Chapter 3

{conceal} =con-ceal´= his identity

{cession} =ces´sion= of the property

{session} =ses´sion= of Congress

{civilize} =civ´i-lize= the savages

{contemporary} =con-tem´po-ra-ry= authors

{discussion} =dis-cus´sion= of the question

{emanates} =em´a-nates= from the sun

{embezzlement} =em-bez´zle-ment= of the money

{fiery} =fier´y= horse

{grievance} =griev´ance= of the boy

{general} =gen´er-al= knowledge

{illegible} =il-leg´i-ble= handwriting

{imagery} =im´age-ry= of poetry

{immense} =im-mense´= building

{kerosene} =ker´o-sene= oil

{lying} =ly´ing= is contemptible

{literal} =lit´er-al= meaning

{lilies} =lil´ies= of the field

{mechanical} =me-chan´i-cal= engineer

LESSON 36

{material} =ma-te´ri-al= of good quality

{partially} =par´tial-ly= successful

{physician} =phy-si´cian= in the hospital

{sympathize} =sym´pa-thize= with the unfortunate

{syllogism} =syl´lo-gism= of his reasoning

{succession} =suc-ces´sion= of rainy days

{strategy} =strat´e-gy= of the general

{accumulate} =ac-cu´mu-late= savings

{advertising} =ad-ver-tis´ing= the goods

{affidavit} =af-fi-da´vit= of the facts

{again} =a-gain´= and again he shouted

{beautiful} =beau´ti-ful= flowers

{bananas} =ba-na´nas= grow on trees

{balloon} =bal-loon´= ascension

{coöperation} =co-op-er-a´tion= of the employees

{coördinate} =co-or´di-nate= clauses

{commence} =com-mence´= the work

{diminish} =di-min´ish= the speed

{disagreeable} =dis-a-gree´a-ble= weather

{elementary} =el-e-men´ta-ry= text-book

{exercise} =ex´er-cise= the muscles

{finely} =fine´ly= engraved

{impel} =im-pel´= the workers

{fusion} =fu´sion= of metals

{multiplicand} =mul-ti-pli-cand´= of the example

LESSON 37

{musician} =mu-si´cian= in the band

{making} =ma´king= the dress

{pronunciation} =pro-nun-ci-a´tion= of the word

{peculiar} =pe-cul´iar= habit

{irritable} =ir´ri-ta-ble= disposition

{people} =peo´ple= in the city

{specially} =spe´cial-ly= prepared

{serviceable} =ser´vice-a-ble= tools

{sergeant} =ser´geant= of the company

{vacancy} =va´can-cy= of the office

{confederate} =con-fed´er-ate= in the plot

{correspondence} =cor-re-spond´ence= between friends

{allies} =al-lies´= of the army

{allusion} =al-lu´sion= to his past

{alternate} =al´ter-nate= to the convention

{amount} =a-mount´= of the bill

{annually} =an´nu-al-ly= taxed

{apologize} =a-pol´o-gize= for your blunder

{architect} =ar´chi-tect= of the building

{breadth} =breadth= of the cloth

{break} =break= the bottle

{brake} =brake= to stop a wheel

{dissatisfy} =dis-sat´is-fy= the customer

{distillation} =dis-til-la´tion= of the liquid

{experiment} =ex-per´i-ment= in chemistry

LESSON 38

{extreme} =ex-treme´= weather

{vaccinate} =vac´ci-nate= for smallpox

{valuable} =val´u-a-ble= jewels

{unusual} =un-u´su-al= performance

{unite} =u-nite´= the pair

{grievous} =griev´ous= disaster

{grandeur} =gran´deur= of the mountains

{osmosis} =os-mo´sis= in chemistry

{occasional} =oc-ca´sion-al= showers

{porous} =por´ous= filtering cup

{journalizing} =jour´nal-i-zing= in bookkeeping

{peninsula} =pen-in´su-la= of Florida

{projection} =pro-jec´tion= of a stairway

{independence} =in-de-pend´ence= of America

{indispensable} =in-dis-pen´sa-ble= tool

{itself} =it-self´= alone

{separator} =sep´a-ra-tor= for cream

{seceded} =se-ced´ed= from the union

{gnashing} =gnash´ing= his teeth

{sphere} =sphere= on which we live

{spherical} =spher´ic-al= in shape

{square} =square= wooden box

{statement} =state´ment= of facts

{stooped} =stooped= to pick it up

{stretch} =stretch= the rubber

LESSON 39

{subtrahend} =sub´tra-hend= to be subtracted

{suspicious} =sus-pi´cious= character

{competent} =com´pe-tent= workman

{chocolate} =choc´o-late= candy

{crisis} =cri´sis= of the war

{conquer} =con´quer= the enemy

{circle} =cir´cle= around the moon

{center} =cen´ter= of gravity

