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Various

"The Illustrated London Reading Book"

a._ fasten strongly
RI'VULET, _s_ a small river; streamlet; brook
ROMA'NTIC, _a._ wild; fanciful
ROO'KERY, _s._ a nursery of rooks
ROYA'LIST, _s._ adherent to a King
RU'BY, _s._ a precious stone of a red colour
RU'DIMEMT, _s._ the first principle
RU'GGED, _a._ rough; uneven; rude
RU'STIC, _a._ rough; rude; pertaining to the country
RUSTI'CITY, _s._ rural appearance; simplicity

SA'CRAMENT, _s._ an oath; an outward and visible sign of an inward and
spiritual grace
SA'CRED, _a._ immediately relating to God; holy
SA'CRIFICE, _v.a._ offer to heaven; destroy or give up for the sake of
something else; destroy; kill
SAGA'CITY, _a._ quickness of scent; acuteness of discovery
SA'LINE, _a._ consisting of salt; constituting bait
SA'NCTITY, _s._ holiness; goodness; purity
SA'NGUINARY, _a._ cruel; bloody; murderous
SA'PPHIRE, _s._ a precious stone, of a blue colour
SAU'RIAN, _s._ a reptile belonging to the order of Sauris or lizards
SAVA'NNAH, _s._ an open meadow without wood
SCABBARD, _s._ the sheath of a sword or dagger
SCE'NERY, _s._ the appearances of places or things; the background of
the scenes of a play
SCE'PTRE, _s._ the ensign of royalty borne in the hand
SCI'ENCE, _s.


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