Red' Branch, an ancient order among the Irish. See p. 80.

re deem'ed (rẻ dēmd'), ransomed; hence, reformed.

re doubt' (ré dout'), a kind of fortification. reek' ing (rek' ing), steaming, emitting vapor.

reeling (rel' ing), staggering.

ré form' er, one who effects a reformation. ref' uge (rěť új), a protecting shelter. re gen' er a ted (rẻ jen' ér a těd), again, renewed.

born

reg' is ter (rej' Is tēr), an accurate record. Reg' ilus, a Roman general and patriot tortured to death by the Carthaginians B. C. 251. See p. 56.

re hearse' (rẻ hers'), to recite, to repeat. reign (ran), rule, to rule.

re ject' ed (rê jěk'těd), cast off, thrown away.

re lease' (ré les'), to set free.

re lig' ious (rẻ lĭj' us), pertaining to religion, godly.

re lin' quish, (rẻ lĩn' kwĭsh), to leave, to give up.

rem' nant (-nant), that which is left.

re morseless (rẻ inôrs' lĕs), cruel without

remorse.

re mote’ (rẻ một ), distant.

ren' dez vous (ren' dě voo), an appointed place of meeting.

rend' Ing, tearing apart by force. ré pěll'ing, resisting successfully. Reph'i dim (ref'ĭ dim), a place famed for

a victory of the Hebrews over King Amalek. See p. 33.

ré plen' Ish Ing, supplying what has been wasted or spent.

rep rẻ sent' a tive (-zěnt' à tĭv), one who acts for, and in the place of, others. ré press', to put down, to subdue.

re pugnant (-nant), (followed by to) opposed, contrary.

re puls'ed (ré půlst'), repelled, driven back. re semble (rẻ zěm'b'l), to bear the likeness of.

re sourc' es (rẻ sōrs'ĕz), reserve supplies. ré splendent (-dent), bright with luster. rẻ spon' si bil' ĭty, the state of being accountable or answerable.

res to ra' tion (-shun) replacing to a former condition.

re strict' ed (re strikt'ěd), limited, restrained.

res ur rec' tion (rěz ur rěk' shun), return of the dead from the grave.

re tard' Ing, delaying, making to go slow. rê tôrt', a severe reply.

rẻ trench', to lessen, to curtail, to live at

less expense.

rět ri bu' tion (-shun) fitting reward or punishment.

re turn'ed (rê tûrnd'), sent back, restored. rev é la' tion (-shun), the disclosure of what had been unknown.

re veng'ed (rẻ věnjd'), spitefully punished in return for an injury.

rev' er ence (-ens), respect coupled with fear, veneration.

re vers'ed (ré vērst'), turned back, overthrown, completely changed.

ré viv' al (-al), return of activity.

rẻ vōlt, a casting off of allegiance to one's government.

Rhine' land (rin' lănd), the borders of the river Rhine.

rife (rif), prevailing, abounding. right (rit), just claim or privilege. rig' id (rij' ĭd), stiff; hence, exact. ri val ry (-val ry), competition, a strife to obtain an object another is pursuing. roam (rōm), to wander.

rob'ed (robd), dressed in a robe; hence, with elegance.

ro măn' tic (-tik), wild, fanciful, unusual. roof'-tree (-tre), a sheltering tree.

rose ate (roze at), resembling a rose in
color or fragrance, ulooming.
rous'ed (rouzd), suddenly awakened to
action.

rou tine' (roo tēn'), a fixed way.
ruf' fian (ruf' yan), a brutal fellow.
rugged, rough, uneven, hard.
rushing, hurrying violently.

Rus' sell (rus' el), William, a distinguished English patriot; born 1639, beheaded 1683.

rus' tic (rus' tik, rural, unpolished. ruth' less (-les), pitiless, without mercy.

See

Sā' bä, an island of the West Indies. p. 98. Sabines (sābīnz), an ancient tribe merged with the Romans by forced marriages. sa' bér, a sword for mounted men. sable (-b'l), black.

sack' cloth (sak' kloth), rough cloth worn in mourning.

sack'ed (sakt), pillaged.

sac' ra ments (sak' rå ments), religious ordinances.

sa' cred (sā' kred), holy, consecrated. så ga' cious (-shus), wise, or acute in thought and action.

sage (saj), a wise man.

Så gun' tum, a city in Spain famous for the contests between Scipio and Hannibal. See p. 63.

