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Lim pid ness, s. clearness
Li ne al, a. of a direct line
Li ri ment, s. balsom
Li o ness, s. a she lion
Li qui fy, v a. to melt
Li qui date, v a, to clear
List less ly, ad. without thought
Li ta ny, s. prayer

Lite ral, a. according to the letter
Li ti gant, s. one engaged in a law-
suit

Liti gate, va. & n. to manage in a
law-suit

Liturgy, s. a form of prayer
Live li hood, s. means of living
Live liness, s. vivacity

Liv er grown, a. having a great

liver

Li ve ry, trimmed clothes given

servants

Lof ti ly, ad. on high

Lof ti ness, s. height

Lo gi cal, a. according to lcgick
Lo gi cian, s. a teacher of logick
Lone li ness, s. solitude

Lot te ry, s. chance

to

Mu nu script, s. a written book
Ma ple tree, s. a sugar-tree
Ma ra time, a. relating to the sea
Mar ma lade, s. a conserve of quinz
ces and sugar

Mar ma lade, s. made of the pulph
of quinces and sugar

Mar shal sea, s. a royal prison
Mar shal ship, s. the office of mar
shal

Mar vel lous, a. wonderous
Mas cu line, a. of the male kind
Ma son ry, s, the work of a mason
Mas sive ness, s. weight

Mas ter key, st that opens many
locks

Master peice, s. a capital perform

ance

Match a ble, a. equal, suitable

Ma tri cide,s. the killing of a mother
Mea ger ness, s. leanness
Med dle some, a. intrusive,
Me di cine, s. physick

Me di um, s. a middle state
Me mo ry, s. recollection
Men di cant, s. a beggar

Lout ish ly, ad. with the air of a Me ni al, a. like a servant

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Ma ce rate, v. a. to make lean
Ma chi nal, a, relating to a machine
Ma chi nate, v a. to plan
Mac ke ral, s. a sea fish

Ma cu late, v a. to stain

Ma gis trate, s. a justice of peace
Mag ni fy, va. to extol
Mag ni tude, s. greatness
Ma la dy, s. a disease

Ma la pert, a. saucy

Men stru al, a. monthly

Men tally, ad. belonging to the

mind

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Ma na cles, s. a chain to tie the Mi ne ral, s, fossel

hands

Ma nage ment, s. conduct

Ma na ger, s. one who directs
Man ci pate, y a. to enslave

Man slaugh ter, s. the killing a per--
son without intent
Man tu a, s. a Lady's gown

Mi ni ken, a. small

Mi nis tér, s. an agent, v a. and n.

to attend

Mi no taur, s. a being half man and
half bull
Mi nis try, s. ffice, service
Mis chier ous, a. hurtful

Mi se ry, s.. wretchedness
Mi ti gate, v a. to soften
Mit ti mus, s, a warrant

Mo de rate, a. temperate v a. to re-
strain

Mo des ty, s. chastity, decency
Mo di cum, s. a small portion

Mò di fy, v a. to shape

Neg a tive, a. denying, s. a particle of denial

Neg li gent, a. heedless

Neigh bour ly, a. kind, civil ad. with
civility

Ne o phyte, s. a convert
Ne sci ence, s, ignorance
Ne ther most, a. lowest

Mo du late, v a. to form sounds to Night en gale, s. a bird

certain keys

Mol li fy, v a. to soften
Mo nar chy, s. the government of a
single person

Mo nu ment,

memory

s. which preserves

Mo ra list, s. one who teaches the duties of life

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Mort ga ger,s. he that gives a mort Mor ti fy, v a. to destroy vital qualities v n. to corrupt

Mo ther ly, a. like a mother, ad. as
a mother

Move a ble, a. that may be moved
Moun tai nous, a. full of mountains
Mud di ness, s. foulness

Mul ber ry, s. a tree and fruit
Mul ti form, a. of many shapes
Mul ti ply. v a. to increase in num-

ber

Mur der ous, a. cruel, bloody
Mus ca dine, s, a sweet grape
Mus cu lous, a. full of muscles
Mu si cal, a. harmonious.
Mus sul man, s. a Mahometon:
Mus ter roll, s. a register of forces
Mu ta ble, a..subject to change
Mu ti late, v a. to deprive of essen-

tial parts

Mu'ti nous, a. seditious, turbulent
Mu ti ny, s. sedition

Mu tu al, a. reciprocal

Nim ble ness, s. activity
No ble ness, s. greatness
Noi some ness, s. offensiveness.
No mi nate, v a. to appoint
No ta ble, a. remarkable
No ta bly, a. remarkably
No ta ry, s. one who protests bills
No ti fy, va. to make known
Notion al, a. ideal
No ve list, s. innovator
No vel ty, s. newness
Now a days, ad. the present time
Nox iousness, s. hurtfulness
Nu bi late, v a. to cloud
Nu cle us, s. kernal
Nu di ty, s. naked parts
Nul li fy, v a. to make void
Num ber less, a. without number
Nu me ral, a. relating to number
Nu me rous, a. containing many
Nun cio, s. the Pope's embassador
Nun ne ry, s. a house for nuns
Nur se ry, s. a place for children

Oaf ish ness, s. dullness
Ob du rate, a. hard of heart
Ob e lisk, s. a piece of marble with
four faces, and lessening up
wards like a pyramid
Ob li gate, v a. to bind by contract
Ob li quy, s. slander
Ob so lete, a. disused

Mys te ry, s. something above rea- Ob sti nate, a. contumacious

son..