{assassinate} =as-sas´sin-ate= the tyrant

{attorney} =at-tor´ney= for the defense

{avoirdupois} =av-oir-du-pois´= weight

{autumn} =au´tumn= leaves

{disciple} =dis-ci´ple= of Christ

{diameter} =di-am´e-ter= of a circle

{divisor} =di-vi´sor= of the number

{diamond} =di´a-mond= ring

{deposit} =de-pos´it= the money

{decisive} =de-ci´sive= battle

{energy} =en´er-gy= from the sun's heat

{essay} =es´say= by Emerson

{every} =eve´ry= child likes candy

{warrant} =war´rant= for his arrest

{wield} =wield= the weapon

{verified} =ver´i-fied= the answer

{yield} =yield= not to temptation

LESSON 40

{alliteration} =al-lit-er-a´tion= in the poem

{acceleration} =ac-cel-er-a´tion= of the speed

{accidentally} =ac-ci-den´tal-ly= injured

{accrued} =ac-crued´= interest

{apartment} =a-part´ment= house

{apparel} =ap-par´el= for wearing

{approach} =ap-proach´= of the enemy

{acoustics} =a-cous´tics= of the hall

{advisable} =ad-vis´a-ble= to be careful

{brigadier} =brig-a-dier´= general

{bulletin} =bul´le-tin= board

{blamable} =bla´ma-ble= for the accident

{bilious} =bil´ious= fever

{boulder} =boul´der= in the field

{bolder} =bold´er= than a lion

{chemical} =chem´i-cal= reaction

{customary} =cus´tom-a-ry= ceremony

{centrifugal} =cen-trif´u-gal= force

{cancelation} =can-cel-a´tion= of the debt

{courtier} =court´ier= of King James

{congruent} =con´gru-ent= parts

{curiosity} =cu-ri-os´i-ty= shop

{complimentary} =com-pli-men´ta-ry= remark

{complementary} =com-ple-men´ta-ry= angles

{constitutional} =con-sti-tu´tion-al= government

LESSON 41

{condensing} =con-dens´ing= the milk

{conceived} =con-ceived´= the plan

{commit} =com-mit´= a crime

{deficiency} =de-fi´cien-cy= in his studies

{decorated} =dec´o-ra-ted= the building

{definitely} =def´i-nite-ly= understood

{demonstrative} =de-mon´stra-tive= pronoun

{dependence} =de-pend´ence= on others

{dependents} =de-pend´ents= of the estate

{depository} =de-pos´i-to-ry= for goods

{expedition} =ex-pe-di´tion= to the North Pole

{esophagus} } =e-soph´a-gus= leads to the stomach {oesophagus} }

{equilibrant} =e-qui-li´brant= forces

{elasticity} =el-as-tic´i-ty= of rubber

{electoral} =e-lec´tor-al= vote

{endeavor} =en-deav´or= to do good

{indorsement} } =in-dorse´ment= of the note {endorsement} }

{edible} =ed´i-ble= mushroom

{entry} =en´try= in the books

{entries} =en´tries= in the books

{explanation} =ex-pla-na´tion= of the meaning

{extraordinary} =ex-traor´di-na-ry= circumstances

{extremely} =ex-treme´ly= beautiful

LESSON 42

{enough} =e-nough´= money to buy it

{envelope} =en´vel-ope= was sealed

{envelop} =en-vel´op= with a wrapper

{faucet} =fau´cet= for cold water

{facet} =fac´et= cut on the diamond

{fuchsia} =fuch´sia= growing in the garden

{fatigue} =fa-tigue´= after a long walk

{guaranty} =guar´an-ty= bond

{hyperbole} =hy-per´bo-le= of speech

{handkerchief} =hand´ker-chief= in his pocket

{invisible} =in-vis´i-ble= enemy

{infallible} =in-fal´li-ble= judgment

{immigration} =im-mi-gra´tion= into America

{emigration} =em-i-gra´tion= from Germany

{irresistible} =ir-re-sist´i-ble= force

{friction} =fric´tion= of the wheels

{foundry} =foun´dry= for making boilers

{judiciary} =ju-di´ci-a-ry= powers

{legislature} =leg´is-la-ture= of the state

{lodgment} =lodg´ment= of a complaint

{length} =length= of the cloth

{meridian} =me-rid´i-an= of Greenwich

{malleable} =mal´le-a-ble= metal

{maritime} =mar´i-time= city

{hypocrisy} =hy-poc´ri-sy= of the faker

LESSON 43

{monkeys} =mon´keys= in the cage

{moraine} =mo-raine´= formed by a glacier

{neutral} =neu´tral= country

{valid} =val´id= excuse

{seizing} =seiz´ing= the opportunity

{sculpture} =sculp´ture= in the art museum

{sculptor} =sculp´tor= of the statue

{scalene} =sca-lene´= triangle

{sensitive} =sen´si-tive= nerve

{sensible} =sen´si-ble= remark

{reciprocity} =rec-i-proc´i-ty= with Canada

