Invective abuse, reproach, railing, censure, sarcasm, satire.

Inveterate, confirmed, chronic, malignant.

Invidious, envious, hateful, odious, malignant.

Invincible, unconquerable, impregnable, insuperable, insurmountable. Invisible, unseen, imperceptible, impalpable, unperceivable.

Involve, implicate, entangle, compromise, envelop.

Ire, rage, anger, wrath, indignation, passion.

Irksome, wearisome, burdensome, tiresome, tedious, troublesome, vexatious, annoying.

Irony, sarcasm, satire, ridicule, raillery.

Irrational, foolish, silly, imbecile, brutish, unreasonable, absurd, preposterous, ridiculous.

Irreligious, profane, godless, impious, sacrilegious, desecrating.
Irreproachable, blameless, spotiess, irreprovable, unblemished.
Irresistible, resistless, opposeless, irrepressible.

Irresolute, wavering, undetermined, undecided, vacillating.
Irritable, excitable, irascibie, susceptible, sensitive.

Irritate, aggravate, worry, provoke, imbitter, madden, exasperate, displease.

Issue, ., end, conclusion, upshot, effect, consequence, result, offspring, progeny, children.

Lasting, durable, abiding, permanent, perpetual.

Latent, hidden, secret, occult, inscrutable.

Laud, praise, command, applaud, extol, magnify, eulogize.

Lavish, profuse, extravagant, prodigal.

Lax, loose, vague, dissolute, licentious.
Lazy, idle, indolent, slothful, sluggish, inactive.

Lead, conduct, guide, direct, induce, persuade, influence.
Leader, chief, director, head, guide.
Lean, a., thin, scraggy, lank, skinny.
Lean, v., incline, tend, bend, slope.

Leave, a, quit, relinquish, renounce, give up, setire

Legend, fable, myth, memoir, annal, chronicle.
Legitimate, legal, lawful, genuine, fair
Lengthen, extend, elongate, protract, prolong.
Lessen, abate, diminish, decrease, lower, subside.

Level, even, plain, smooth, flat.

Levity, giddiness, lightness, flightiness.

Liberal, generous, bountiful, bounteous, munificent, plentifui
Liberty, leave, license, permission, freedom.

Licentious, loose, lax, dissolute, rakish, unbridled.

Lie, untruth, falsehood, falsity, fabrication, fiction, invention, story. Life, animation, vivacity, buoyancy, spirits, history, career, existena Likelihood, probability, appearance.

Likeness, picture, image, effigy, carte de visite, resemblance, similar

ity, representation, similitude.

Limit, ., extent, boundary, bound, border.

Limpin, clear, transparent.

Linger, tarry, loiter, wait, lag, saunter,

Link, tie, bind, join, chain.

Liquidate, clear off, extinguish, pay off, lessen, discharge.

List, roll, roster, catalogue, register, inventory.
Listless, indifferent, indolent, careless.

Literal, actual, real, positive, true.

Little, smali, diminutive, dwarf.

Lively, acuve, brisk, quick, sprightly, prompt, buoyant, racy, viva

cious.

Loathe, dislike, nauseate, abhor, detest, abominate.

Lofty, high, tail, elevated, exalted.

Loiter, wait, linger, tarry, saunter,

Look, s., manner, appearance, aspect, feature, glance, peep.

Look, v., see, witness view, eye, inspect.

Loquacity, taikativeness, volubility, glibness, babbling.

Lot, destiny, fate, future, doom.

Loud, noisy, clamorous, vociferous, blustering, riotous, turbulent

tumultuous

Love, endearment, affection, attachment, fondness.

Lovely, charming, amiable, deughtful.

Lover, suitor, wooer sweetheart.

Loyalty alegiance, fearty

Luck, chance, fortune accident.

Luckless, napless, unlucky, unprosperous, unfortunate.
Lucre, gain, profit, emolument, money,

Ludicrous, laughable, ridiculous, comic, droll, odd, silly.
Lurid, gloomy, murky, lowering.

