Elson Grammar School Literature, book 4Elson, William H. (William Harris)
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Elson Grammar School Literature, book 4
Elson, William H. (William Harris)
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intact (in-takt'), untouched; whole
integrity (in-teg'ri-ti), honesty.
intelligence (in-tel'i-jens), news,
intercourse (in'ter-kors), interchange of thought and feeling; trade.
interminably (in-tur'mi-na-bli), endlessly.
internal (in-tur'nal), inland; inside.
interpose (in-ter-poz'), place between.
interpret (in-tur'pret), tell the meaning of.
interrogatory (in'te-rog'a-to-ri), a question.
interval (in'ter-val), a space of time between any two events.
interview (in'ter-vu), a meeting face to face.
intolerable (in-tol'er-a-b'l), not capable of being endured.
intricate (in'tri-kat), entangled.
intrigue (in-treg'), a plot or conspiracy.
intruder (in-trood'er), one who enters without invitation.
inundate (in'un-dat), cover with a flood.
inured (in-urd'), accustomed.
invade (in-vad'), enter for conquest or plunder.
invariably (in-va'ri-a-bli), constantly.
inventory (in'ven-to-ri), catalogue or list of goods, furniture, etc., with
cost attached.
invigorate (in-vig'or-at), refresh, give life to.
invincible (in-vin'si-b'l), not able to be overcome or conquered.
inviolate (in-vl'e-lat), uninjured.
involuntarily (in-vorun-ta-ri-li), not under control of the will;
unwillingly.
irascible (i-ras'i-b'l; i-ras'), easily angered.
ire (ir), anger.
irised (i'rist), having beautiful colors, like the rainbow.
irksome (urk'sum), tedious, tiresome.
irrational (i-rash'un-al), without reason.
Ishmael (ish'ma-el), Genesis 21.14-21.
"Islands of the Blest," mythical islands supposed to be in the Western
Ocean where the favorites of the gods were conveyed at death and dwelt in
ever-lasting joy.
Islington (iz'ling-tun), a district in the north of London.
Israel (iz'ra-el), the descendants of Israel, or Jacob.
"I wis" (i-wis'), surely, certainly.
jackanapes', a short form of "Jack of Apes," an impertinent fellow.
Jacob's Ladder (ja'kub), Genesis 28, 12.
jaded (jad'eti), tired by overwork.
jargon (jar'gon), a confused, unintelligible language.
jerkin (jur'kin), a jacket or short coat.
Jerusalem (je-roo'sa-lem), the capital of the Jewish people.
Jesuit (jez'u-it), one of a Roman Catholic religious order called "The
Society of Jesus," founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1543.
Joab (jo'ab), the "captain of the host" of the army during nearly the whole
of David's reign.
jocund (jok'und), merry, gay.
Johns Hopkins University, a university in Baltimore, Maryland.
Joris (jor'is), the Flemish word for George.
journalistic (jur'nal-is'tik), referring to journalism, newspaper, or
magazine articles.
Jove (jov), the short form for Jupiter.
jovial (jo'vi-al), merry, jolly.
Jugurtha (joo-gur'tha),
junto (jun'to), a secret council to talk over affairs of government.
Jupiter (joo'pi-ter), in Roman mythology, the supreme god of heaven. In
Greek mythology, known as Zeus.
justification (jus'ti-fi-ka'shun), defense; support by proof.
Kaatskill (kats'kil), a group of mountains of the Appalachian system in New
York state.
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