whirl
essay
polar
twitch
curate
whinny
origin
actress
dessert
accuse
solemn
sulphur
terrible
execute
regular
skeleton
decency
valuable
visible
scissors
prophet
bachelor
cucumber
headdress
The bachelor's scissors are valuable. An essay on the origin of
sulphur. For decency's sake. The actress wears a movable wreath
as a headdress. Two terrible dragons were visible. Of course the
lynx steals bait. The prophets were accused and executed. A sign of
meanness and baseness. The curate's speech at dessert was too solemn.
Regular meals improve one's health.
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brier
fiery
variety
society
debtor
editor
janitor
operator
opinion
religion
rebellion
dominion
permit
admitted
remitting
submission
Add --ed, --ing to admit, remit, permit, submit; as, admitted.
Legions of British soldiers and fiery hordes of savages fought during
the rebellion in Egypt. All debtors must settle their accounts with
the editor. The janitor of the school paid the operator. "Good-day,"
cried the mower, whetting his scythe. Briers have grown among the
lilies and furze bushes. Permit no wrong. The gambler's companions
submitted. Our country is a dominion. We have a variety of opinions
in our society.
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cutlet
omelet
banquet
pamphlet
jovial
billiards
burdock
bulrush
ruffian
guardian
historian
librarian
fraction
affection
recollect
collection
Put --ly after cool, cruel, royal, central, jovial, natural, exact.
At the banquet I ate a cutlet and an omelet. Our guardians seized
the ruffians. He coolly knelt. I guessed the quantity exactly. Do
you recollect my collection of problems on fractions? The genial
historian has written a pamphlet. The librarian bought tracts. He
pried into the secret of our large profits. The actor is jovial and
plays billiards. A burdock is a coarse weed. Bulrushes or cat-tails
grow in swamps.
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oval
vocal
petal
formal
oral
coral
floral
mortal
infinite
definite
opposite
favorite
admirable
reasonable
confession
profession
Put --er, --est, --ly with icy, haughty, guilty, shabby, steady,
sleepy, pretty, gloomy, noisy, mighty; as, icier, iciest, icily.
Petals are oval-shaped. What admirable vocal music! I made an oral
confession. Act reasonably. Coral beads. Bicycle pedals are made of
steel. Dredge opposite the pier. Florists deal in floral wreaths. The
prophets taught the people to value their immortal souls. Mention a
definite sum for freight. The heavens seem infinite.
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valiant
brilliant
ridicule
vestibule
dribble
dwindle
constable
estimable
appeal
reveal
conceal
congeal
cavalry
mineral
political
principal
Add --able to love, move, tame, blame, value; as, lovable.
A valiant cavalry charge won the fight. Bleak, level plains. The
syrup dribbles. The profits dwindle away. Conceal the precious
minerals. The brilliant light revealed several new features. Lambs
bleat. Sun-bleached linen. The vestibule floor creaks. You resemble
our estimable principal. Ice is water congealed. He ridicules the
miner's bare pate. The choir chants a psalm or hymn. Observe the
pauses. A political speech. Appeal to the judge.
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general
eternal
internal
external
forgery
drapery
drollery
drudgery
actual
gradual
punctual
continual
derrick
barracks
bullock
hammock
Write over-- with rate, run, ride, reach, joyed; as, overrate.
The generals alight. Their arrival at the barracks was the signal
for freeing negroes from slavery. Internal or external injury. A
gradual growth. Almighty God is eternal. The pale widow's mite.
Two mettlesome steeds. The drapery blazed up. Forgery is a serious
offence. Drudgery is continual labor; drollery, odd humor.