Luscious, honeyed, sweet, meifluous.

Lustre, spiendor, brightness, brilliancy, effulgence, refulgence.
Lusty, stout, strong, able-bodied, stalwart, robust, muscular, brawny
Luxuriant, overflowing, exuberant, superfluous, redundant, abundant.

MACHINATION, stratagem, cheat, imposture, fraud, trick.
Mad, wild, frantic, distracted, furious, rabid.
Madden, irritate, enrage, exasperate.

Madness, mental aberration, insanity, lunacy, mania, frenzy, rage fury.

Magnanimous, august, dignified, noble, exalted, lofty.

Magnificence, splendor, grandeur, gorgeousness, pomp.
Magnify, enlarge, extol, applaud, laud.

Magnitude, greatness, bigness, size, bulk.

Main, chief, principal, leading, first.

Maintain, assert, vindicate, hold, support, sustain.

Majestic, dignified, noble, stately, pompous, splendid, grand

Make, create, form, produce, mould, shape.

Malediction, curse, imprecation, denunciation, anathema.

Malefactor, criminal, culprit, felon, convict.

Malice, spite, rancor, ill-feeling, grudge, pique, animosity, ill wi
Malicious, virulent, malignant, wicked.

Manage, contrive, concert, direct.

Management, direction, superintendence, care, economy.

Mangle, tear, lacerate, mutilate, cripple, maim.

Manifest, v., reveal, prove, evince, exhibit, display, show

Manifest, a., clear, plain, evident, open, apparent, visible, obvious.

Manly, masculine, hardy, vigorous, courageous, brave, heroic, fearles Manners, morals, habits, behavior, carriage.

Many, numerous, several, sundry, divers, various, manifold

Mar, spoil, ruin, disfigure.

March, tramp, tread, walk, step, space.

Margin, edge, rim, border, brink, verge.

Mark, ., sign, note, symptom, token indication, trace, vestige, track, badge, brand.

Mark, v., impress, print, stam,, engrave, note, notice, remark, show, point out, indicate.

Marriage, wedding, nuptials, matrimony, wedlock.
Martial, military, warlike, soldier-like.

Marvel, wonder, miracle, prodigy.

Marvellous, wondrous, wonderful, amazing, miraculous.

Masculine, manly, virile, hardy, vigorous, brave, courageous.
Massive, massy, bulky, heavy, weighty, ponderous.
Masterly, skilful, clever, expert, dexterous, adroit.
Masterly, dominion, rule, sway, ascendency, supremacy.

Matchless, unrivalled, unequalled, unparalleled, peerless, incompara

bie, inimitabie, surpassing, unique.

Material, a., corporeal, bodily, physical, temporal, momentous.
Matrimony, marriage, wedlock, wedding, nuptials, espousals.
Mature, ripe. ready, mellow, perfect, fit.

Maxim, adage, apophthegm, proverb, saying, by-word, saw.
Meagre, poor, lank, emaciated, barren, dry, uninteresting.

Mean, a., stingy, niggardly, low, abject, vile, ignoble, degraded, contemptible, vulgar, despicable.

Mean, v., design, purpose, intent, contemplate, signify, denote, indi

cate.

Meaning, signification, import, acceptation, sense, purport.
Medium, mediocrity, organ, channel, instrument, means.
Medley, mixture, variety, diversity, miscellany.

Meek. unassuming, mild, gentle.

Melancholy, low-spirited, dispirited, dreamy, sad.

Mellow, ripe, mature, soft.

Melodious, tuneful, musical, silver, dulcet, sweet.

Melt, liquefy, fuse, dissolve, moisten.

Memoir, narrative, chronicle, legend, life, history.

Memorable, signal, distinguished, marked.

Memorial, monument, memento, commemoration.

Memory, remembrance, recollection.

Menace, ., threat, threatening, commination.

