?ban´d?n: give up.

ac´cu?r?Çy?: correctness.

?´s?n.

?e´tes?.

Äh´med.

?main´: busily.

?maze´ment: surprise.

Ä´pÏÄ.

Är´c?hitect: a person skilled in the art of building.

Är´go?na?uts.

Är´gus.

as´pect: appearance; look.

aspir´ing: rising upward.

assailed´: attacked.

assev´?rated: said earnestly.

?ssured (sh?rd´): sure; certain.

?sun´d?r: apart; in two.

at´mosphere (fer): air.

?wea´ry?: tired.

?wr?´: twisted toward one side.

bade: ordered.

bÄlm: a gummy substance which flows from the fir tree.

ba?l´sam: a gummy substance which flows from the fir tree.

bal´ustra?de: a railing along the edge of a bridge or staircase.

bÄrg?´es?: roomy boats to carry goods or passengers.

bÄr´n?cles?: small shellfish which fasten themselves on rocks, timbers, other animals, etc.

b?ss: a kind of fish.

battal´ion (yun): body of troops.

b?zÄar´: in the East a shop where goods are kept for sale.

be?like´: perhaps.

be?nev´o?lent: kind.

be?numbed´: deprived of feeling, as by cold.

be?seech´: beg; ask earnestly.

bil´lo?ws?: great waves of the sea.

Bisn?gÄr´.

blit?he´s?me: gay; cheerful.

board: go on deck of.

bowld´d?rs?: large stones worn smooth by the action of water; rocks, rounded or not, carried by natural agencies far from their native bed.

bret?h´ren: brothers.

brin´y?: salty.

buoy (bwoi): a floating object chained in place to mark a channel or to show the position of something under the water, as a rock.

bÛr´den: the chorus of a song.

bur´ro?ws?: holes in the ground, made for homes by certain animals.

bus'tling: noisy; active.

ca´denÇe: the close or fall of a strain of music.

Cad´mus.

can´nibal: an animal that devours its own kind.

c?no?e´: a small, light boat.

can´y?ns?: deep gorges or hollows between steep banks, worn by water courses.

cap´tive: a prisoner taken in war.

car´?van: a company of travelers through a desert.

car´ri?n: dead bodies of animals, unfit for food.

cat´?racts: great falls of water over steep places.

Çel´e?brated: famous, well known.

Çen´ta?urs?.

Çer´e?mo?nies?: forms of politeness.

char´ity?: kindness to the poor.

Cheema?un´: a birch canoe.

C?hi´ron.

Çin´tr?: a town in Portugal.

clan_´gor: a sharp, harsh, ringing sound.

cleave: cut; part.

cli´ent: one who asks advice of a lawyer.

Col´c?his.

commend´ed: praised.

com pass´i?n a?te ly?: (pash) pityingly.

compelled´: forced, obliged.

com´pla?i sant ly?: politely.

com pre? hend´: understand.

conÇen´t?red: concentrated; fixed.

confid´ing: trusting.

conjec´tu?re: guess.

conjure´: beg earnestly.

c?n´ jur ?r: a magician.

con´ se? quent ly?: accordingly; as a result.

con struc´tion (shun): manner of building; arrangement.

conv?rt´ed: changed.

conve_yed´: carried.

c?v´?rt: shelter.

Cr?´soes?: men like Robinson Crusoe, the hero of the story of that name. He was a shipwrecked sailor who lived many years on an uninhabited island.

de?ci´si?n: fixed purpose. (sizh)

deficiency (de? fish´en Çy?): want.

de? lib´?r a?te: slow and careful.

de?mure´ly?: soberly.

disguis?ed´: dressed for the purpose of concealment.

dis?´mal: sad.

div?rt´: turn aside.

Do do´n?.

drear´iest: most comfortless and sorrowful.

drow´s?y?: sleepy.

ed´dy?ing: moving in a circle.

e?m?rged´: came out.

em´igrants: emigrants are people who have left one country to settle in another.

encoun´t?r: meet.

en´?rgy?: force and resolution; power for work.

en t?r tain´ment: amusement.

e?quipped´: dressed; fitted out.

espied´: saw.

e? the´re? al: heavenly.

feat´ly?: nimbly.

feats: tricks.

fee: charge.

fes´tivals?: feasts.

fi´brous: composed of fibers or threads; tough.

fi del´i ty?: faithfulness.

fis´s?re: a narrow opening. (fish)

fit´f?l: changeable.

flÄunt: wave; spread out.

flee: run away.

flim´s?y? thin.

forbeÂr´: keep from.

for´eign: belonging to other countries.

fourscore: eighty.

fra?ud: deceit; cheat.

froth´y?: full of bubbles.

fun_c´tions(shuns?): actions suitable to a business or profession.

gal´lant: brave.

gal´ley?: a vessel with oars, used by ancient people.

gÄrb: dress.

