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MISDEED

MISDEMEANOUR

201

offence, trespass, transgres-
sion, misdemeanour, mis-
deed, affront

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120

TO MEND to amend, correct, rectify, reform,
emend, improve, mend, better.....
MENIAL-servant, domestick, menial, drudge..... 328 MISDEMEANOUR—crime, misdemeanour......122
MENTAL—mental, intellectual............
72 MISERABLE-unhappy, miserable, wretched... 412

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TO MENTION—to mention, notice............ 451 | MISERLY-avaricious, parsimonious, niggardly 161
MERCANTILE-mercantile, commercial....... 339 MISFORTUNE-evil or ill, misfortune, mischief,
MERCENARY-hireling, mercenary, venal..... 339 harm

MERCHANT―trader, merchant, tradesman..... 335 MISFORTUNE calamity, disaster, misfortune,
MERCHANDISE commodity, goods, merchan- MISHAP

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mischance, mishap......... 406
339 TO MISINTERPRET-to misconstrue, misin-

MERCIFUL gracious, merciful, kind .......... 357
MERCILESS-hard-hearted, cruel, unmerciful,

merciless

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........... 373 | MISSION-mission, message, errand............................ 215
MERCY-clemency, mercy, lenity ............................. 358 | MISTAKE--errour, mistake, blunder............ 126
MERCY-pity, mercy

358 MISUSE-abuse, misuse. ......................

250 TO MITIGATE-to allay, sooth, appease, miti-
438 gate, assuage...................

MERE bare, mere ...............................................................
MERIT-desert, merit, worth.........
MERRIMENT-mirth, merriment, joviality, hila-
rity, jollity........................
MERRY-cheerful, merry, sprightly, gay........ 389
MERRY-lively, sprightly, vivacious, sportive,

399

361
TO MIX-to mix, mingle, blend, confound.... 284
391 MIXTURE-mixture, medley, miscellany
....... 284
TO MOAN-to groan, moan ..................................................... 410

merry, jocund............................................. ............ 389
MESSAGE-mission, message, errand .......... 215
MESSENGER-forerunner, precursor, messenger,
harbinger.....
........................................... 215
TO METAMORPHOSE―to transfigure, meta-

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blem, symbol, type
METHOD order, method, rule............................................. 276
METHOD system, method
275

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means.............

METHOD-way, manner, method, mode, course,
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rance, sobriety...
......................... .... 245
MODERN-fresh, new, novel, recent, modern... 263
MODEST-humble, modest, submissive......... 147
MODEST-modest, bashful, diffident ........... 148
MIEN—şir, mien, look......................... 193 MODESTY-chastity, continence, modesty...... 45
MIGHTY-powerful, potent, mighty.......
............ 187 MODESTY-modesty, moderation, temperance,
MILD-soft, mild, gentle, meek................. 359 sobriety...
MILITARY-martial, warlike, military, soldier-
MOISTURE-moisture, humidity, dampness
like..................................... 337 TO MOLEST-to trouble, disturb, molest....... 412
TO MIMICK-to imitate, mimick, mock, ape.... 529 TO MOLEST-to inconvenience, annoy, molest.. 417
MIND-soul, mind...................
65 MOMENT-signification, avail, importance, con-
sequence, weight, moment................................................. 456
heed ..........
.......................... 422 | MOMENT-instant, moment........
267
MINDFUL-mindful, regardful, observant...... 426 | MONARCH-prince, monarch, sovereign, poten-
TO MINGLE-to mix, mingle, blend, confound.. 284 tate
MINISTER-clergyman, parson, priest, minister 85 MONASTERY-cloister, monastery, convent.... 86
MINISTER-minister, agent .................
215 MONEY-money, cash

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MOOD-humour, temper, mood....
MORALS-manners, morals.........
MORBID sick, sickly, diseased, morbid......... 367
........ 391 MOREOVER-besides, moreover..........
MISCARRIAGE-failure, miscarriage, abortion.. 125 MOROSE-gloomy, sullen, morose, splenetick.. 411
MISCELLANY-mixture, medley, miscellany... 284 MORTAL-deadly, fatal, mortal..
MISCHANCE calamity, disaster, misfortune, MORTIFICATION-vexation, chagrin, mortifi-
mischance, mishap........

