ochre
pshaw
quoits
tourist
energy
meagre
nozzle
career
clayey
grateful
pioneer
forcible
recruit
typhoid
release
brethren
grievous
features
economy
envelope
mahogany
challenge
mischievous
congregate
The pioneer practised economy in his whole career. Paint the
door-jambs with yellow ochre. A crowd congregated. I was grateful
for my release. He laments over his brethren's grievous attacks
of typhoid fever. A mischievous recruit turned the nozzle on the
tourists. The supply of mahogany wood is meagre. A blue envelope.
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pacify
crucify
glorify
specify
reveal
bereave
pasturage
orphanage
avail
prevail
delaine
maimed
colonize
apologize
patronize
economize
Add --d, --ing to guide, grieve, cease, receive, plague, erase,
scare, relieve; as, guided, guiding.
A quaint carriage conveyed the bereaved waifs to an orphanage. The
maimed woman is dressed in delaine. Specify a chance to economize.
Apologize to the mayor for the pasturage. Colonize the islands and
patronize their people. If he prevailed, some would glorify, others
crucify him. Endeavor to pacify the rebels. It is of no avail to
reveal the secret.
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bamboo
grooved
dragoon
kangaroo
applaud
defraud
fraction
fractured
intimate
emigrate
obstinate
ventilate
advocate
suffocate
summary
rummage
Put in-- before direct, distinct, constant, decent, capable,
corrupt.
The squeamish dragoon has a vein of humor. He obstinately refuses to
emigrate. Our intimate friends applaud the supple kangaroo's tricks.
We shall suffocate unless you ventilate this chamber. The fractured
limb was cut off. What fraction of eight is four? Write a summary of
the scene. Advocate honesty. The bamboo was grooved. He was defrauded
at a rummage sale.
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Saxon
caldron
squadron
simpleton
scandal
placard
numeral
scabbard
numerous
generous
accustom
customary
positive
inquisitive
negative
interrogative
Add --ous to fury, study, melody, envy, vary; as, furious.
The simpleton read the placard. He gives negative or interrogative
answers. He is positively furious at the scandal. Soup was supplied
to the squadron from a generous caldron. Draw forth the sword from
the scabbard. The inquisitive dwarf, wrapped in numerous robes,
occupies his customary seat. We grate nutmegs on the grater. Numerals
as four. Briton and Saxon are one. The detective's sight is not
defective.
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jersey
blarney
abolish
demolish
idiot
patriot
chariot
champion
merino
tapioca
myrtle
pyramid
delegate
desperate
reverent
tenement
Write --es after mulatto, mosquito, motto, calico, domino.
Could the pyramids of Egypt be demolished by cannon? I've read of
Scottish patriots and warriors. Speak reverently to aged women. Is
their son an idiot? We'll abolish crowded tenements. A delegates'
meeting. In a chariot rode a wizard clad in myrtle green. I ate
tapioca pudding. A desperate rogue tried to blarney us. The champion
Jersey cow. Merino wool.
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acquire
acquaint
prairies
porcelain
treacle
theatre
stirrup
innings
scalawag
vengeance
geography
photograph
turnstile
valentine
turpentine
Hallow-e'en
Write --es, --ed after copy, glory, envy, pity, fancy, modify.
Hallow-e'en is the eve of All-Saints' Day. Buy a porcelain bowl,
and a quart of turpentine. A scalawag emptied treacle upon the
turnstile. We upbraided her for acquiring a craving for the theatre.
St. Valentine's Day. His stirrup broke on the prairie. Photograph the
maid studying geography.