Salem, a fond Hebrew epithet for Jerusalem. See p. 45, 48.

săl' ly, a rush of besieged troops upon the besiegers.

săl'uta ry, beneficial, wholesome. sanc' ti fied (sank' ti fid), made holy. sanc' tion (sank' shun), approval. sanc'tu a ry (sank'-, a holy place for divine worship.

săn' dal (-dal), a kind of shoe protecting the sole of the foot.

san' guine (san' gwin), ardent, confident. sap' phire (saf'ir), a precious stone of a blue color.

Sär din' I a (-a), an Italian state taken by the Romans from the Carthaginians. See p. 63.

sā' trap, a Persian governor.

sa' tyr (sa' ter), a mythological monster, part man and part goat.

Saul (sal), the first Hebrew king, 10951056, B. C. See p. 40.

sa' vor (-ver), taste, flavor, odor. sa' vor, to have the appearance of. Sax' on (săks' un), an English element derived from the German invasion. scab' bard (skão' bêrd), a sword sheath. scale (skal, to climb, to surmount. scales (skalz), balances for determining weights.

scalp (skalp), the skin on the top of the head.

scant' ily (skǎnt'ĭ lý), sparingly. scathe (skath), to injure, to waste. scep'ter (sep'ter), an official emblem of authority.

sci en tif' ic (si ĕn tĭf' ĭk), according to the rules of science.

sci' on (siun), a young shoot; hence, son or child.

Scipio (sip' Iō), a Roman general victorious over Hannibal. See p. 65. scoop'ed (skoopt), taken out or up, as with

a scoop.

scope (skōp), space, range of action or ability.

scorn (skôrn), to despise, to disdain. Scourge (skûrj), a harsh whip; hence, to whip, to punish.

scowl (skoul), a wrinkling of the brows in displeasure.

scrupulous (skry 'pú lus), very particular or exact.

scrutiny (skry' ti ný), close search or inquiry.

sculp'tor (skulp' ter), one who carves images in stone or wood.

se cession (sẻ sẽзh' ŭn), the act of withdrawing from fellowship.

se cluded (sé klud'éd), retired, separated from others.

sect (sekt), a body of persons holding a special religious belief.

sec' u lar (sek' u ler), worldly, not spiritual.

se du' cer (se du' ser), one that entices another from virtue.

seer (ser), a prophet, one who foresees future events.

seeth' ing (seth ĭng), boiling.

self' å base' ment

(-ment),

from a sense of shame.

humiliation

sen' si bil'i ty, delicacy of feeling.

sen' tient (sen' shent), having power to think.

sep' ul cher (sep' ul kér), a grave, a tomb. se rene' (-rēn'), calm, unruffled.

serf, one whose service belongs to a certain estate.

se' ries (sē' rēz), a succession of similar things.

ser' ried (ser' rĭd), compact, dense. servile (-11), slavish.

serv'I tude (-tud), bondage, slavery.

session (sesh' un), the time or term of sitting of a body.

sev' er ed (sev' érd), parted by force, cut off.

shaft, an arrow or spear.

shal' low (shal' lo), not deep. shape' less (shāp' les), without regular form.

Shâr' on (-ŭn), a beautiful valley in Palestine famous for its roses.

shat' ter ed (shǎt' térd), broken in pieces, disordered.

sheathe (sheth), to put in a sheath.

shel' ter ed (shel' térd), protected, covered. Shiloh (shi'lō), site of the Hebrew taber

nacle for more than 300 years; also, a title of the promised Messiah. See p. 45. shred, a fragment, a piece.

shrewd (shrud), keen, discerning, artful. shrine, a tomb or altar, a sacred place. shrink, to recoil, to draw back. shrivell ed (shriv'l'd), shrunk, drawn up into wrinkles.

shroud, covering for the dead.

shut'tle (-t'l), an instrument carrying swiftly the thread in the act of weaving. sic' kle (sik'k'l), a reaping-hook for cutting grain or grass.

Si'don, once the seaport of Damascus, and very wealthy. See p. 71. sig nif' I cant (-kaut), bearing a meaning. sin' ews tendons (sin' úz), that give strength.

sire (sir), father, ancestor. Sir I us, the "dog star." See p. 237. siz' Ing, arranging by size; as, a company of soldiers. See p. 352.

slack' en (slak''n), to relax, to loosen. slaugh'ter (sla' ter), to kill, to butcher. sloth, sluggishness, laziness.

smite (smit), to strike, to blast, to destroy. snare (snâr), a trap.

soar (sor), to rise on wings.

so bri'éty, soberness, seriousness.

so ci'e ty (so siēty), company, fellowship. Soc' ra tes (sok' rá tēs), the most celebrated philosopher of Athens; forced to take poison, B. c. 400.

