FOR RECITATION AND DRILL

(See "How to Use the Book," page vii)

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abdomen

absolutory

abstemious

accent _n._

accent _v._

accessory

acclimate

acetic

acoustics

acumen

address _n._, _v._

adept

adipose

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adobe

adult

adverse

advertisement

after

again

aged _adj._

aggrandizement

agile

alabaster

albino

albumen

alkali

alkaline

allopathy

ally

alma mater

almond

alpaca

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altercation

alternate _n._, _adj._

alternate _v._

amateur

amen

amenable

ampere

anchovy

anemone

animalcule

antipodes

apotheosis

apparatus

apparent

appendicitis

apricot

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apron

apropos

aquiline

arbitrament

architect

archives

arctic

area

armada

asphalt _n._

aspirant

assignee

attaché

audacious

automobile

avalanche

aye (in voting)

aye (always)

azure

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bade

balcony

ballet

banana

banquet

basalt

bas-relief

baton

bayou

been

belles-lettres

beloved _part._

beloved _n._, _adj._

beneath

bequeath

bestial

bicycle

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biography

bissextile

bitumen

bivouac

blanc-mange

blessed _part._

blessed _adj._

boatswain

bombast

bonbon

bon ton

boudoir

boulevard

bouquet

bourn

bovine

bravado

bravo _intj._

bravo _n._

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brethren

brigand

brigantine

bromide

bromine

bronchitis

brooch

brusque

buoy

burro

cadaver

calcine

calliope

calm

caloric

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camelopard

candelabrum

canine

cantata

caoutchouc

caprice

caret

carmine

caricature

casement

cayenne

cement _n._

cerebrum

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cerement

certain

chagrin

chaise

chamois

chaperon

chaps (the jaws)

charlatan

chasten

chastisement

chivalric

chivalrous

chloride

chlorine

chores

clematis

coadjutor

cocaine

coffee

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cognizance

cognomen

column

comatose

combat

combatant

commandant

comparable

compensate

comrade

concentrate

condolence

conduit

confidant

confiscate

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connoisseur

conservator

conspiracy

construe

consummate _v._

consummate _adj._

contemplate

contumely

conversant

coop

coral

coronal

cortége

costume

coterie

courteous

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courtier

cowardice

crematory

cuirass

cuisine

curator

cylindric

cynosure

dahlia

dais

Danish

data

datum

daunt

deaf

debauchee

débris

début

débutant

decade

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decadence

décolleté

decorative

decorous

defect

deficit

demoniacal

demonstrate

dengue

dénouement

depot

deprivation

derisive

desideratum

despicable

desquamation

destine

desuetude

detestation

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devastate

devastation

diamond

digitalis

diphtheria

diphthong

discourse

disfranchise

disputable

disputant

divan

docile

dolorous

domicile

dost

doth

douche

drama

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duodenum

dynamite

dynasty

eclat

economical

ecumenical

eczema

either

eleemosynary

élite

elm

embalm

employé

employee

empyrean

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encore

enervate

enfranchise

engine

ennui

entrée

envelope

epizoötic

epoch

equable

equation

equipage

equitable

ere

err

espionage

European

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evening

every

ewe

excursion

exemplary

exorable

expletive

expurgate

exquisite

extirpate

extol

extraordinary

fa[c,]ade

facile

fairy

falchion

falcon

faux pas

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febrile

fiancée

figure

finale

finance

financier

flaccid

florid

flotsam

folio

forbade

forehead

fortnight

franchise _n._

fraternize

fratricide

fulsome

gala

gallant (polite)

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gallant (brave)

gantlet

gape

gastritis

gauntlet (a glove)

genealogy

generic

genre

genuine

geyser

ghoul

giaour

giraffe

glacier

gladiolus

gondola

government

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granary

gratis

greasy

grimace

guano

guardian

gubernatorial

gum arabic

harass

harem

hasten

haunt

hearth

heaven

hegira

heinous

herb

hereditament

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heroine

heroism

hiccough

history

holocaust

homeopathy

homogeneous

horizon

hostile

houri

hovel

humble

humor

hygiene

hymeneal

hypocrisy

idea

ignoramus

illustrate

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imbecile

imbroglio

incisive

incomparable

indecorous

indicatory

indisputable

indissoluble

industry

inexorable

inexplicable

infinitely

inquiry

integer

integral

interesting

interpolate

interstice

inveigle

inventory

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iodide

iodine

iron

irrefutable

irremediable

irreparable

irrespirable

irrevocable

isochronous

isolate

isotherm

italic

jaundice

jaunt

jocund

jowl

juvenile

kinetoscope

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knoll

kraal

lamentable

latent

laudanum

launch

laundry

lava

learned _part._

learned _adj._

legend

legged

leisure

lenient

lever

lichen

livelong

long-lived

lullaby

lyceum

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maintenance

malaria

mall (a walk)

