=im per' vi ous=: impenetrable; not to be pierced.
=in' con ceiv' a ble=: beyond the understanding.
=in ef' fa ble=: very great; beyond measure.
=in' ef fec' tu al=: unavailing; without effect.
=in ex' pli ca bly=: not to be explained.
=in fal' li bly=: unerringly.
=in' fin ite= (it): immeasurable.
=in i ti a tive= (in ish' i a tive): an act which begins something.
=In' nu it=: an American Esquimau.
=in ter mit' tent=: unsteady; not regular.
=in vin' ci ble=: not to be conquered.
=in vi' o late=: unbroken; undefiled.
=jave' lin= (jav): a short spear used for throwing.
=joc' u lar' i ty=: mirth.
=joc' und=: merry; sportive.
=Jove=: the king of the gods; here, the chief person of the household.
=jun' to=: a group of men; a council.
=ka lei' do scope=: an instrument in which small pieces of colored glass
slide about and form pleasing shapes.
=Ki was' sa=: a name for the Great Spirit, or God.
=Knights Templar=: an order of knights serving in Palestine and taking
their name from a palace in Jerusalem called Solomon's Temple.
=la goons=: lakes connecting with the sea.
=La Mort= (mor): "Death," sounded on a horn when the game is killed.
=la' tent=: hidden; not revealed; also, in preparation.
=leg-bail=: escape by flight.
=Ley' den jar=: a glass bottle used to accumulate electricity.
=log' a rith' mic tables=: mathematical tables used to calculate a ship's
position.
=Long House=: a name for the Iroquois Indians, derived from their long
communal houses.
=lon' gi tude=: distance on the earth's surface from east to west.
=lu' mi na ry=: a body that gives light.
=Ma belle mere= (mare): "My pretty mother."
=Ma' gi ans=: wise men of ancient Persia.
=mal' a dy=: disease.
=Mal voi sin= (mal vwa zan'): a Norman baron.
=man' i cure set=: instruments used on the finger nails.
=man' tel et=: a movable shelter of wood.
=ma rau' ders=: robbers.
=mar' i=: husband.
=masque= (mask): a kind of theatrical performance.
=mas' que rad' ing=: going in disguise.
=ma ter' nal=: motherly.
=mat' ins=: a morning service of the ancient church.
=mer' ce na ry=: a hired soldier; a hireling.
=mer' cu ry=: quicksilver, used in the thermometer.
=me tal' lic=: composed of metal.
=Michael mas eve= (mick' el mas): September 28.
=Mi' das=: a king in Greek myth whose touch turned everything to gold.
=mod' i fi ca' tion=: change.
=Mon' a cans=: an Indian tribe originally living west of Richmond,
Virginia.
=mon' o syl' la ble=: a single syllable.
=Mort pour la patrie=: "Dead for country."
=Mount joy St. Dennis= (den ny'): the war cry of ancient France.
=muf' ti= (ty): ordinary clothes.
=na bob=: a millionaire: a wealthy man from India.
=na' per y=: table linen.
=Naz' a rene=: a name sometimes applied to Christians, from Jesus of
Nazareth.
=ne go' ti a ting=: bargaining.
=niche= (nitch): an opening in a wall.
=no' men il' lis le' gi o=: "the name of them is legion."
=nor' mal=: accustomed; usual.
=nu' cle us=: a central mass.
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