Mend, amend, correct, better, ameliorate, improve, rectify.

Mention, tell, name, communicate, impart, divulge, reveal, disclose,

inform, acquaint.

Merchandise, goods, wares, commerce, traffic.

Merciful, compassionate, lenient, clement, tender, gracious, kind. Merciless, hard-hearted, cruel, unmerciful, pitiless, remorseless, unrelenting.

Mercy, lenity, mildness, clemency, compassion, pity.
Merited, deserved, condign, suitable, adequate, proper.
Merriment, mirth, joviality, jollity, hilarity.

Merry, cheerful, mirthful, joyous, gay, lively, sprightly, hilarious, bäthe, blithesome, jovial, sportive, jolly.

Metaphorical, figurative, allegorical, symbolical.

Method, way, manner, mode, process, order, rule, regularity, system.
Mien, air, look, manner, aspect, appearance.
Migratory, roving, strolling, wandering, vagrant.

Mimic, imitate, ape, mock.

Mindful, observant, attentive, heedful, thoughtful.

Mingle, mix, blend, compound, amalgamate.

Minute, circumstantial, particular.

Mirth, joy, merriment, gladness, festivity, joviality, hilarity, cheerfulness, vivacity, gayety, fun, jollity.

Misapprehension, misconception, misunderstanding, mistake, error.
Miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate, mixed.
Miscellany, medley, diversity, variety, mixture, hotchpotch.
Mischief, injury, harm, damage, hurt, evil, ill.
Misconception, misapprehension, misunderstanding, mistake.
Miscreant, caitiff, villain, ruffian.

Miserable, unhappy, wretched, distressed, afflicted.
Miserly, stingy, niggardly, avaricious, griping.

Misery, wretchedness, woe, destitution, penury, privation, beggary.
Misfortune, calamity, disaster, mishap, catastrophe.

Misguide, mislead, dazzle, beguile, deceive.
Miss, omit, lose, fail, miscarry.

Mistake, n., error, blunder, delusion, misapprehension, misunderstanding

abstinent.

Misuse, n., abuse, perversion, maltreatment.
Mitigate, alleviate, relieve, abate, diminish.
Moderate, temperate, abstemious, sober,
Moderation, temperance, sobriety, abstemiousness.
Modest, chaste, virtuous, bashful, reserved.
Moist, wet, damp, dank, humid.

Molest, annoy, incommode, discommode, incommodate, vex, tease a turb.

Momentous, important, significant, weighty.

Monotonous, unvaried, dull, tiresome, undiversified.

Monstrous, shocking, dreadful, horrible, huge, immense.

Monument, memorial, record, remembrancer, cenotaph.

Mood, humor, disposition, vein, temper.

Morass, bog, quagmire, slough, marsh, fen, swamp.

Morbid, sick, ailing, sickly, diseased, corrupted.

Morose, gloomy, sullen, surly, fretful, crabbed, crusty.
Mortify, vex, chagrin, grieve, hurt, afflict, annoy.

Motion, proposition, proposal, movement, change, action.
Motionless, stili, stationary, torpid, stagnant.

Motive, cause, reason, principle, inducement, incentive, impulse, spur,

stimulus.

Mount, arise, rise, ascend, soar, tower, climb, scale, embellish.
Mournful, sad, sorrowful, lugubrious, grievous, doleful, heavy.

Move, actuate, impel, induce, prompt, instigate, persuade, stir, agitate, propel, push.

Moving, affecting, touching, pathetic, melting.

Multifarious, divers, many, manifold.

Multitude, crowd, throng, host, mob, swarm.

Munificent, bounteous, bountiful, generous, liberal.

Murder, v., kill, assassinate, slay, massacre, despatch.

Murky, dark, dusky, dìm, cloudy, misty, shadowy.

Muse, v., meditate, contemplate, think, reflect, cogitate, ponder.
Music, harmony, melody, symphony.

Musical, tuneful, melodious, harmonious, dulcet, sweet.