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MOTION-motion, movement..

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301 TO NECESSITATE-to compel, force, ob.ige,
77 necessitate................................. 219

MOTIVE cause, motive, reason ...............
MOTIVE principle, motive....... ......... 213 NECESSITIES-necessities, necessaries........ 347
TO MOULD-to form, fashion, mould, shape.... 293 NECESSITY-occasion, necessity.....

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TO MOVE to stir, move...................
MOVEABLES-goods, furniture, moveables, ef-

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339 NEFARIOUS-wicked, unjust, iniquitous, nefa-

rious

123

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fects........
MOVEMENT-motion, movement............. 301
MOVING-moving, affecting, pathetick
301 TO NEGLECT-to disregard, slight, neglect.... 423
MULCT-fine, mulct, penalty, forfeiture......... 204 TO NEGLECT-to neglect, omit...
MULTITUDE-multitude, crowd, throng, swarm 494 NEGLIGENT-negligent, remiss, careless, heed-
MUNIFICENT-beneficent, bountiful or bount e-
ous, munificent, generous, liberal..... ........
TO MURDER-to kill, murder, assassinate, slay
or slaughter......

less, thoughtless, inattentive

494

165 TO NEGOTIATE-to negotiate, treat for or
about, transact..........
......... 215
510 NEIGHBOURHOOD-neighbourhood, vicinity.. 498
409 NEVERTHELESS-however, yet, nevertheless,
notwithstanding.......

76

TO MURMUR-to complain, murmur, repine
TO MUSE-to contemplate, meditate, muse.....
TO MUSE-to think, reflect, wonder, muse.....
TO MUSTER-to assemble, muster, collect..... 489 NEWS-news, tidings.............
MUTE-silent, dumb, mute, speechless

76 NEW-fresh, new, novel, recent, modern..

464 NICE-exact, nice, particular........

TO MUTILATE-to mutilate, maim, mangle... 509 NICE-fine, delicate, nice .........
MUTINOUS-tumultuous, turbulent, seditious,

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NIGGARDLY-avaricious, miserly, parsimoni-
ous, niggardly...

334 NIGGARDLY-economical, sparing, thrifty, sav-

MYSTERIOUS-dark, obscure, dim, mysterious 480
MYSTERIOUS-secret, hidden, latent, occult,
mysterious...
MYSTERIOUS
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mysterious, mystick ........ 520

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ing, niggardly..
NIGH-close, near, nigh.......
NIGHTLY-nightly, nocturnal
NIMBLE-active, brisk, agile, nimble........... 297
NOBLE-noble, grand....
454
NOCTURNAL-nightly, nocturnal............. 268
NAKED-bare, naked, uncovered...... ..... 249 NOISE-noise, cry, outcry, clamour....... 470
TO NAME to name, call............. ..................................... 471 NOISOME-hurtful, pernicious, noxious, noisome 406
NAME―name, appellation, title, denomination.. 471 NOISY-loud, noisy, high-sounding, clamorous.. 471
NAME-name, reputation, repute, credit........ 472 NOMENCLATURE-dictionary, lexicon, cata-
TO NAME to name, denominate, style, entitle,
logue, vocabulary, glossary, nomenclature.... 464
designate, characterize
471 TO NOMINATE-to nominate, name.......... 471
TO NAME to nominate, name............................ 471 NONCONFORMIST-heretick, schismatick, sec-
TO NAP-to sleep, slumber, doze, drowse, nap.. 300
NARRATION-relation, recital, narration ...... 466
NARRATIVE-account, narrative, description.. 467
NARROW-contracted, confined, narrow....... 177
NARROW-straight, narrow.
.............. 285
451
NASTY-nasty, filthy, foul....
515 TO NOTE-to mark, note, notice.............. 450
NATAL-natal, native, indigenous............. 496 NOTED—distinguished, conspicuous, noted, emi-
NATION-people, nation,...........
494
NATIVE-intrinsick, real, genuine, native.......... 437 NOTED-noted, notorious............
NATIVE-natal, native, indigenous.....
496 NOTICE-information, intelligence, notice, advice 195
TO NOTICE to attend to, mind, regard, heed,
496
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NAVAL maritime, marine, naval, nauti- TO NOTICE-to notice, remark, observe....... 450
NAUTICAL cal............ ............ 337 NOTION-conception, notion................................................
NAUSEA-disgust, loathing, nausea............ 120 NOTION-perception, idea, conception, notion.. 75
NAUTICAL-maritime, marine, naval, nau- NOTION-opinion, sentiment, notion........... 80
337 NOTORIOUS-noted, notorious......
285 NOTWITHSTANDING-however, yet, never-
NECESSARIES--necessities, necessaries........ 347 theless, notwithstanding.......
NECESSARY-necessary, expedient, essential, NOVEL-fable, tale, novel, romance............ 467
NOVEL-fresh, new, novel, recent, modern..... 268