{respiratory} =re-spir´a-to-ry= organs

{philosopher} =phi-los´o-pher= Plato

{philosophy} =phi-los´o-phy= of Socrates

{melon} =mel´on= growing on a vine

{pronounceable} =pro-nounce´a-ble= word

{peaceably} =peace´a-bly= resting

{peculiarly} =pe-cul´iar-ly= arranged

{permissible} =per-mis´si-ble= action

{propitious} =pro-pi´tious= circumstances

{possibility} =pos-si-bil´i-ty= of success

{postulate} =pos´tu-late= needs no proof

{alphabet} =al´pha-bet= of 26 letters

{ambitious} =am-bi´tious= young man

{ancestors} =an´ces-tors= of noble birth

LESSON 44

{capacity} =ca-pac´i-ty= of the car

{lacquered} =lac´quered= box from Japan

{consecutive} =con-sec´u-tive= numbers

{competitor} =com-pet´i-tor= in business

{crustacea} =crus-ta´ce-a= include lobsters

{chronicle} =chron´i-cle= of events

{environment} =en-vi´ron-ment= of the child

{epitaph} =ep´i-taph= on the tomb

{equipped} =e-quipped´= for the voyage

{essence} =es´sence= of lemon

{exaggeration} =ex-ag-ger-a´tion= of the truth

{excitement} =ex-cite´ment= of the game

{icicle} =i´ci-cle= hanging on the eaves

{indorse} =in-dorse´= the note

{imminent} =im´mi-nent= danger

{identical} =i-den´ti-cal= results

{infinite} =in´fi-nite= time and space

{motor} =mo´tor= boat on the river

{mountain} =moun´tain= peak

{multiple} =mul´ti-ple= of the number

{temperament} =tem´per-a-ment= of the artist

{transferring} =trans-fer´ring= the baggage

{trapezium} =tra-pe´zi-um= has four sides

{treacherous} =treach´er-ous= wild beasts

{treachery} =treach´er-y= of his friend

LESSON 45

{tonnage} =ton´nage= of the boat

{stratagem} =strat´a-gem= of the general

{superstition} =su-per-sti´tion= of the ignorant

{souvenir} =sou-ve-nir´= of the occasion

{separable} =sep´a-ra-ble= parts

{preceded} =pre-ce´ded= by an escort

{permanent} =per´ma-nent= fixture

{pertain} =per-tain´= to youth

{potassium} =po-tas´si-um= is an element

{porcelain} =porce´lain= dish

{pioneer} =pi-o-neer´= of America

{plateau} =pla-teau´= of Colorado

{annihilated} =an-ni´hi-la-ted= by the enemy

{amenable} =a-me´na-ble= to reason

{artisans} =ar´ti-sans= did the work

{ascertain} =as-cer-tain´= his meaning

{assistant} =as-sist´ant= of the superintendent

{conversely} =con-verse´ly= stated

{confectionery} =con-fec´tion-er-y= shop

{coastal} =coast´al= plain of California

{colonization} =col-o-ni-za´tion= of America

{censure} =cen´sure= the bad boy

{censor} =cen´sor= of the news

{chieftain} =chief´tain= of the tribe

{despise} =de-spise´= a falsehood

LESSON 46

{excommunication} =ex-com-mu-ni-ca´tion= by the Pope

{exhort} =ex-hort´= the mob

{expect} =ex-pect´= to be elected

{infinity} =in-fin´i-ty= of space and time

{mutiny} =mu´ti-ny= of the sailors

{mutually} =mu´tu-al-ly= agreeable

{mysterious} =mys-te´ri-ous= stranger

{turbine} =tur´bine= engine

{typewriter} =type´wri-ter= for business letters

{trigonometry} =trig-o-nom´e-try= used in surveying

{technical} =tech´ni-cal= school

{separately} =sep´a-rate-ly= packed

{strength} =strength= of a giant

{solder} =sold´er= the tin kettle

{soldier} =sol´dier= of the army

{subjunctive} =sub-junc´tive= mode

{substitution} =sub-sti-tu´tion= of a poorer quality

{responsible} =re-spon´si-ble= for the accident

{receipted} =re-ceipt´ed= the bill

{receiver} =re-ceiv´er= for the company

{pleasure} =pleas´ure= of skating

{plural} =plu´ral= noun

{assume} =as-sume´= the responsibility

{authority} =au-thor´i-ty= of the law

{awkward} =awk´ward= and bashful lad

LESSON 47

{axillary} =ax´il-la-ry= bud

{alien} =a´lien= residents

{abridgment} =a-bridg´ment= of the dictionary

{abundance} =a-bun´dance= of hair

{abyss} =a-byss´= was deep

{accessible} =ac-ces´si-ble= place

{bouquet} =bou-quet´= of flowers

{burglar} =bur´glar= robbed the house

{busily} =bus´i-ly= engaged in work

{begin} =be-gin´= to move faster

{bear} =bear= the burden (_also_ animal)