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Ob stru ent, a. hindering
Ob vi ate, v a. to prevent

Ob vi ous, a. open, exposed

Oc ci dent, s. the West

Oc cu pant, s. one in possession
Oc cu py, v a. to possess

Na tu ral, a, according to nature, s. Ochre ous, a. consisting of ochre

a. fool, idiot

Naugh ti ness, s. wickedness

Nà vi gate, v a. to sail

Nau ti cal, a. belonging to sailors
Nec ta, rine, s. a fruit

Neg li gence, s. heedlessness

Oc ta gon, s. a figure of eight sides
Oc cu lar, a. known by the eye
Oc cu list, s. who professes to cure
distempers of the eyes

O di ous, a. hateful
O do rous, a. frågrant

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Offering, s. a sacrifice

Of fi cer, s. a man in command Often times, ad. many times

O mi nous, a. foreshowing ill

On e rate, v. a. to load, to burden,
pen ing, s. an aperture
Open ly, ad. publickly
Open ness, s. plainness
O pe ra, s. a poetical fiction
O pe rate, v. n. to act
Opiate, s. a medicine to cause sleep
O pi um, s. a medicine
Op po site, a. placed in front
Op ta tive, a. expressive of desire
Oral ly, ad. by word of mouth
Or a tor, s. a publick speaker
Or de al, s, a trial by fire or water
Or der ly, a. regular, ad. methodi-
"cally

Or di nance, s. rule, prescript
Or di nate, v a. to appoint

Or ga nist, s. one who plays on the organs

Or ga nize, v a. to unite all the parts
O ri ent, s. the East

O ri fice, s. an opening
O ri gin, s. beginning

O ri sons, s. prayers

Or

Or na ment, s. embellishment

Or re ry, s. an instrument which re-
presents the heavenly bodies
Or tho dox, a. sound in doctrine
Os tra cism, s. voting by shells
O va ry, s. the seat of impregnation
Out law ry, s. one deprived of the
protection of the laws
Out ward ly, ad. externally
Own er ship, s. rightful possession

Pa ci fy, v a. to appease
Pa ga nism, s. heathenism
Pa gan try, s. show, pomp
Pains tak ing, a. laborious

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Par tially, ad. in part, not totally Par ti cle, s. a very small part of a great substance

Par ti san, s. an adherent to a party
Pas sa ble, a. allowable
Pas sen ger, s. a traveller
Pas si ble, a. susceptible of impres-
sions

Pas sive ly, ad. with a passive nature
Pass o ver, s. a jewish feast
Pas to ral, a. rural like
Pas tu rage, s. grazing land
Pa tro nage, s. support, protection
Pa tro nize, v a. to protect
Pau ci ty, s. fewness in number
Pawn bro ker, s. who giyes money
on pledges
Pay a ble, a. due.
Peace a ble, a. quiet
Peace ful ly, ad. mildly

Pea san try, s. the country people Pe dan try, s. ostentation of learn. ing

Pe des tal, s. the lowest part of a pil

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Pa la tine, a. possessing royal privi- Pe ne trate, v a. to pierce

leges

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Pe ni tent, a. sorrowful

Pen sion er, s. a dependent

Pen sive ly, a. sorrowfully

Pen ta teuch, s. the five books of Mo-."

ses

Pen te cost, s. a feast among the Jews

Pe nu ry, s. want, poverty

Per fo rate v a. to pierce through Pe ri lous, a dangerous

Perju ry, s, false swearing
Per se cute, v a. to punish
Per son age, s. a person of eminence
Per so nal, a. belonging to a person
Per so nate, v a. to represent..
Per ti nence, s, propriety
Per vi ous. a. admitting passage
Pes te rous, a. troublesome
Pes ti lence, s. a plague
Pes ti lent, a. malignant

Pe tri fy, v a. to change to a stone
Pet ti ness, s. smallness
Pe tu lance, s. pevishness
Phar ma cy, s. the art of preparing

medicine

Phi lo mel, s. the nightingale Phleg ma tick, a. abounding phlegm

Pre fe rence, s. estimation of one a-
bove another

Pre mi um, s. a reward offered.
Pre science, s. foreknowledge
Press ing ly, ad. with force
Pret ti ly, ad neatly, elegantly
Pre va lence, s. superiority
Pri ma ry, a. first

Prin ci pal, a. assential, s. the chief
Prin ciple, s. the first element
Pri vi lege, s. publick right, v a. to
grant

Pro ba ble, a. likely

Profi gate, a. abandoned, s.

