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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. 1922. Excerpt: ... WORD LIST The following alphabetical list of words has been compiled partly to assist in clarifying subjects being studied. They have been correlated with school work and life. Special attention is paid to Latin and Greek derivatives because of their influence on our language. Ultimate derivations are indicated, and occasionally different spellings are given if the word varies in different periods, for English spelling is often explained by such variations. Where a word has traveled through many languages before reaching English, these various resting places are sometimes indicated in whole or in part. A too detailed history has often without hesitation been simplified to serve our purpose. The greater number of words in this list have as authority for derivation The New English Dictionary, not yet quite complete. Recognized dictionaries, like the Century, are the sources for derivations of other words. abandon, It. abandonnare Lat. bannum, edict. Denounce somebody. What we denounce we free ourselves of..'. to relinquish, leave. abbreviation, Fr. Lat. abreviare, to shorten brevis, short. abeyance, Fr. abaher, to gape bayer, to open the mouth. A state of suspension. abominable, Lat. abominabilis abominari, to deprecate as an evil omen, abhor ab, away from and omen, omen. Detestable. aborigines, pure Lat. aborigines, applied to those supposed to have inhabited the country ab origine, from the beginning, absurd, Lat. absurdus, foolish ab, intensive ] surdus, deaf, insufferable. People who do not listen or are deaf are apt to say absurd things. accident, Lat. accidere, to befall. A happening. active, Fr. actif Lat. actims agere, to do, drive. Endowed with power of action. In grammar applied to the voice which shows the subject the doer of the...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150354656
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 56
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150354658
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 118 gr


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