Sod' om, a city of Palestine destroyed by fire from heaven B. c. 1898. See p. 43. so'lace (solás), that which comforts or soothes.

so lic' it ed (só lĭs' It ĕd), earnestly asked or requested.

sol' I tá ry, lonely, single. solve (solv), to explain. som'ber, gloomy, dark.

so no' rous (-rus), sounding clear. sôr' did, stingy, mean.

sov' er eign ty (suv'er In tỹ), supremacy. span'ned (spand), measured; as, with the hand.

Spär' ta (-ta), a famous Greek state. See p. 69.

spe' cies (spe' shēz), sort or kind.

spe cif' ic (spe sĭfĭk), definite, particular. spec'i men (spěs' ĭ men), a sample representing the whole.

spec' ta cle (spěk' tȧ k'l), a show or sight. spell (spěl), a charm.

spells (spělz), seasons of attack; as, of sickness.

spěnt, exhausted.

sphere (sfēr), range of action or influence.

Spice Isles (spis ilz), islands in the East India Seas, famous for spices. See p. 98.

splen' dor (-der), great brightness and display.

spoil'ed (spoild), rendered useless, ruined. spon ta' ne ous (-us), proceeding from natural impulse.

sports' man (-man), a hunter, one who takes pleasure in hunting.

spray (spra), a kind of mist where water flies in small particles. spurn, to reject with scorn.

squad' ron (skwŏd run), a body of cavalry, or fleet of ships.

stages (stāj' ĕs), scenes, or successive periods or degrees.

staggering, reeling, walking unsteadily. stake (stāk), a mark or limit.

stake, a bet or wager.

stalk (stak), to walk with stiff and haughty step.

stamp' ed (stampt), strongly marked. standard (-erd), a rule or guide, a nation's banner.

stär-span' gled (spang'g'ld), spangled or covered with stars.

sta'tion (sta' shun), position or post assigned.

stature (stat' ur), natural height.

stǎt' utes (-uts), the enacted laws of a state. staunch (stänch), steady, strong.

stead' fast ly (stěd' fast lỹ), firmly, constantly.

stealthy (stĕlth' y), unperceived, unno

ticed.

strand, the sea-shore.

stra te' gic al (stra tē' ji kal), pertaining to strategy, or military science. stress, force, importance.

stretch' ed (strěcht), drawn out in length. strick' en (strik''n), struck down, worn out, as with age.

stroke (strok), a blow. stroke, to rub gently.

structure (struk' tür), a building of some size.

stub' born (-bern), obstinate, unyielding. stů pĭd'I ty, mental dullness.

sub du'ed (-dud), conquered.

sub ju gā' tion (-shun), the act of subduing another.

sub lime' (-lim'), grand and lofty.

sub ôr' di nate (-nat), inferior in importance.

sub sist', to live.

sub'stance (-stans), the essential part of anything.

sub stan' tial (-shal), real, solid.

sub' stĭ tu těd, put in the place of another. sub' tile (sut't'l), fine, artful, cunning. sub version (-shun), overthrow.

suc' cor (suk' kér), aid, deliverance from distress.

suf' fér ance (-ans), endurance, toleration. suf fice' (suf fiz'), to be enough, to content. suf fi' cient ly (-fish' ent lý), enough.

suf' frage (suf' fraj), a vote, a voice in an election.

sul' try, very hot and oppressive. sum' må ry, an abridged account. sump'tú ous (-us), costly, splendid. sundered (-derd), divided, parted. sū për flu' I ty, excess.

su per nǎt' u ral (-ral), miraculous. su per numer ȧ ry, more than needed. su per sede' (-sed), to take the place of. su per sti'tion (-stĭsh' un), absurd religious belief.

sup' ple ment (-ment), an additional part. sup' pli ant (-ant), a humble petitioner. sup pli ca' tion (-ka' shun), entreaty, prayer. sup press' (-pres'), to subdue, to stifle. sú preme' (-prēm'), above all others. surge (sûrj), to swell and roll, as waves. sûr mount' ěd, overcome.

sûr viv' ing, outliving.