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TO NOURISH-to nourish, nurture, cherish.... 377 TO OBVIATE-to prevent, obviate, preclude.... 259
NOXIOUS-hurtful, pernicious, noxious, noisome 406 OBVIOUS--apparent, visible, clear, plain, obvi-
NUMB-numb, benumbed, torpid......................

TO NUMBER-to calculate, compute, reckon,
count or account, number.....

NUMERAL

NUMERICAL

NUMEROUS

372

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ous, evident, manifest ........
TO OCCASION-to cause, occasion, create..... 294
432 OCCASION-occasion, opportunity..

OCCASION-occasion, necessity................

418

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numerous, numeral, numerical 252 OCCASIONAL-occasional, casual............
OCCULT secret, hidden, latent, occult, myste-
rious ......

NUPTIALS—marriage, wedding, nuptials....... 83
TO NURTURE—to nourish, nurture, cherish... 377 OCCUPANCY
OCCUPATION S

......... 520
occupancy, occupation........ 238

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OBDURATE-hard, callous, hardened, obdurate 373 OCCUPATION-business, occupation, employ-
ment, engagement, avocation...............
OBEDIENT-dutiful, obedient, respectful......... 150
OBEDIENT-obedient, submissive, obsequious.. 149 TO OCCUPY-to hold, occupy, possess......... 236
OBJECT-aim, object, end....................... ........ 324 OCCURRENCE--event, incident, accident, ad-
OBJECT-object, subject..........
............................................ 325
TO OBJECT-to object, oppose
TO OBJECT TO-to find fault with, blame, ob-
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venture, occurrence.....

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...... 112 ODD-particular, singular, odd, strange, eccen-
trick

OBJECTION-demur, doubt, hesitation, objec-

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96 ODOUR-smell, scent, odour, perfume, fragrance 511
OBJECTION-objection, difficulty, exception... 112 OF COURSE-naturally, in course, consequently,
OBLATION-offering, oblation................
OBLIGATION-duty, obligation · ............................................. 150 OFFENCE-offence, trespass, transgression, mis-
216 demeanour, misdeed, affront................ 120
TO OBLIGE-to bind, oblige, engage
TO OFFEND-to displease, offend, vex......... 117
TO OBLIGE-to compel, oblige, force, necessi-
219 OFFENDER-offender, delinquent
199 OFFENDING

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OFFICE office, place, charge, function......... 332
jous...
................................ 146 OFFICE-benefit, service, good, office........... 166
OBSCURE-dark, obscure, dim, mysterious..... 480 OFFICIOUS-active, busy, officious............. 297
TO OBSCURE-to eclipse, obscure............. 480 OFFSPRING-offspring, progeny, issue.
84 OFTEN-often, frequently.
OBSEQUIES-funeral, obsequies...............
OLD elderly, aged, old .................
OBSEQUIOUS-obedient, submissive, obsequi-
OLD-old, ancient, antique, antiquated, old-fa-
shioned, obsolete....

