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1
abdomen
absolutory
abstemious
accent n.
accent v.
accessory
acclimate
acetic
acoustics
acumen
address n., v.
adept
adipose

2
adobe
adult
adverse
advertisement
after
again
aged adj.
aggrandizement
agile
alabaster
albino
albumen
alkali
alkaline
allopathy
ally
alma mater
almond
alpaca

3
altercation
alternate n., adj.
alternate v.
amateur
amen
amenable
ampere
anchovy
anemone
animalcule
antipodes
apotheosis
apparatus
apparent
appendicitis
apricot

4
apron
apropos
aquiline
arbitrament
architect
archives
arctic
area
armada
asphalt n.
aspirant
assignee
attachÉ
audacious
automobile
avalanche
aye (in voting)
aye (always)

5
bade
balcony
ballet
banana
banquet
basalt
bas-relief
baton
bayou
been
belles-lettres
beloved part.
beloved n., adj.
beneath
bequeath
bestial
bicycle

6
biography
bissextile
bitumen
bivouac
blanc-mange
blessed part.
blessed adj.
boatswain
bombast
bonbon
bon ton
boudoir
boulevard
bouquet
bourn
bovine
bravado
bravo intj.
bravo n.

7
brethren
brigand
brigantine
bromide
bromine
bronchitis
brooch
brusque
buoy
burro
cadaver
calcine
calliope
calm
caloric




8
camelopard
candelabrum
canine
cantata
caoutchouc
caprice
caret
carmine
caricature
casement
cayenne
cement n.
cerebrum






9
cerement
certain
chagrin
chaise
chamois
chaperon
chaps (the jaws)
charlatan
chasten
chastisement
chivalric
chivalrous
chloride
chlorine
chores
clematis
coadjutor
cocaine
coffee

10
cognizance
cognomen
column
comatose
combat
combatant
commandant
comparable
compensate
comrade
concentrate
condolence
conduit
confidant
confiscate




11
connoisseur
conservator
conspiracy
construe
consummate v.
consummate adj.
contemplate
contumely
conversant
coop
coral
coronal
cortÉge
costume
coterie
courteous


12
courtier
cowardice
crematory
cuirass
cuisine
curator
cylindric
cynosure
dahlia
dais
Danish
data
datum
daunt
deaf
debauchee
dÉbris
dÉbut
dÉbutant
decade

13
decadence
dÉcolletÉ
decorative
decorous
defect
deficit
demoniacal
demonstrate
dengue
dÉnouement
depot
deprivation
derisive
desideratum
despicable
desquamation
destine
desuetude
detestation

14
devastate
devastation
diamond
digitalis
diphtheria
diphthong
discourse
disfranchise
disputable
disputant
divan
docile
dolorous
domicile
dost
doth
douche
drama

15
duodenum
dynamite
dynasty
eclat
economical
ecumenical
eczema
either
eleemosynary
Élite
elm
embalm
employÉ
employee
empyrean




16
encore
enervate
enfranchise
engine
ennui
entrÉe
envelope
epizoÖtic
epoch
equable
equation
equipage
equitable
ere
err
espionage
European

17
evening
every
ewe
excursion
exemplary
exorable
expletive
expurgate
exquisite
extirpate
extol
extraordinary
faÇade
facile
fairy
falchion
falcon
faux pas

18
febrile
fiancÉe
figure
finale
finance
financier
flaccid
florid
flotsam
folio
forbade
forehead
fortnight
franchise n.
fraternize
fratricide
fulsome
gala
gallant (polite)

19
gallant (brave)
gantlet
gape
gastritis
gauntlet (a glove)
genealogy
generic
genre
genuine
geyser
ghoul
giaour
giraffe
glacier
gladiolus
gondola
government


20
granary
gratis
greasy
grimace
guano
guardian
gubernatorial
gum arabic
harass
harem
hasten
haunt
hearth
heaven
hegira
heinous
herb
hereditament

21
heroine
heroism
hiccough
history
holocaust
homeopathy
homogeneous
horizon
hostile
houri
hovel
humble
humor
hygiene
hymeneal
hypocrisy
idea
ignoramus
illustrate

22
imbecile
imbroglio
incisive
incomparable
indecorous
indicatory
indisputable
indissoluble
industry
inexorable
inexplicable
infinitely
inquiry
integer
integral
interesting
interpolate
interstice
inveigle
inventory

