū'li-ti), willingness to believe creed of caste, belief that one must re main in the class into which he was born Creeks, Indians who went from Georgia beyond the Mississippi in 1826 Cre'ole (krē’õl), person of Spanish or French descent brought up in a co lonial possession cring'ing (krin'jing), shrinking croup (kroop), back of the horse crown, English coin, ordinarily worth about $1.20 cru-sade' (kroo-sād'), fight for Ameri can ideals crypt (kript), hiding-place crystalline (kris'tăl-in), uncloudy Cuban business, Spanish-American war, 1898, to free Cuba from Spanish mis rule |