1
baboon
harpoon
caboose
papoose
survive
surmount
surround
surrender
melody
harmony
injury
industry
melodious
harmonious
injurious
industrious
Add --ful to care, spoon, pail, mouth, tear, sorrow, wonder, mirth.
The whale survived the harpoon's injurious effects. The city will
surrender ere the troops surround it or surmount the towers. Their
melodious voices seem in perfect harmony. The squaw's papoose slept
in the caboose. The industrious carpenter's adze. Wear a ruff. Our
yacht is a swift sailer. Baboons are apes.
2
dial
diary
diamond
dialogue
falcon
weapon
jealous
zealous
fidgety
hedgehog
partridge
cartridge
colony
colonial
envious
previous
Put --less after speech, flaw, fault, shame, tear, thought, doubt.
Falcons are trained hawks. Partridge are called grouse. The
hedgehog's weapons are quills. The zealous preacher's diary contained
an account of a previous wreck. Be not jealous or envious of people
wearing diamonds. Colonial means belonging to a colony. The dial of a
clock. Alter our dialogue. The fidgety maiden dreaded all weapons. We
load pistols with cartridges.
3
liable
denial
defiant
reliance
peony
surgeon
sturgeon
melodeon
grateful
pressure
forbade
forbidden
angular
irregular
circular
particular
Add --ing to lodge, trudge, grudge, pickle, crumble, curdle,
gurgle, cripple, pierce, rescue, partake; as, lodging.
After some pressure the surgeon sent a defiant denial. Put no
reliance in irregular scholars. Angling with bait for sturgeon is
strictly forbidden. You are liable to be fined. In this particular
case a surgeon dressed the wound. In vain he forbade their teasing
the lynx. I gratefully accepted the red peony. Play the melodeon.
Make angular blocks.
4
notify
modify
signify
qualify
divine
divisor
division
diligent
esteem
redeem
peevish
discreet
twopence
threepence
halfpenny
blackguard
Join --able to note, love, tame, cure, endure, adore, advise,
remove, dispute; as, notable.
Notify the buyers that we'll modify our terms. Twopence per ounce is
the wholesale price. The diligent are esteemed. Redeem your sundial.
The division is correct but the divisor is wrong. Only a blackguard
would steal a child's halfpenny. Place circular rows tier above tier.
Our discreet physician has a peevish patient. Are you qualified for
the position?
5
tunnel
funnel
furnish
burnish
savor
flavor
tumor
rumor
suet
cruet
frequent
eloquent
describe
subscribe
description
subscription
Place un-- before envied, noticed, settled, erring, foreseen,
christian, known, married, merciful; as, unenvied.
At the inquest I was frequently requested to furnish a description of
the stolen cruet. The steak has the flavor and savor of suet. Accept
half-yearly subscriptions from the subscribers. Burnish the brass
funnel. Rumors of a wreck in the tunnel. The eloquent doctor cures
tumors.