Necessity, need, occasion, exigency, emergency, urgency, requisite. Need, n., necessity, distress, poverty, indigence, want, penury. Need, ., require, want, lack.

Neglect, v., disregard, slight, omit, overlook.

Neglect, ., omission, failure, default, negligence, remissness, care lessness, slight.

Neighborhood, environs, vicinity, nearness, adjacency, proximity.
Nerveless, feeble, impuissant, weak, forceless, enfeebled, debilitated
enervated, impotent, paralyzed, palsied.
Nervous, timid, timorous, shaky.

Neutralize, counterbalance, counteract.
News, tidings, intelligence, information.

Nice, exact, accurate, good, particular, precise, fine, delicate.
Niggardly, miserly, griping, stingy, penurious, saving, greedy.
Nimble, active, brisk, lively, alert, quick, agile, prompt, sprightly.
Noble, exalted, elevated, dignified, illustrious, great, grand, stately,
lofty.

Nocturnal, nightly, gloomy, dark.

Noise, cry, outcry, clamor, row, din, uproar, tumult.

Nonsensical, irrational, absurd, preposterous, silly, foolish.

Notable, plain, evident, remarkable, signal, memorable, striking, rare. Note, n., token, symbol, mark, sign, indication, remark, observation, comment, memorandum.

Noted, distinguished, remarkable, eminent, celebrated, renowned, well known, famous.

Notice, n., advice, notification, intelligence, information, warning.
Notice, v., mark, note, observe, attend to, regard, heed.
Noticeable, striking, observable, remarkable.

Notification, notice, declaration, publication, intelligence, information.

Notify, publish, acquaint, communicate, apprise, inform, declare. Notion, conception, idea, belief, opinion, sentiment, impression, conviction.

Notorious, noted, well known, renowned, famous.

Novel, modern, new, fresh, recent, unused, strange, uncommon, rare.
Noxious, hurtful, deadly, poisonous, deleterious, baneful.
Nullify, annul, vacate, invalidate, quash, cancel, repeal.
Number, v., calculate, compute, estimate, reckon, count, enumerate.
Number, ., multitude, many, throng, crowd, swarm, host, figure,
numeral.

Numerous, many, sundry, various, several.

Nurture, nurse, cherish, nourish, foster, supply.
Nutrition, food, diet, nutriment, nourishment.

OBDURATE, hard, callous, hardened, unbending, 'graceless, unfeeling, insensible, insusceptible.

Obedient, compliant, submissive, dutiful, respectful.
Obese, corpulent, fat, adipose, fleshy.

Object, n., aim, end, purpose, design, mark, butt.

Object, v., oppose, except to, contravene, impeach, deprecate.

Oblige, compel, bind, engage, coerce, constrain, force, impel, accommodate.

Obliterate, erase, blot out, expunge, efface.

Obloquy, odium, reproach, censure, abuse, scurrility, opprobrium, shame.

Obnoxious, hateful, offensive, liable, exposed, unpopular.

Obscure, a., dim, misty, cloudy, shadowy, dusky, dark, gloomy, indistinct, unknown, humble, unintelligible.

Observance, form, etiquette, ceremony, solemnity, rite, celebration. Observant, watchful, mindful, attentive, heedful.

Observe, keep, fulfil, heed, obey, perform, notice, remark, watch. bsolete, disused, antiquated, old-fashioned, ancient, old, neglected. bstacle, difficulty, impediment, stumbling-block, barrier, hindrance, obstruction.

Obstruct, hinder, prevent, impede, bar, clog, barricade, choke, interrupt.

Obtain, acquire, attain, secure, achieve, gain, get, procure, win, earn.
Cbtuse, stolid, heavy-headed, dull, stupid, unintelligent.
Obviate, prevent, preclude, hinder, provide against.

Dbvious, clear, plain, evident, manifest, open, apparent, visible, patent.