Gee´zis: the sun.

ge´nies?: spirits; powerful fairies.

givingear: listening.

glÂre: stare; look fiercely.

glee: joy; mirth.

gloss´y?: smooth and shining.

grat´itu?de: thankfulness.

grav i ta´tion (shun): the law of nature by which all bodies are drawn toward one another.

Great Wall, the: a wall fourteen hundred miles long, built many hundreds of years ago for the defense of the Chinese Empire.

green´swa?rd: turf green with grass.

guÄrd´ian: one to whose care a person or thing is committed.

gulls?: long-winged seabirds.

hav´oc: destruction; ruin.

ha?ws?´?rs?: large ropes.

h?r´mit: a man who lives apart from other people.

hil´l?ck: a small mound.

hire´ling: one who serves for gain only.

hop´p?r: a box through which grain passes into a mill.

Ho?us´sa?in.

h?v´?rs?: covers; shelters.

hu? mil´i a´tion (shun): shame; disgrace.

il lu´mi nat ed: lighted up; brightened.

im ag´i n? tive: full of fancies.

im pet´u? ous: hasty.

impos´tor: a cheat; one who imposes upon others.

in cre? du´li ty?: unbelief.

in´fi nite ly?: beyond measure; greatly.

in ge? nu´i ty?: skill; inventiveness.

in her´it anÇe: possession.

in scrip´tion (shun): that which is inscribed or written, especially on a building or monument.

insta?lled´: placed in office.

instinc´tive: acting according to one's nature.

in t?r Çede´: speak in one's behalf.

in tol´?r ? ble: not to be borne.

in´v?lid: one who is weak from illness.

I? ol´c?hos.

Ja´s?n.

jun_´gles?: thickets of trees and vines.

KÄgh: the hedgehog.

kine: cows.

knight: a man who receives a rank which entitles him to be called Sir; as, Sir Walter Scott.

lag: go slowly.

lÂir: the bed of a wild beast.

lea: meadow; field.

leagues?: a league is a measure of distance of from two to four miles.

le´gal: relating to law; governed by the rules of law.

Le on´i das.

line,the: the Equator.

lin_´guist: a person skilled in languages.

loath: unwilling.

low´?r: seem dark and gloomy.

mal´iÇe: ill will.

man u? fac´tu?red: made.

ma´tr?nly?: womanly; motherly.

maze: a tangle; a network.

me? c?han´i cal: relating to tools and machinery.

mec?h´anis?m: arrangement of the parts of anything.

Me de´?.

med´itate: intend; think seriously.

meed: reward.

min´?ret: the tall, slender tower of a mosque.

min´strel: poet; singer.

misch?nÇe´: misfortune; ill luck.

mis´chie?vous: doing harm in play.

moc´c?sin: an Indian shoe made of deerskin, the sole and the upper part being in one piece.

Moon of Leaves: May.

mosque(mosk): a church in Eastern countries.

mo?u_s t?Çh´i o?s?: mustache.

mul´let: a kind of fish.

my?s´t?ry?: something secret.

nankeen´: a kind of yellow cotton cloth.

Nep´tu?ne.

no?ok: corner.

No?ur´gi hÄn.

No?u ron´ni hÄr.

o?bei´sanÇe: bow.

ob scu´ri ty?: darkness.

obs??rv´ing: seeing; noticing.

Ôr´bits: paths round the sun.

Ôr´pheus (fus).

palanquin (palan_ken´): an inclosed carriage, used in China and India, which is borne on the shoulders of men by means of two poles.

par´?Çh?te: a sort of umbrella by means of which descent is made from a balloon.

pat´tens?: wooden soles made to raise the feet above mud.

peers?: equals.

pelf: money; riches.

Pe´li as.

pen´e?trate: pierce into.