sus pect' (sus pěkt'), to mistrust. swains (swānz), rustic lovers.

sweep (swēp), to brush along, to pass with ротр.

swell, to increase, to grow larger. swing' Ing, vibrating.

swoop, to pounce upon and seize. symbol (sim' bŏl), a sign or emblem. sym' me try (sim' ině try), harmony of proportion.

tab'ér na cle (-k'l), a tent in which the Jews worshipped, and hence a place of worship.

tac'it (tǎs' ĭt), silent, implied but not expressed.

tac' tic al (tǎk' tĭ kal), pertaining to military science.

taintings (tant' Ings), stains, spots.

tal' is man (tǎl' Iz man), something that produces marvellous effects.

Tar' quin (tär' kwin), name of a royal family of ancient Rome.

tat too, a drum-beat or trumpet-call, the soldier's call to retire at night. taunts (tants), derides, mocks, jeers. taw' ny (tä' ny), of a yellowish-dark color. teem'ing (tem' Ing), being full, fruitful. Tell, William, a famous Swiss patriot. See p. 232.

těm per ȧ ment (-ment), the peculiar mental and physical character of an individual.

těm per ate (-at), moderate, not excessive. tem' per ed (tem' perd), brought to a proper temper or humor.

tem' po ra ry, for the time being only.

těn' dér ness, sensibility of the softer feelings.

těn'ê ment (-ment), dwelling, abode.

ter' mi nal (-nal), forming the end or extremity.

tér mi na' tion (-shun), the end.

tex' ture (teks' tur), the interwoven threads, as of a garment.

Ther mop' y lae (-le), a pass in Greece where, B. c. 480, 300 Spartans withstood the vast army of Xerxes.

thorough ness (thur' o něs), completeness. thrall (thral), a slave.

threnes (threnz), dirges, grief-songs.
threshold, the door-sill, entrance.
thrift, frugality, good husbandry.
thrilling, intensely exciting.
throng' ed (throngd), crowded.
thud, a dull sound.

ties (tiz), bonds or obligations.

tinc' tured (tink' túrd), tinged as with something foreign.

tol' er ate (-at), to suffer to be or to be done. tom' ȧ hawk (-hak), a war hatchet used by American Indians.

tongue (tung), language, from tongue, the organ of speech.

tôr' ment, extreme pain, anguish. tôr na' do, a whirling tempest. tôr' rent (-rent), a rushing stream. tor' rid, very hot, as the Torrid Zone. tor' tu ous (tôr' tù us), winding, twisting. tor' ture (tor' tür), extreme pain, agony. toss' ed (tost), thrown with a jerk.

tot' ter ing, shaking as if to fall, threatening to fall.

touch' stone (tŭch' stōn), any test by which the qualities of a thing are tried. tow' er ing (tou' er Ing), rising aloft. tra'ces (tra'sěz), marks or tracks left by anything in passing.

trade (trad), barter, the business of exchanges.

trá di' tion a ry (-dĭsh' un å rỹ), transmitted from age to age by word of mouth. tra duc' ed (trå dust'), misrepresented, defamed.

trail' ed (trāld), dragged behind.

trai' tor (tra' ter), one who is untrue to his country.

trăm' pled (-p'ld), trod on, trodden under foot.

tran' quil (trăn' kwil), calm, undisturbed. trăn scend' ent (-send' ent), surpassing others.

trăns for ma' tion (-shun), change of form. trăns mit', to pass from one to another. trăns mu ta' tion (-shun), change of nature or substance.

trans' ports, raptures, ecstasies.

treach' er ous (trèch' er us), faithless, trait

orous.

trea' ty (tre' tỷ), an agreement formally made between nations.

trẻ men' dous (-dus), astonishing by its force or extent.

trem' u lous (-lŭs), trembling, quavering. tress'es (très'ěz), ringlets or locks of hair. tri bū' nal (-nal), a court of justice.

trib' une (trib' un), a Roman officer. trite (trit), worn out, common.

tri um' phant (trī ŭm' fant), victorious. trivial (-al), trifling.

tro' phies (tro' fiz), memorials of victory. trough (trof), a hollow wooden vessel, the hollow of the waves.

troupe (troop), a company, generally of actors or musicians.

truce (trus), a temporary cessation of hostilities.

trust, confidence, reliance.

Tu' bal Cain (kān), the first skilled worker in brass and iron. See p. 178. type (tip), a pattern or emblem. ty' rant (ti'rant), a despot, an oppressor.

