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Various

"The Illustrated London Reading Book"

n._ to rot
PU'ZZLE, _v.a._ perplex; confound; tease; entangle
PY'RAMID, _s._ a solid figure, whose base is a polygon and whose sides
are plain triangles, their several points meeting in one
PYTHA'GORAS, _s._ the originator of the present system universe
PYTHAGORE'ANS, _s._ followers of Pythagoras

QUALIFICATION, _s._ accomplishment; that which makes any person or thing
fit for anything
QUA'NTITY, _s._ any indeterminate weight or measure; bulk or weight; a
portion; a part
QUA'RRY, _s._ game flown at by a hawk; a stone mine

RA'DIANT, _a._ shining; emitting rays
RAMIFICA'TION, _s._ division or separation into branches; small
branches; branching out
RA'NCID, _a._ strong scented
RAPA'CIOUS, _a._ given to plunder; seizing by violence
RAPI'DITY, _s._ celerity; velocity; swiftness
RA'PTURE, _s._ transport; haste
RA'TTLE, _s._ a quick noise nimbly repeated; empty and loud talk; a
plant
RA'TTLESNAKE, _s._ a kind of serpent, which has a rattle at the end of
its tail
REA'CTION, _s._ the reciprocation of any impulse or force impressed,
made by the body on which such an impression is made
RE'ALISE, _v.a._ bring into being or act; convert money into land.


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