23
iodide
iodine
iron
irrefutable
irremediable
irreparable
irrespirable
irrevocable
isochronous
isolate
isotherm
italic
jaundice
jaunt
jocund
jowl
juvenile
kinetoscope

24
knoll
kraal
lamentable
latent
laudanum
launch
laundry
lava
learned part.
learned adj.
legend
legged
leisure
lenient
lever
lichen
livelong
long-lived
lullaby
lyceum

25
maintenance
malaria
mall (a walk)
mandamus
maniacal
maritime
massacre
massage
matrix
matron
mausoleum
memoir
meningitis







26
mercantile
microscopy
miniature
mirage
mischievous
mistletoe
molecule
monomania
morphine
museum
mustache
naÏve
naÏvetÉ
nape
national
negligee
neither
nephew

27
nepotism
news
niche
nicotine
nominative
nuisance
obeisance
obese
obesity
obligatory
oblique
obscenity
occult
octavo
office
often
ogle
olden
oleomargarine
onerous
only

28
onyx
opponent
orchestra
orchid
ordeal
orthoepy
oxide
pageant
panorama
pantomime
papier-machÉ
parent
paresis
parietal
parse
patent
pathos
patriot

29
patriotic
patron
patronage
pecan
pedagogical
pedagogy
peremptory
perfect v.
perfect adj.
perfume n.
perfume v.
peritonitis
permit n.
permit v.
petal
phaeton
phalanx
pharmaceutic

30
philanthropic
phosphorus
phthisis
pianoforte
piquant
placard
plait
platinum
plebeian
porcelain











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portrait
prairie
precedence
precedent n.
precedent adj.
precise
predecessor
preface n. and v.
prelate
prelude n.
presentation
prestige
pretense
pretext
pretty
pristine
probity
process
produce n.
profile

32
programme or program
progress n.
promenade
pro rata
protÉgÉ
protestation
provocative
provost
prussic
psalms
puerile
put v.
pyramidal
pyrites
pyrotechnics
quadrille
quagmire

33
quarrel
quay
query
quinine
qui vive
radish
raillery
rapine
raspberry
rather
ration
rational
rationale
recess
recluse

34
recondite
reconnoissance
reconnoiter
recourse
recreant
recreate (to refresh)
re-create (to create anew)
refuse n.
refutable
rÉgime
relaxation
remediable
renaissance
rendezvous
reparable
repartee
repertoire
reptile
reputable
requiem

35
research
resource
respirable
respite n. and v.
rÉsumÉ
retch
retrocede
retrograde
revocable
revolt
rise n.
rise v.
robust
romance
root
route
routine
sacrament
sacrifice n.
sacrifice v.

36
sacrificable
sacrilege
sacristy
sagacious
said
saline
salivary
sanguine
sarsaparilla
satin
satire
satrap
satyr
saucy
saunter
scallop
scenic
schedule

37
seismic
senile
sepulcher
sergeant
servile
sesame
sew
sheik
shekel
shew
shewn
shone
silhouette
simile
simultaneous
sinecure
sirup or syrup
skein
slake
sleek

38
sloth
slough (a mire)
slough (to cast off)
sobriquet
soften
soirÉe
solder
solecism
sonorous
soot
soporific
sough
souvenir
sovereign
spheroid
spinach or spinage

39
spirit
splenetic
squalid
squalor
stalwart
stanch
status
stereopticon
stereoscope
stereotype
stolid
strategic
stratum
strew
strychnine
student

40
suave
suavity
subsidence
subtile (thin)
subtle (sly)
suffice
suite
superfluous
supple
survey n.
survey v.
suture
swath
sword
syllabic
synod
syringe
systole
tapis
tassel

41
taunt
tedious
telegraphy
temperament
tenacious
tenet
tepid
tÊte-À-tÊte
thyme
tiara
tiny
tirade
to
tomato
tortoise

42
towards
trachea
transparent
travel
traveler
traverse n., a., v.
treble
tremor
tribune
trio
tripartite
troche
trochee
troth
truculent
truths
tuberose
turquoise

43
tuxedo
tyranny
ultimatum
umbilicus
umbrella
unprecedented
unwary
usurp
vaccinate
vaccine
vagary
valet
varioloid
vase
vehemence
vehement
venison
veratrine

44
verdigris
vermicelli
vignette
vindicatory
violin
virile
virulence
virulent
vis-a-vis
viscount
visor
vivacious
vizier
volatile
wainscot
warrior
wary

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weapon
wont
wound
yew
yolk
youths
zenith
zodiacal
zoÖlogy
zymotic


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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