mandamus

maniacal

maritime

massacre

massage

matrix

matron

mausoleum

memoir

meningitis

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mercantile

microscopy

miniature

mirage

mischievous

mistletoe

molecule

monomania

morphine

museum

mustache

na[:i]ve

na[:i]veté

nape

national

negligee

neither

nephew

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nepotism

news

niche

nicotine

nominative

nuisance

obeisance

obese

obesity

obligatory

oblique

obscenity

occult

octavo

office

often

ogle

olden

oleomargarine

onerous

only

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onyx

opponent

orchestra

orchid

ordeal

orthoepy

oxide

pageant

panorama

pantomime

papier-maché

parent

paresis

parietal

parse

patent

pathos

patriot

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patriotic

patron

patronage

pecan

pedagogical

pedagogy

peremptory

perfect _v._

perfect _adj._

perfume _n._

perfume _v._

peritonitis

permit _n._

permit _v._

petal

phaeton

phalanx

pharmaceutic

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philanthropic

phosphorus

phthisis

pianoforte

piquant

placard

plait

platinum

plebeian

porcelain

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portrait

prairie

precedence

precedent _n._

precedent _adj._

precise

predecessor

preface _n._ and _v._

prelate

prelude _n._

presentation

prestige

pretense

pretext

pretty

pristine

probity

process

produce _n._

profile

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programme or program

progress _n._

promenade

pro rata

protégé

protestation

provocative

provost

prussic

psalms

puerile

put _v._

pyramidal

pyrites

pyrotechnics

quadrille

quagmire

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quarrel

quay

query

quinine

qui vive

radish

raillery

rapine

raspberry

rather

ration

rational

rationale

recess

recluse

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recondite

reconnoissance

reconnoiter

recourse

recreant

recreate (to refresh)

re-create (to create anew)

refuse _n._

refutable

régime

relaxation

remediable

renaissance

rendezvous

reparable

repartee

repertoire

reptile

reputable

requiem

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research

resource

respirable

respite _n._ and _v._

résumé

retch

retrocede

retrograde

revocable

revolt

rise _n._

rise _v._

robust

romance

root

route

routine

sacrament

sacrifice _n._

sacrifice _v._

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sacrificable

sacrilege

sacristy

sagacious

said

saline

salivary

sanguine

sarsaparilla

satin

satire

satrap

satyr

saucy

saunter

scallop

scenic

schedule

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seismic

senile

sepulcher

sergeant

servile

sesame

sew

sheik

shekel

shew

shewn

shone

silhouette

simile

simultaneous

sinecure

sirup or syrup

skein

slake

sleek

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sloth

slough (a mire)

slough (to cast off)

sobriquet

soften

soirée

solder

solecism

sonorous

soot

soporific

sough

souvenir

sovereign

spheroid

spinach or spinage

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spirit

splenetic

squalid

squalor

stalwart

stanch

status

stereopticon

stereoscope

stereotype

stolid

strategic

stratum

strew

strychnine

student

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suave

suavity

subsidence

subtile (thin)

subtle (sly)

suffice

suite

superfluous

supple

survey _n._

survey _v._

suture

swath

sword

syllabic

synod

syringe

systole

tapis

tassel

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taunt

tedious

telegraphy

temperament

tenacious

tenet

tepid

t[^e]te-à-t[^e]te

thyme

tiara

tiny

tirade

to

tomato

tortoise

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towards

trachea

transparent

travel

traveler

traverse _n._, _a._, _v._

treble

tremor

tribune

trio

tripartite

troche

trochee

troth

truculent

truths

tuberose

turquoise

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tuxedo

tyranny

ultimatum

umbilicus

umbrella

unprecedented

unwary

usurp

vaccinate

vaccine

vagary

valet

varioloid

vase

vehemence

vehement

venison

veratrine

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verdigris

vermicelli

vignette

vindicatory

violin

virile

virulence

virulent

vis-a-vis

viscount

visor

vivacious

vizier

volatile

wainscot

warrior

wary

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weapon

wont

wound

yew

yolk

youths

zenith

zodiacal

zoölogy

zymotic

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