Occult, secret, hidden, unknown, invisible, dark, mysterious. Occupation, occupancy, profession, holding, tenure, business, trade, avocation, calling, engagement, office, pursuit.

Odd, singular, eccentric, strange, extraordinary, whimsical, comical, droll, uneven.

Odious, hateful, loathsome, execrable, detestable, abominable, disgusting, repulsive.

Odor, smell, scent, perfume, fragrance.

Offence, affront, insult, outrage, indignity, misdeed, trespass, transgression, wrong, misdemeanor, injustice.

Offend, displease, vex, nettle, irritate, shock, transgress, err.

Offensive, insulting, rude, saucy, impertinent, distasteful, obnoxious opprobrious.

Offer, present, bid, tender, proffer, extend, propose, volunteer.
Officious, obtrusive, busy, interfering, meddling.
Offspring, issue, progeny, descendants, children.

Old, aged, elderly, senile, ancient, antique, antiquated, obsolete.
Omission, oversight, failure, neglect, default.

Omit, leave out, miss, overlook.

Onerous, responsible, burdensome, heavy, laborious, oppressive, toil

some.

Only, singly, alone, solely, merely, barely, simply, exclusively.
Opaque, untransparent, dull, dark, cloudy.

Open, a., candid, frank, unreserved, free, ingenuous, sincere, unaffected genuine, undisguised, unfolded.

Open, v., unclose, unlock, unseal, exhibit, dissolve, spread, expand begin.

Operate, act, do, make, work, labor.

Operation, action, agency, instrumentality, force, effort, enterprise.
Operative, stringent, effective, serviceable, binding.
Opportunity, occasion, chance, fit opening.

Oppose, combat, bar, hinder, resist, withstand, contradict.

Opposite, adverse, diverse, contrary, hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, Incompatible, inconsistent, paradoxical, facing.

Opprobrious, abusive, scurrilous, insulting, offensive, outrageous, shameful.

Opprobrium, disgrace, odium, infamy, ignominy, obloquy.
Option, choice, preference, election.

Opulent, wealthy, rich, affluent, moneyed.

Oral, verbal, spoken, parole.

Oration, address, speech, harangue, discourse.

Orderly, regular, systematic, methodic, methodical, quiet, peaceable. Ordinance, decree, law, statute, edict, regulation.

Ordinary, common, vulgar, plain, customary, settled, wonted, conven tional, habitual, usual.

Organization, structure, form, instrumentality, construction.

Origin, commencement, original, beginning, rise, source, spring

cause.

Original, first, primary, pristine, primeval, peculiar, odd.
Originate, create, form, spring, ooze, issue, proceed, begin.
Ornament, ., embellishment, adornment, decoration.

Over, above, upon, across, more than.

Overawe, daunt, intimidate, affright, cow.

Overbearing, bullying, blustering, imperious, lordly, domineering. Overcharge, oppress, overload, surcharge, surfeit.

Overlook, inspect, survey, excuse, forgive, pardon, neglect, miss.

Overplus, excess, surplus, surplusage.

Overreach, cheat, outwit, circumvent, cozen, gull, dupe, defraud.

Oversight, inadvertence, inattention, neglect, mistake, error, omission

Parsimonious, stingy, niggardly, miserly.

Partial, biassed, prejudiced, limited, incomplete.

Participate, share, partake, join in.

Particle, jot, tittle, grain, atom.

Partition, v., parcel, divide, apportion, distribute.

Partner, colleague, coadjutor, associate, sharer, confederate, spouse. Partnership, union, connection, firm, house, association, company, companionship, society.

Party, faction, confederacy, combination, detachment, clique, league.
Passion, anger, rage, fury, vehemence, impetuosity, love, affection.
Passionate, hot, hasty, irritable, angry, excitable, fiery, vehement, im-
petuous, glowing, burning, ardent.

Passive, unresisting, unopposing, submissive, enduring, patient.
Pathetic, moving, touching, affecting, melting, tender.
Patience, resignation, endurance, fortitude.