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TO OBTAIN-to acquire, obtain, gain, win, earn 396 OPINIATED
TO OBTAIN-to get, gain, obtain, procure...... 396 OPINIATIVE ed, egoistical...............
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OPPONENT--enemy, foe, adversy, opponent,

antagonist

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TO OVERTHROW to overturn, subvert, over-
134 TO OVERTURN throw, invert, reverse.. 503
OPPORTUNITY-occasion, opponity........ 418 TO OVERWHELM—to overbear, bear down,
TO OPPOSE-to combat, oppose ........... 134
overpower, overwhelm, subdue.............. 144
TO OPPOSE-to contradict, op ́è, deny...................`113 TO OVERWHELM-to overwhelm, crush...... 504
TO OPPOSE to object, oppose... ........... 112 OUTCRY-noise, cry, outcry, clamour.......... 470
TO OPPOSE-to oppose, resist, thwart, with- TO OUTDO―to exceed, excel, surpass, outdo... 273
stand
114 OUTLINES-sketch, outlines
338
OPPOSITE-adverse, contrary, opposite ...................... 135 | TO OUTLIVE-to outlive, survive............. 240
OPPROBRIUM-infamy, ignominy, opprobrium 108 OUTRAGE—affront, insult, outrage..................................... 121
TO OPPUGN-to confute, refute, disprove, op- OUTSIDE--show, outside, semblance, appear-

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OPTION-option, choice....................................................... 234 OUTWARD-outward, external, exteriour...... 351
OPULENCE-riches, wealth, opulence, affluence 340 TO OUTWEIGH—to overbalance, preponderate,
ORAL-verbal, vocal, oral...............

...... 462
ORATION-address, speech, oration, harangue.. 461
ORATORY-elocution, eloquence, oratory, rheto-
rick.......

ORB-circle, orb, globe, sphere....

TO ORDAIN to appoint, order, prescribe, or-
TO ORDER dain ........

462

outweigh....

TO OWN-to acknowledge, own, confess, avow 442
OWNER-possessor, proprietor, owner, master.. 238

175 PACE-pace, step.......

... 301
PACIFICK-peaceable, peaceful, pacifick....... 362
184 TO PACIFY-to appease, calm, pacify, quiet,
still.........

ORDER-class, order, rank, degree.............. 276
ORDER-command, order, injunction, precept,

mandate........

PAGAN-gentile, heathen, pagan...........................................
185 PAIN-pain, pang, agony, anguish...

361

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338

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ORDER-direction, order
213 TO PAINT-to paint, depict, delineate, sketch..
ORDER-order, method, rule................... 276 PAIR-couple, brace, pair
ORDER-succession, series, order............... 271 | PALATE-palate, taste....................................................................... 512
TO ORDER-to place, dispose, order........... 278 PALE-pale, pallid, wan....................... 369
ORDINARY-common, vulgar, ordinary, mean.. 323 TO PALLIATE―to extenuate, palliate......... 182
ORIFICE orifice, perforation...
TO PALLIATE-to gloss, varnish, palliate . 515
PALLID-pale, pallid, wan .................................
TO PALPITATE to palpitate, flutter, pant,

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....... 516 TO PANT-to palpitate, flutter, pant, gasp...... 305
OSTENTATION-show, parade, ostentation.... 453 PARABLE-parable, allegory
OVAL-oblong, oval......................
350 PARADE-show, parade, ostentation............................... 453
OVER-above, over, upon, beyond.............. 279 PARASITE-flatterer, sycophant, parasite
...... 526
OVERBALANCE-to overbalance, outweigh, TO PARDON-to excuse, pardon.......
182
206 TO PARDON-to forgive, pardon, absolve, remit 87
PARDONABLE-venial, pardonable

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TO OVERSPREADS vage................................................ 507 PARTICULAR-exact, nice, particular, punc-
OVERSIGHT-inadvertency, inattention, over-

................................ 423 | PARTICULAR—particular, singular, eccentrick,
odd, strange.......

OVERSIGHT-inspection, oversight, superintend-

ence...........

TO OVERTHROW-to beat, defeat, overpower,
rout, overthrow... .... ... ... ... .... ....