{bare} =bare= hands and feet

{conjugation} =con-ju-ga´tion= of a verb

{controlled} =con-trolled´= the company

{cathedral} =ca-the´dral= at Milan

{climbed} =climbed= the stairs

{compromise} =com´pro-mise= the dispute

{continue} =con-tin´ue= the quarrel

{corresponding} =cor-re-spond´ing= with him

{corporation} =cor-po-ra´tion= laws

{cotton} =cot´ton= from Texas

{circular} =cir´cu-lar= saw

{cipher} =ci´pher= the problem

{carriage} =car´riage= for hire

{consensus} =con-sen´sus= of opinion

LESSON 48

{codicil} =cod´i-cil= to the will

{dilemma} =di-lem´ma= of the culprit

{direct} =di-rect´= communication

{dissension} =dis-sen´sion= in the party

{divine} =di-vine´= power

{dose} =dose= of medicine

{dubious} =du´bi-ous= as to the result

{decimal} =dec´i-mal= fractions

{debt} =debt= was paid

{elephant} =el´e-phant= hunt in Africa

{expel} =ex-pel´= the pupil

{effective} =ef-fec´tive= laws

{easement} =ease´ment= of the pain

{enclose} } =en-close´= a dollar bill {inclose} }

{erosion} =e-ro´sion= of the rocks

{eraser} =e-ra´ser= on a pencil

{error} =er´ror= in the figuring

{euphony} =eu´pho-ny= of the language

{employment} =em-ploy´ment= agency

{fertilize} =fer´til-ize= the soil

{financier} =fin-an-cier´= in Wall Street

{forfeit} =for´feit= the money

{foreigner} =for´eign-er= just landed

{franchise} =fran´chise= for women

LESSON 49

{fumigate} =fu´mi-gate= the sick-room

{formally} =for´mal-ly= announced

{fierce} =fierce= lions and tigers

{gymnasium} =gym-na´si-um= exercise

{glacier} =glac´i-er= on the coast of Alaska

{geography} =ge-og´ra-phy= lesson

{group} =group= of children

{harass} =har´ass= the captive

{hexagon} =hex´a-gon= has six sides

{haven't} =have´n't= you gone

{honor} =hon´or= of a gentleman

{hoped} =hoped= all was well

{hopped} =hopped= like a toad

{hundredth} =hun´dredth= part of an inch

{humorous} =hu´mor-ous= remark

{hurrying} =hur´ry-ing= to catch the train

{heresy} =her´e-sy= among the Lollards

{inflammable} =in-flam´ma-ble= material

{initiate} =in-i´ti-ate= the candidate

{initials} =in-i´tials= of his name

{instructor} =in-struct´or= of mathematics

{interference} =in-ter-fer´ence= of his friend

{inversely} =in-verse´ly= proportional

{itemize} =i´tem-ize= the account

{labeled} =la´beled= the bottles

LESSON 50

{materially} =ma-te´ri-al-ly= changed

{mechanics} =me-chan´ics= in the factory

{memorandum} =mem-o-ran´dum= of engagements

{metamorphosis} =met-a-mor´pho-sis= of the butterfly

{militia} =mi-li´tia= of the state

{millinery} =mil´li-ner-y= department

{mackerel} =mack´er-el= fishing

{manufacturing} =man-u-fac´tur-ing= shoes

{nomination} =nom-i-na´tion= of the president

{noticing} =no´tic-ing= details

{notion} =no´tion= in her head

{grotesque} =gro-tesque´= appearance

{organization} =or-gan-i-za´tion= of a society

{oxidize} =ox´i-dize= the metal

{obedience} =o-be´di-ence= of the child

{opinion} =o-pin´ion= on the subject

{offered} =of´fered= his arm

