cereal
achieve
incite
typical
catarrh
heinous
renewal
fiendish
reticent
variance
civilian
physical
adjacent
pleurisy
inveigle
dynamite
reprieve
expedient
miscreant
acquittal
counterfeit
descendant
assailant
consistent
machinist
benevolent
lieutenant
conveyance
Improvident mendicants made incessant appeals for relief. A reticent
lieutenant achieved mastery over his assailant. Is it expedient to
reprieve the miscreant who incited to such heinous crimes? Pleurisy
and catarrh are physical ailments. Was it fiendish to use dynamite in
besieging a citadel? An arrogant but benevolent machinist deemed it
consistent with honor to inveigle counterfeiters. Wheat is a typical
cereal. A renewal of the civilians' league led to many variances with
the soldiers.
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offence
defence
pretence
eminence
diligence
deference
eloquence
indolence
excellence
recurrence
device
entice
suffice
spliced
indict
bulwarks
maintain
inditing
commodore
despicable
Form words in --ence from prefer, infer, confer, reside, revere.
Give verb forms corresponding to advice, device, practice, prophecy.
For a recurrence of the despicable offence he was promptly indicted
before a magistrate. The eloquence of the lawyer sufficed for his
defence. In deference to the commodore's request he spliced ropes
with diligence. His indolence was truly a pretence to cloak knavery.
A bulwark is perched on the lofty eminence. Savory fruits enticed the
saucy ruffian. The excellence of his device for maintaining warmth
is acknowledged. The document was indited and sealed. It is a wise
practice not to prophesy about elections.
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malice
novice
cornice
solstice
artifice
estuary
obituary
dromedary
secretary
arbitrary
auxiliary
adversary
sanctuary
temporary
stationary
wether
brigand
bureau
enumerate
incredible
Add --ary to beg, note, vision, infirm, imagine, mission, custom.
The malice of his adversary was incredible. Though a mere novice
in business, he is made temporary secretary of the grocers' guild.
The obituary notice was deceiving. The brigands fled on dromedaries
beyond the Nile estuary. The cornice meets the sanctuary ceiling.
Is the sun stationary at the solstice? The arbitrary tyrant was won
over by a clever artifice. Enumerate the auxiliary verbs. From a
circle around the moon many augur foul weather. A tainted wether of
the flock. An ermine mantle occupied the mantel-piece. The adze and
auger are carpenters' tools. A handsome bureau adorned the ladies'
waiting-room.
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roguery
quackery
colliery
cemetery
artillery
cajolery
treachery
shrubbery
monastery
stationery
axis
oasis
crisis
gratis
trellis
mechanism
ingenious
delectable
periodical
revolution
Join --ery to brave, scene, pot, mock, slave, brew, distil, bake.
Can you distinguish between quackery, cajolery, and roguery? A corps
of artillery quelled the feud at the colliery. A cemetery near the
monastery is concealed by profuse shrubbery and vines climbing on
trellises. The treachery of the guards occasioned an alarming crisis.
An oasis in the desert is delectable. The earth's revolution on its
axis is shown by an ingenious mechanism. His services are given
gratis. Purchase the periodicals at a stationery store. A stationary
engine is one not movable. A stationer sells stationery, as a
confectioner sells confectionery.
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oratory
cursory
dilatory
lavatory
dormitory
directory
desultory
obligatory
compulsory
promissory
harass
cutlass
trespass
abscess
embarrass
merciless
malignant
merchandise
curriculum
interrogative
Put --ory or --tory with direct, deposit, prepare, purge, explain.
The college lavatory adjoins the dormitory, not the vestibule.
A dilatory customer was embarrassed by the cashier's refusal to
discount a promissory note. A cursory glance revealed a malignant
abscess. Desultory attacks in the merciless warfare harassed our
adversaries. Trespassers were frightened off by guards equipped
with cutlasses. Oratory is made obligatory by the new curriculum.
I certified to the completeness of the revised directory. Freight
charges on the cargo of merchandise are not satisfactory. Alter the
exclamatory sentence to an interrogative one.
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destine
doctrine
aniline
gelatine
sanguine
profile
ductile
missile
imbecile
projectile
license
incense
dispense
condense
recompense
superseded
destructive
apothecary
temperament
Dreadnought
Form words by adding --e to bath, cloth, loath, wreath, breath.
Condensed aniline dyes seem destined to supersede other varieties. He
advocates the doctrine of recompensing owners of revoked licenses.
The projectiles hurled from a modern Dreadnought's batteries are most
destructive missiles. The apothecary does not dispense gelatine or
incense. The imbecile is obstinate. Gold is ductile. His countenance
as seen in profile indicates a sanguine temperament. The marshal
mustered the troops levied in populous centres. A circus troupe
delighted the populace.