shameless wretch

Pro pa gate, y a. to spread
in Pro per ty, s. peculiar quality
Pro phe cy, s. a prediction

Phy si cal, a. relating to nature
Pil fer er, s. one who steals
Pil gri mage, s. a journey of devo-

tion

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Ple na ry, a. full, complete
Ple ni tude, s. fullness
Plen ti ful, a. abundant
Ple o nasm, s. redundance of words
Pli a ble, a, flexible, easy bent
Poig nan cy, s. sharpness
Poi son ous, a. venomous
Po li tick, a, political, s. a politician
Po li ty, s. a form of government
Po pe ry, a. belonging to the Pope
Popu lace, s. the common people
Po pu late, v n. to breed people
Por ce lain, s. chinaware
Por cu pine, s. a hedge hog
Por te rage, s. the price of carriage
Port liness, s. dignity of mien
Pos it ed, a. placed, ranged
Positive, a. real, absolute
Pos si ble, a. that may happen
Post hu mous, a. after death
Prac ti cal, a. relating to action.
Pre si dent, s. a governor

Pro phe sy, v a, to predict, v n. to
preach

Pro phe tess, s. a female prophet
Pro se lite, s. a convert

Pro so dy, s. a part of grammar
Pros ti tute, v a. to sell to wicked

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Quac ke ry, s. mean acts in physick Quad ran gle, s. a surface of four right angles

Quad ra ture, s. the act of squaring
Quad ru ped, s. an animal having
four feet

Quad ru ple, a. four fold
Qua li fy, v a. to make fit

Quan ti ty, s. bulk, or weight

Quar rel some, a. inclined to brawls
Quench a ble, a. that may be quench-
ed

Ques tion less, ad. certainly
Quick silver, s. a natural fluid mi-
neral

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Rap tu rous, a. ecstatick
Ra ti fy, v a. to confirm

Ra tion al, a. agreeable to reason
Ra ve nous, a. voracious

Ra vish er, one who takes by vio-
* lence

Re cent ly, ad. newly

Re ci pe, s. a medical prescription
Re con cile, v a. to compose differ-

ences

Rec ti fy, v a. to reform
Rec ti tude, s. uprightness
Rec to ry, s. a parsonage
Re flu ent, a. running back
Re gen cy, s. authority

Re gi men, s. care in diet,& living
Re gi ment, s. a body of soldiers un-
der the same colonel
Regis ter, s. a record

Re gu lar, a. agreeable to rule
Re gu late, v a. to adjust
Re la tive, s. a relation
Re no vate, v a. to renew
Re pro bate, v a. to disallow
Re qui site, a. necessary
Re si dence, s. place of abode
Re si due, s. remainder

Re ti nue, s. a train of attendants
Re tro grade, a. going back, v n. to
go backwards

Re tros pect, s. a looking behind
Ri vel ry, s. loose jollity
Re ve nue, s. an income

Re ve rence, s. respect

Re di cule, s

wit causing laughter

v a. to deride

Righ te ous, a. just, equitable
Re gid ly, ad. stiffly

Rigo rous, a, strict, severe

Ring lead er, s head of a riotous

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Sac cha rine, a. having the qualities of sugar

Sa cred ness, s. holiness

Sa cri fice, v a. & n. to offer to heaven, s. what is offered to heaven Sa cri lege, s. the robbing of a church

Sa cris ty, s. an apartment in a church

Sa li ent, a. leaping, jumping

Sa li vate, v a. to purge by the sali-
val glands

Sal low ness, s. yellow paleness
Sa na ble, a. curable

Sa na tive, a. healing
Sanc ti fy, v a. to make holy
Sanc ti ty, s. holiness

San he drim, s. a jewish council
Sa nies, s. thin matter
Sa ni ty, s. soundness
Sa pi ence, s. wisdom
Sa pi ent, a. wise, sage
Sas sa fras, s. a kind of tree
Sa tel lite, s. a small planet revolving
round a larger

Sa ti ate, v a. to satisfy, to glut
Sa ti rist, s. a writer of satire
Sa ti rize, v a. to censure in satire
Satis fy, v a. to content

Sa tu rate, v a. to fill full

Sa tur day, s. the seventh and last
day of the week

Sa tur nine, a. gloomy
Sa vage ly, ad. cruelly
Sau ci ness, s. impudence
Sav ing ly, ad. with parsemony
Sa vo ry, s. a plant

Sa vour ry, a. pleasing to the smell or

taste

Sax i frage, s. a plant

Scan da lize, v a. to defame
Scan da lous, a. disgraceful

Ri tu al, a. ceremonious, s. a book of Scan ti ly, ad. sparingly

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Scan ti ness, s. want of space
Sce ne ry, s the representation of
the place in which an action
is performed

Sci mi tar, s. a short sword
Scin tillate, v n. to sparkle
Scor pi on, s. a venomous creature
Scru pu lous, a. cautious
Scru ti nous, a. captious
Scru ti ny, s. inquiry, search
Scur ri lous, a. approbrious

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