ATTI'RE, _s._ clothing; dress; equipment A'TTITUDE, _s._ position; expression ATTRA'CT, _v.a._ draw to something; allure; invite ATTRA'CTIVE, _a._ having the power to draw anything; inviting ATTRIBUTE, _v.a._ to ascribe; to yield as due; to impute as a cause AU'DITOR, _s._ a hearer AURO'RA-BOREA'LIS, _a._ electrical light streaming in the night from the north; the northern lights or streamers AUSTE'RITY, _s._ severity; cruelty AUTHENTIC, _a._ genuine AU'THOR, _s._ the first beginner or mover of anything; a writer in general AUTHO'RITY, _s._ power; rule; influence; support; legal power AU'TUMN, _s._ the season of the year between summer and winter AVAILABLE, _a._ profitable; powerful; advantageous AVALA'NCHE, _s._ immense mass of snow or ice A'VERAGE, _s._ a middle proportion AVI'DITY, _s._ eagerness; voracity; greediness AVO'ID, _v.a._ shun; shift off; quit AWA'KE, _v.a._ rouse out of sleep; put into new action AW'KWARD, _a._ clumsy; inelegant; unready A'ZURE, _s._ blue; faint blue ** BA'CCHANALS, _s._ the drunken feasts of Bacchus; fabulous personages who assisted at the festivals of Bacchus BALCO'NY, _s._ a frame before the window of a room BALLO'ON, _s._ a large hollow ball of silk, filled with gas, which makes it rise in the air BA'NDIT, _s._ a man outlawed BA'NISH, _v.a._ condemn to leave one's country; drive away BA'NISHMENT, _s._ the act of banishing another; the state of being banished BARBA'RIAN, _s._ a savage; a man uncivilized BA'RBAROUS, _a._ savage; ignorant; cruel BA'RREN, _a._ unfruitful; sterile; scanty BARRIC'ADE, _v.a._ stop up a passage; hinder by stoppage BASA'LT, _s._ a variety of trap rock BASA'LTIC, _a._ relating to basalt BASTI'LE, _s._ (pronounced _basteel_) a jail; formerly the state prison of France BA'TTER, _v.a._ beat; shatter; beat down BA'TTLE, _s._ a fight; an encounter between opposite enemies BEA'CON, _s._ something raised on an eminence to direct BEA'RABLE, _a._ that which is capable of being borne BEAU'TY, _s._ a particular grace or feature; a beautiful person BECO'ME, _v.a._ befit; be suitable to the person BEDE'CK, _v.a._ to deck; to adorn; to grace BE'DSTEAD, _s._ the frame on which the bed is placed BEHI'ND, _ad._ out of sight; not yet in view; remaining BEHO'VE, _v.n._ to be fit BELI'EVE, _v.n._ to have a firm persuasion of anything BENEFA'CTOR, _s._ one that does good BE'NEFIT, _s._ a kindness; a favour conferred; an advantage BENE'VOLENT, _a._ kind; having good-will BENI'GHT, _v.a._ involve in darkness; surprise with the coming on of night BENI'GNANT, _a._ kind; generous; liberal BE'NISON, _s._ a blessing BENU'MB, _v.a._ make torpid; stupify BESIE'GE, _v.a._ to beleaguer; to lay siege to BESPRE'NT, _v. def._ besprinkled BESTO'W, _v.a._ give; confer upon; lay up BETWE'EN, _prep._ in the middle space; from one to another; noting difference of one from another BI'LBERRY, _s._ the fruit of a plant so called