213 PARTICULAR-particular, individual.......... 252
PARTICULAR-peculiar, appropriate, particular 231
143 PARTICULAR-special, specifick, particular..... 252

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............................ 206 TO PERFORM o effect, produce, perform..... 289
PARTISAN-follower, adherent, partisan....... 419 TO PERFORM execute, fulfil, perform...... 288

PARTNER-colleague, partner, coadjutor, assist- PERFORMANC) -production, work, perform-

ant.......

PARTNERSHIP-association, society, company,

partnership

PARTY-faction, party

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player, performer ........ 298
488 PERFUME-smell, scent, odour, fragrance, per-
fume........

PASSAGE-course, race, passage.. ...................... 275 | PERIL-danger, hazard, peril................... 171
PASSIONATE—angry, passionate, hasty, irasci- PERIOD-sentence, proposition, period, phrase.. 464
ble...........
............................................. 119 PERIOD-time, period, age, date, era, epocha.... 267
PASSIVE-passive, submissive................................................. 149 TO PERISH-to perish, die, decay

PASSIVE-patient, passive....

PASTIME-amusement, entertainment, diversion,

149 TO PERJURE-to forswear, perjure, suborn.... 92
PERMANENT-durable, lasting, permanent
.... 266
391 PERMISSION-leave, liberty, permission, license 255
PATCH-part, piece, patch........ 486 TO PERMIT-to admit, allow, permit, tolerate,
PATHETICK-moving, affecting, pathetick........... 301
suffer..................

sport, recreation, pastime...

...........

PATIENCE patience, endurance, resignation... 149 TO PERMIT-to consent, permit, allow......... 156
PATIENT-patient, passive......
149 PERNICIOUS-destructive, ruinous, pernicious.. 504
PATIENT-invalid, patient.................... 367 PERNICIOUS-hurtful, noxious, noisome, perni-
PAUPER-poor, pauper.........

pay............

PEACEFUL

347

cious............

TO PAUSE—to demur, hesitate, pause.......... 96 TO PERPETRATE-to perpetrate, commit..... 298
PAY-allowance, stipend, salary, wages, hire, PERPETUAL-continual, perpetual, constant... 265
164 TO PERPLEX-to distress, harass, perplex
..... 407
PEACE peace, quiet, calm, tranquillity......... 361 TO PERPLEX-to embarrass, perplex, entangle 412
PEACEABLE Į
TO PERSEVERE to continue, persevere, per-
peaceable, peaceful, pacifick........ 362
TO PERSIST
sist, pursue, prosecute
... 264
TO PERSIST-to insist, persist............ 265
336 PERSONS-people, persons, folks................................... 495
PECULIAR-peculiar, appropriate, particular... 231 PERSPICUITY-clearness, perspicuity
518 TO PERSUADE-to exhort, persuade...
518 TO PERSUADE to persuade, entice, prevail

PEASANT-countryman, peasant, swain, hind,
rustick clown

PEEL-skin, hide, peel, rind........

TO PEEL-to peel, pare

PEEVISH captious, cross, peevish, petulant,
fretful...

upon

315 PERSUASION-conviction, persuasion

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PELLUCID-pellucid, transparent.............. 477 PERTINENT-pertinent, relevant.............. 327
PENALTY-fine, penalty, mulet, forfeiture..... 204 PERVERSE-awkward, cross, crooked, unto-

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PENMAN-writer, penman, scribe.............. 336
PENURIOUS-economical, saving, sparing, penu-
rious, thrifty, niggardly
PENURY-poverty, indigence, want, penury, PHRASE-sentence, proposition, period, phrase.. 464
need...
PEOPLE-people, nation..................... ......................................... 494 PHRASEOLOGY style...
PEOPLE-people, populace, mob, mobility...... 495 PHRENSY-madness, phrensy, rage, fury........... 281
PEOPLE-people, persons, folks.....
405 TO PICK-to choose, pick, select........
TO PERCEIVE to perceive, discern, distin- PICTURE-likeness, picture, image, effigy.
guish
483 TO PICTURE, vide TO PAINT.

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