This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... height hor'ror dis tin'guish di vis'i ble dun'geon dis ease' dis ap point' di gest'i ble dif fi cult dis pen'sa ry dys pep'si a em bar'rass es'sence ex'cel lent ex cla ma'tion ex'er cise ex haus'tion ex hi bi'tion ex pe'ri ence ex pla na'tion WORD BUILDING The stem doc, doct, means to teach, taught. Define: ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... height hor'ror dis tin'guish di vis'i ble dun'geon dis ease' dis ap point' di gest'i ble dif fi cult dis pen'sa ry dys pep'si a em bar'rass es'sence ex'cel lent ex cla ma'tion ex'er cise ex haus'tion ex hi bi'tion ex pe'ri ence ex pla na'tion WORD BUILDING The stem doc, doct, means to teach, taught. Define: doc'ile, in doc'tri nate, doc'u ment, doc'trine, doc' tor, doc'tor ate. Make verbs of the following nouns and adjectives by using the suffix ize: Learn, and use these synonyms in sentences: for give', to banish ill feeling caused by personal injury, par'don, to cancel the punishment due an offender. ha'tred, dislike that is shown, o'di um, dislike that is borne. THIRTEENTH WEEK The schoolhouse was a low building of one large room rudely constructed of logs; the windows partly glazed and partly patched with leaves of old copy books. It stood in a rather lonely but pleasant situation, just at the foot of a woody hill, with a brook running close by, and a formidable birch tree growing at one end of it. The low murmur of the pupils' voices conning over their lessons might be heard of a drowsy summer's day, like the hum of a beehive; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master in the tone of menace or command or, peradventure, by the appalling sound of the birch as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge.--Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. WORD BUILDING The prefix un be/ore a verb means to take off, to reverse. Define: un bos'om, un earth', un twist', un wrap', un yoke', un sheathe', un rav'el. Using the suffix ance, change the following verbs into nouns. Keep in mind the rules for final e and for final y. an noy' de liv'er com ply' grieve ad here' con trive' guide dis turb' re sem'ble...
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