The Scholar's Companion: Or, A Guide to the Orthography, Pronunciation, and Derivation of the English Language, Containing, Besides Several Other Important Improvements, Extensive Tables of Words, Deduced from Their Greek and Latin Roots. Designed for Schools and Academies, and Also for Students in Elocution. Arranged on the Basis of the 15th London Ed. of Butter's Etymological Spelling-book and Expositor |
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Page 37 - Monosyllables and words accented on the last syllable, ending with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant when they take an additional syllable beginning with a vowel.
Page 245 - OBSTREPEROUS — loud, clamorous, noisy, vociferous, turbulent. To OBSTRUCT — hinder, prevent, impede. To OBTAIN — acquire, attain, gain, procure ; win, earn. To OBTRUDE — intrude. OBVIOUS — apparent, open, visible, clear, plain, evident, manifest. To OCCASION — create, cause. OCCASION — opportunity, necessity. OCCASIONAL — casual, irregular. OCCULT — hidden, secret, latent. OCCUPANCY — occupation, holding, possession. OCCUPATION — business, avocation, calling, employment, engagement,...
Page 251 - PROFESS, declare. PROFESSION, business, occupation, avocation, office, employment, ; engagement. PROFICIENCY, advancement, progress, improvement. PROFIT, gain, advantage, benefit, lucre. PROFLIGATE, abandoned, corrupt, vitiated, depraved, vicious. wicked. PROFUNDITY, depth. PROFUSE, extravagant, prodigal, lavish. PROGENITOR, forefather, ancestor, predecessor. PROGENY, offspring, issue. PROGNOSTIC, omen, presage. To PROGNOSTICATE, foretell, predict, prophesy, vaticinate. PROGRESS, advancement, progression...
Page 249 - POISE — balance, equiponderate. POLITE — polished, refined, genteel, civil. POLITENESS — gentility, civility, courteousness, courtesy, affability ; good-breeding, good-manners. To POLLUTE — corrupt, contaminate, defile, taint, infect, vitiate. POMP — magnificence, splendour, grandeur, show, state. POMPOUS — magisterial, stately, august, dignified, lofty. To PONDER — think, muse, reflect. PONDEROUS— heavy, burdensome, weighty. POOR — indigent, needy, necessitous, distressed. POPULACE...
Page 219 - DISTINCTION — difference; superiority, rank. DISTINCTLY — clearly, plainly, obviously. To DISTINGUISH — perceive, discern ; discriminate ; signalize, mark out. DISTINGUISHED — conspicuous, noted, eminent, illustrious. To DISTORT— turn, twist, bend, wrest, pervert. DISTRACTED — discomposed, disturbed, perplexed. To DISTRESS — afflict, trouble, pain, harass, perplex.
Page 246 - ORAL, verbal, vocal. ORATION, address, speech, harangue. ORATORY, elocution, rhetoric. ORB, circle, globe, sphere. To ORDAIN, appoint, order, prescribe. ORDER, class, rank, degree; succession, series ; method, rule ; command, injunction, precept, mandate. To put in ORDER or rank, arrange, range, dispose, regulate, adjust, classify ; digest. To put out of ORDER, confuse, derange, perplex, disorder, disarrange, confound, disturb, displace, unsettle, ruffle, discompose. ORDERLY, regular, systematic,...
Page 252 - PROTECT — support, cherish, harbour, shelter, foster, guard, defend, shield, cover, countenance, patronise, encourage, vindicate. PROTECTION (a place for) — asylum, sanctuary, refuge, shelter. retreat. To PROTEST — assert, affirm, declare, asseverate, aver, assure, vouch. To PROTRACT — delay, defer, prolong, retard, postpone. To PROVE — evince, demonstrate, manifest, argue. PROVERB — adage, maxim, aphorism, apophthegm, saying, *aw, by -word To PROVIDE — procure, furnish.
Page 215 - DECLARE — state, amrm,assert, aver, asseverate, assure, pronounce, protest, testify, utter ; manifest, reveal, discover; proclaim. To DECLINE — droop, sink, deviate; decay ; refuse, repel, reject. To DECOLLATE — behead, decapitate. To DECORATE — adorn, embellish, ornament, beautify. DECORUM — decency, propriety. To DECOY — allure, entice, inveigle, tempt, seduce, abduct. To DECREASE — lessen, diminish, abate, liquidate, lower, subside. DECREE — edict, proclamation, ordinance. To DECRY...
Page 242 - ... depression. MELODY, harmony, accordance, unison. MEMOIR, anecdote, annal, chronicle, narrative. MEMORABLE, signal, worthy of remembrance. MEMORIAL, monument, remembrancer, memento. MEMORY, retention, recollection, remembrance, reminiscence. MENACE, threat. To MEND, amend, correct, emend, better, improve, rectify, reform. MENDACITY, falsehood, untruth, lying, deceit. MENIAL, servant, domestic. MENTAL, intellectual, ideal. MERCENARY, venal, hireling. MERCHANT, trader, tradesman. MERCHANDISE, goods,...
Page 249 - To PLEASE, gratify, satisfy. PLEASED, gratified, glad, cheerful, joyful, pleasing, pleasant, agreeable. PLEASING, pleasant, agreeable. PLEASURE, comfort, enjoyment; joy, delight, charm. PLEASURE (one given up to), voluptuary, sensualist, epicure.