{only} =on´ly= one remained

{wealthy} =wealth´y= capitalist

{witch} =witch= in the fairy tale

{humidity} =hu-mid´i-ty= of the atmosphere

{woolly} =wool´ly= lamb

{vicinity} =vi-cin´i-ty= of the park

{vicissitude} =vi-cis´si-tude= of the explorer

{vitriol} =vit´ri-ol= burns like fire

LESSON 51

{voice} =voice= of the singer

{volcano} =vol-ca´no= in eruption

{volcanoes} =vol-ca´noes= of the Pacific coast

{volume} =vol´ume= of the tank

{poison} =poi´son= the rat

{policy} =pol´i-cy= of the party

{prepare} =pre-pare´= for war

{preposition} =prep-o-si´tion= and its object

{primer} =prim´er= of the language

{prism} =prism= of glass

{process} =proc´ess= of making steel

{pavilion} =pa-vil´ion= for a band concert

{percussion} =per-cus´sion= of the blow

{porch} =porch= on the house

{relative} =rel´a-tive= pronoun

{relieved} =re-lieved´= of his pain

{reefer} =reef´er= to wear in winter

{subtle} =sub´tle= remark

{subtraction} =sub-trac´tion= of the numbers

{sugar} =sug´ar= is sweet

{summary} =sum´ma-ry= of the chapter

{statue} =stat´ue= of Liberty

{statute} =stat´ute= of the commonwealth

{special} =spe´cial= permission

{solutions} =so-lu´tions= of the problems

LESSON 52

{sketch} =sketch= the beautiful scene

{shipped} =shipped= the goods

{shriek} =shriek= of the wounded

{shown} =shown= the sights of the city

{serge} =serge= cloth for a suit

{surge} =surge= of the waves

{servant} =ser´vant= in the house

{superpose} =su-per-pose´= the triangle

{sector} =sec´tor= of the angle

{trachea} =tra´che-a= duct into the lungs

{transversal} =trans-ver´sal= line

{temporary} =tem´po-ra-ry= building

{tendency} =ten´den-cy= of the times

{tomato} =to-ma´to= catsup

{trough} =trough= of water

{tenant} =ten´ant= of the estate

{thought} =thought= he could spell

{treasure} =treas´ure= in the sunken ship

{unanimous} =u-nan´i-mous= consent

{using} =us´ing= good English

{anhydrous} =an-hy´drous= substances have no water

{aborigines} =ab-o-rig´i-nes= of America

{argument} =ar´gu-ment= of the lawyer

{ascent} =as-cent´= of the mountain

{anxiety} =anx-i´e-ty= of the mother

LESSON 53

{absolute} =ab´so-lute= truth

{acetylene} =a-cet´yl-ene= gas-light

{crucifixion} =cru-ci-fix´ion= of Christ

{colossal} =co-los´sal= structure

{cylindrical} =cy-lin´dri-cal= tank

{courageous} =cou-ra´geous= fireman

{cotyledon} =cot-y-le´don= of the plant

{dactylic} =dac-tyl´ic= meter of verse

{diffusion} =dif-fu´sion= of sunlight

{erysipelas} =er-y-sip´e-las= proved fatal

{extravagance} =ex-trav´a-gance= of the rich

{facsimile} =fac-sim´i-le= of the signature

{familiarly} =fa-mil´iar-ly= known to him

{gradually} =grad´u-al-ly= the rock wore away

{generous} =gen´er-ous= gift

{geranium} =ge-ra´ni-um= in the garden

{gesture} =ges´ture= of the speaker

{hypocrite} =hyp´o-crite= in the church

{itinerant} =i-tin´er-ant= preacher

{intellectual} =in-tel-lec´tu-al= person

{irreparable} =ir-rep´a-ra-ble= loss