Pe rÏ bÄ´no?u.

pes´tilenÇe: the plague; a deadly disease.

philosophy (fi los´o? fy?): the science or knowledge of things, their causes and their effects.

phiz(fiz): face.

pilot-clothsack: a coat made of coarse dark blue cloth such as pilots wear.

pli´ant: bending easily without breaking.

plum´my?: full of plums.

pol´l?ck: a sea-fish somewhat like the cod.

pol lu´tion (shun): uncleanness.

pÔr´p?ises?: sea animals.

port: manner of carrying oneself.

portray´al: description.

po´tion(shun): drink; dose, usually of liquid medicine.

pried: looked closely.

prod´ÛÇe: that which is brought forth from the ground.

profession (pro? fesh´un): employment; the business which one follows.

pro?mot´ed: advanced; raised in rank.

pro?trud´ed: thrust out.

prow: the forepart of a vessel.

prowl´ing: going stealthily or slyly.

qu?d´r?ped: an animal having four feet.

quaint: odd; curious.

qu?r´ry?: the animal hunted.

qua?r´t?rst?ff: a long, stout staff used as a weapon.

quest: search.

ram´pÄrts: walls surrounding a place for its defense.

re?luc´tant: unwilling.

rem i nis´ÇenÇ es_ recollections.

re? mon´stranÇ es?: objections.

re?nounÇe´: give up.

re?pel´: drive away.

re? proach´f?l ly?: chidingly.

re?quired´: needed.

res?´in: a gummy substance which flows from the fir tree.

re?splen´dent: very bright; shining.

re?tired´: went away.

rev ?r en´tial (shal): respectful; humble.

roamed: wandered; went from place to place.

ro´s?e?a?te: rosy.

ro?utÏne´: regular course of action.

rud´diness: redness.

sal´lied: ran out.

SÄm ar kÄnd´.

SÄ mo´Ä.

san´dals_: shoes consisting of soles strapped to the feet.

scep´t?r: a staff carried by a king as a sign of his authority.

sea-pies_: shore birds, sometimes called oyster catchers.

se?clud´ed: apart from others; lonely.

sedg´es?: coarse grasses which grow in marshy places.

Se ra´pis.

sheer: straight up and down.

shil´lings?: the shilling is a silver coin of Great Britain equal in value to about twenty-four cents of our money.

shoal: a great number, a crowd—said especially of fish.

smol´d?ring: burning and smoking without flame.

so´joÛrn?rs?: those who dwell for a time.

so?liÇ´it: ask earnestly.

sol´i ta? ry?: lonely.

som´b?r: dark; gloomy.

sore´ly?: greatly.

s?v´?reign: effectual.

species(spe´shez): kinds.

spiked: made the guns useless by stopping the vent or touchhole with a nail or spike.

spray: water falling in very small drops.

sprites: spirits; fairies.

squa?ws?: Indian women.

straight´way: at once.

strand: shore.

strids?: passages between steep rocks or banks so narrow that they look as if they might be crossed at a stride.

stÛr´dy?: strong.

sub´stitu?te: a person or thing put in place of another.

sulk´ily?: peevishly; angrily.

sul´tan: an Eastern king.

sup´ple: easily bent.

suspend´ed: hung.

sweep: a boy who cleans chimneys by sweeping them.

swirl´ing: whirling.

sylph(silf): a fairy.

sy?m´p?thize: pity.

Tam´?rack: the American larch.

T? qu? me´na?w: a river of northern Michigan, which flows into Lake Superior.

t?rns?: long-winged seabirds.

tet?h?´?red: fastened by a rope, for feeding within certain limits.

Th?r mop´y (e?) lae.

t?h?it?h?´?r: to this place.

to´kens?: signs.

tow'?ring: very high.

tran_´quil: quiet, calm.

transpÂr´ent: that can be seen through.

transport´ed: carried.

tÛr´bu?lent: disturbed; roused to great commotion.

ungen´tle: not gentle; rough.

Ûr´chin: a little boy.

Vai lÏ´ma.

val´iant(yant): brave.

val´or: courage.

vÄunt´ingly?: boastingly; braggingly.

veered: turned; changed direction.

v?r´du?rous: green.

vi´brates: moves to and fro.

viz´iers(y?rs?): in Eastern countries, officers of high rank.

Vul´can.

whist: still; quiet.

wig'w?ms?: Indian houses made of poles covered with mats or bark.

wind´fa?ll: portion of a forest blown down in a wind storm.

wrÔught: worked.

Xerxes (Z?rx´es?).

y?cht: a light sea-going vessel used for parties of pleasure, racing, etc.