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VOCABULARY OF WORDS USED IN THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK.
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[We have considered that it would be useful to the young reader to have
a ready means of reference, in the READING BOOK itself, to all unusual
words of one syllable, and all the words of two syllables and above,
that occur in the various lessons. In the following pages will be found,
properly accentuated, all the more difficult polysyllables, with their
meanings, derived from Johnson, Walker, and other competent
authorities.]
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ABA'NDON, _v.a._ give up; resign, or quit; forsake; leave
ABI'LITY, _s._ capacity; qualification; power
A'BJECT, _a._ mean; being of no hope or regard; destitute
ABLU'TION, _s._ the act of cleansing or washing clean; water used in
washing
ABO'LISH, _v.a._ make void; put an end to; destroy
ABO'UND, _v.n._ have in great plenty; be in great plenty
ABRE'AST, _ad._ side by side
ABRU'PTLY, _ad._ hastily; suddenly; without the due forms of preparation
A'BSOLUTE, _a._ positive; certain; unlimited
A'BSTRACT, _s._ the smaller quantity containing the virtue or power of
the greater
ABSTRU'SE, _a.
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