ū ná nĭm' I tỷ, agreement in opinion. u năn' I mous (-mus), being of one mind. un a vail' ing (un ȧ vāl' Ing), ineffectual. un bi'ased (-bi'ast), impartial. un chain'ed (-chard'), unbound. un con di' tion al ly

without conditions.

(-kěn dish′ ăn al lý),

un con fin' ed (-kon find'), free from restraint.

un con' quer ed (-kon' kérd), unsubdued. un con strain' ed (-kon stränd'), free from constraint.

un couth' (-kooth'), odd, not refined. un daunt' ed (-dant'ěd), not disheartened. un de ni' à ble (-b'l), that cannot be denied. un drain' ed (-drānd'), not freed from water, unexhausted.

un err' ing, without error.

un ex érted (ăn ĕgz-), not put forth, not called into action.

un flinch' ing, not shrinking.

un fōld' Ing, revealing, making known. un gall' ed (un gald'), unchafed. un grudging (-grăj' Ing), freely giving. unique' (u nek'), odd, singular. u'ni son (u'ni sun). harmony, agreement. ăn rẻ mắt tăng, continued, incessant. un ri' val ed (-ri' vald), without a rival. un scath' ed (un skāthd'), uninjured. un sul' li ed (-sŭl' lĭd), not tarnished. un trăm' mel ed (-měld), not confined, not shackled.

un veering (-vēr' Ing), unchanging. ûrn, a kind of vase largest in the middle. u surp' er (u zûrp' er), one who seizes the power or property of another without right.

val' iant (val' yant), brave in action. van' quish ed (văn' kwĭsht), conquered. văs' sal (-sal), a bondsman.

vaunt' ing (vänt' Ing), boasting, bragging. vē he mence (-mens), great force, ardor. ven' er å ble (-b'l), worthy of veneration. ven' om (-ŭm), poison.

ver' dant (-dant), green, fresh.
věr' I ěst, to the highest degree.
Vernon (-nun), Mount. See p. 133.

Ver sailles' (ver sālz'), a once royal suburb of Paris. See p. 176.

ves' pers (věs pērz), religious evening service.

věst' ment (-ment), garment, a covering. vět' er an (-an), one old in service.

vi' bra těd, quivered, moved to and fro. vice (vis), sin, depravity.

vi' cious (vish' us), ugly in spirit.

vi cis' si tude (vi sis' si tud), change, revolution; as, in human affairs. vil' lain (vil'lin), a scoundrel.

vine' clad (vin' klăd), covered with vines. vin' di cate (-kat), to justify and defend. virtu ous (ver' tù ŭs), morally good. vis' age (viz' âj), the face, the countenance. vis' ion (vizhun), something imagined, though not real.

vi'tal (-tal), necessary to life, highly important.

vo ca' tion (vo kā' shun), occupation. vŏl' ley (-lỹ), a discharge from many small arms at once.

Voltaire de (děh vŏl têr'), François Marie Arouet, a celebrated French author and infidel, b. 1694, d. 1778.

vol'un ta' ri ly, of one's own choice. vo lup tu ous (vỏ lúp tủ ň3), given to sensual pleasures.

vō tȧ ries (-riz), those devoted to some particular worship or pursuit.

vouch safe' (-saf'), to condescend, to grant. voyage (voi' ȧj), a journey by sea.

vulgar (vul' ger), common, low, unrefined.

wail' ing (wal' Ing), lamenting with groans. Wallace (wol' Iss), Sir William, a Scotch hero, deliverer of his country; b. at Ellerslie, Scotland, 1270, executed by King Edward I., 1305.

waste (wast), loss, useless expense. watch' fire (woch' fir), a fire used by a watch or a guard.

wax' ed (wǎkst), increased, grown larger. weal (wel), welfare, well-being.

well' ing (wel' ing), issuing forth, as water from the earth, flowing.

wil' der ness, a waste of uninhabited land or desert.

with' er ing, causing to shrink or fade. won' drous (wăn' drus), marvellous. wrest (rěst), to snatch by force.

writhes (riths), twists so as to distort.

yearning (yern' Ing), longing with intense desire.

zeal (zēl), ardor in the pursuit of anything.

Zi' on (-un), a sacred name for Jerusalem, the Hebrew capital. See p. 48. zone (zōn), a term used by military writers, meaning a belt or field of operations.