clause
league
culprit
knavish
bureau
quotient
peculiar
chieftain
persevere
ignorant
moustache
machinery
biscuit
syringe
patient
decrease
lacrosse
mystery
lynch
giraffe
gallery
bicycle
superior
delicate
Our maid was ignorant of the mysteries of dyeing. By persevering she
succeeded in kneading dough for biscuit. She has a peculiar stare,
but is certainly a superior servant. The chieftain waxes his reddish
moustache. They may lynch the culprit who knavishly interfered with
the machinery. On the bureau is a model of a bicycle near a picture
of a giraffe. The patient is in delicate health.
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gaudy
pauper
haunted
gauntlet
musical
medical
musician
physician
withhold
nowhere
loophole
threshold
accident
hesitate
meditate
obstinate
Add --ness to saucy, heavy, weighty, cleanly, lazy, lively, easy,
chilly, hasty, musty; as, sauciness.
The musician meditates on a new hymn. The heir's birthday. Nowhere
would physicians or medical men withhold medicine from a pauper.
The obstinate knave's laziness and sauciness made them hesitate.
The great heaviness or weightiness of lead. I innocently caused an
accident. The door-hinges creaked. He threw the gauntlet on the
threshold of the haunted chamber.
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hyena
hyphen
cycling
hyacinth
victuals
cayenne
conquer
conquest
dye-stuff
rye-bread
therefore
buckwheat
ravine
vaseline
benzine
magazine
Add --y to humble, noble, single, double, forcible, ease, able,
ample, simple, wheeze; as, humbly.
"Rye-bread" requires a hyphen. Before the tempest it was calm in the
ravine. Use cayenne pepper sparingly on victuals. Benzine removes
stains. Vaseline is advertised in the weekly magazine. The savage
hyena was conquered. We see lovely hyacinths when cycling. Lye comes
through leaching ashes. Dye-stuff injured his eyesight, therefore he
wears glasses.
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talons
dragon
ransom
random
baffle
ruffle
tussle
muddle
mumble
hubbub
smuggle
straddle
infancy
vacancy
resemble
assemble
Join --d, --ing to meddle, tattle, haggle, prattle, crinkle,
cackle, kindle, stifle, puddle; as, meddled, meddling.
The eagle's cruel talons. St. George slew the dragon. A blazing
chimney baffled the brigade. After a severe tussle he seized the
smuggler's dagger. Avoid mumbling words. Random efforts are usually
vain. Ransom the captive from the tower. Choose a roan mare. In
infancy he resembled my nephew whose legacy he enjoys. Crowds
assembled. Fill the vacancy. A good policy.
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ulster
bolster
upholster
register
moisten
moisture
pastime
furniture
tangle
triangle
mangled
dangling
garbage
herbage
encourage
discourage
Write --ing after piece, pierce, grieve, dangle, jingle, arise,
deserve, drizzle, resemble, assemble; as, piercing.
My ulster resists moisture. Weigh the feather bolster. Erase their
names from the register. Flying kites is a boy's pastime. A triangle
has three corners. Moisten the clothes. A mangled limb. Bury the
decayed herbage and other garbage. See the cord dangling. Upholster
the lounge at the furniture factory. Encourage the scholar. He seems
discouraged.
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affect
protect
inspect
prospect
bantam
banners
fleeting
greeting
plight
delight
sight-seer
twilight
satchel
thatched
petticoat
hoar-frost
To worthy, hungry, speedy, crusty, cheery, airy, weary, angry,
sturdy, dreary, add --er, --est; as, worthier, worthiest.
The prospect of bathing at twilight delights us. Satchel in hand,
he inspected our quiet village. Even the sight-seers were affected
by the children's greeting. A thatched roof often leaks. See the
hoar-frost glisten. A sorry plight, a clumsier gait. Protect the
herdsman's bantams. Baby clutches a red banner. The fleeting hour.