weasel
cutlery
lenient
produce
mullein
suspense
scythe
foreign
trivial
fugitive
violence
structure
palate
thwart
assume
material
sovereign
semicolon
initial
terrify
acquaint
referred
irritated
prominent
Mow the mulleins on the terrace with scythes. Be lenient with a
prominent citizen. Listening in suspense. A foreigner attempted
violence on our sovereign. Buy steel cutlery of the best material.
A terrified fugitive. I assumed you were acquainted. The initials
should be capitals. He referred to trivial faults in their language.
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cactus
tactful
contact
attract
trophy
gopher
dolphin
typhoid
ebony
agony
economy
scoundrel
denounce
pronounce
mahogany
toboggans
Write --s after halo, solo, folio, piano, banjo, lasso, canto,
memento; as, halos.
The greyhound caught a gopher. Our curlers won the trophy. Denounce
the scoundrel. The senior judge pronounced sentence. A tactful
phrase. Erect the steeple according to the contract. The coroner at
the inquest. The dolphin often changes color when dying. Ebony is
dear. Practise economy. The sewing-machine cover is mahogany. He
cried in agony. A lassoed ox gored him. A toboggan slide.
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recruit
pursuit
herring
haddock
divorce
corridor
tortoise
porpoise
career
pioneer
peelings
teeming
antelope
envelope
velvety
roly-poly
Place inter-- with line, lock, mingle, meddle, marry, lard, leave,
twine, view, weave, space; as, interline.
Gild the frame. A porpoise pursued the herring. The envelopes in the
corridor are of velvety material. Tortoises are turtles. Creeks,
teeming with salmon. A pioneer's career seldom led to divorce. In
subduing a nation we use forcible means. The roly-poly is surely
cooked. The peelings of the potatoes. Eat some haddock. The young
recruit started in pursuit of an antelope.
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fatal
brutal
psalm
pshaw
release
meagre
features
deceased
quoits
feigned
slaughter
smudged
pumice
avarice
jaundice
sacrifice
Join --ly to guilty, hearty, heavy, happy, saucy; as, guiltily.
The disease proved fatal. The details of deceased's career were
meagre. Pumice floats in liquid. I feel fatigued. A brutal slaughter.
The features seem calm. Release the prisoner afflicted with jaundice.
Avarice and greediness are undesirable qualities. Their sacrifice was
only feigned. Select a psalm. The smudged moulder can pitch quoits.
Pshaw! the file was too brittle.
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nozzle
drizzle
palings
parings
adieu
ochre
euchre
Europe
frigid
average
revenge
challenge
adventure
calculate
aggregate
congregate
Add --er, --est, --ly to speedy, plucky, hasty, weary, knotty.
Reuben bade adieu to Europe. The victor challenged us to a game
of euchre. The aggregate is forty-four, the average eleven. They
congregate to seek revenge. The sunbeams glare on the snow in frigid
lands. I can gauge a barrel of ale. The apple parings are frozen and
rigid. Paint the fence palings with yellow ochre. He held the nozzle
of the hose in a drizzling rain. Calculate the cost.
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sorrel
gospel
marvel
sentinel
gluey
clayey
exempt
brethren
route
tourist
artery
energy
spinach
chicory
grievous
mischievous
Copy,--Gov. means Governor; Gen., General; Col., Colonel; Prof.,
Professor; B.C., Before Christ; A.D., In the year of our Lord.
The sentinel challenged with great energy a mischievous tourist.
The colonel cut an artery. The sorrel horse followed by a different
route. The clayey soil was gluey, too stiff for spinach. An
exhibition of sleight-of-hand tricks. A mixture of chicory and
coffee. He marvels at our grievous affliction. Preach the gospel.