Peculator, defaulter, delinquent, offender, thief.

Peculiar, appropriate, particular, exclusive, remarkable, signal, special, singular, uncommon.

Peevish, ill-natured, touchy, testy, captious, fractious, cross, fretful, petulant, cynical, irascible.

Pellucid, translucent, lucid, limpid, transparent, clear.
Penetrate, pierce, perforate, bore, fathom, reach.

Penetration, insight, sharpness, acuteness, sagacity, discernment, discrimination.

Penitence, contrition, repentance, remorse.

People, commonalty, populace, mob, mobility, nation, tribe, race. Perception, seeing, sense, taste, perceptibility, sensibility, susceptibil

ity, sensation, apprehension, conviction.

Percolate, filtrate, strain, filter, ooze.

Peremptory, absolute, positive, arbitrary, despotic, decisive, imperative.

Perennial, imperishable, undying, immortal, deathless, enduring, perpetual.

Perfect, complete, whole, entire, finished, unbroken, thorough, mature, пре.

Perfume, odor, scent, fragrance, aroma, smell, incense.
Perhaps, perchance, possibly, peradventure.

Perish, decay, die, expire, dissolve.

Permanent, durat le, abiding, enduring, lasting, fixed, stable, steadfast, constant.

Permission, permit, leave, liberty, license.

Permit, v., admit, allow, let, consent, suffer, tolerate, license, warrant. Pernicious, destructive, ruinous, baneful, deleterious, hurtful. Perpetual, constant, continual, continuous, endless, eternal, lasting, incessant, ceaseless, unceasing, uninterrupted.

Perplex, embarrass, harass, confuse, bewilder, entangle, involve, puzzle.

Pestilential, contagious, infectious, epidemical, mischievous, pernicious, nocent, noxious, baneful, destructive, pestiferous, fatal, deadly.

Petition, prayer, supplication, entreaty, request, suit, appeal.
Petty, trifling, trivial, frivolous, insignificant, small, little.
Petulant, captious, fractious, cross, peevish, fretful, splenetic, excita-
ble, ill-humored.

Philanthropic, charitable, kind, benevolent, gracious, benignant.
Phlegmatic, frigid, cold, heavy, unfeeling, apathetic.

Phrase, term, style, sentence, proposition, period, phraseology, dic

. tion.

Piercing, thrilling, ringing, clangous.

Piety, religion, sanctity, holiness, devotion, grace, godliness.

Pile, v., heap, accumulate, hoard, amass, collect.

Pine, v., flag, droop, languish, sink, fade, wither, decay, decline.

Pious, holy, godly, saintly, devout, religious.

Piquant, pungent, acrid, smart, keen, biting, harsh, stinging, cutting,

racy.

Pique, spite, grude, umbrage, resentment.

Pithy, terse, concise, forcible, strong.

Pitiful, mean, paltry, sordid, contemptible, despicable.

Pity, ., compassion, sympathy, condolence, mercy.

Plea, apology, defence, vindication, entreaty.

Plead, defend, vindicate, exonerate, justify, exculpate, excuse. Pleasant, pleasing, agreeable, gratifying, satisfactory, delicious, ex

quisite, delightful, pleasurable, jocular, jocose, witty, sm laughing.

Please, gratify, satisfy, content, delight, fascinate, indulge.

Pleasure, comfort, enjoyment, gratification, joy, delight, rapt

charm, wish.

Plight, v., pledge, hypothecate, vow.

Plot, v., concoct, hatch, frame, contrive, conspire.
Pluck, courage, mettle, spirit, nerve.

Plump, fleshy, round, fat, full, chubby.

Polite, refined, genteel, civil, accomplished, well-bred. Politeness, gentility, civility, urbanity, courteousness, courtesy. bility.

Politic, political, civil, judicious, prudential.

Pomp, parade, display, gorgeousness, splendor, grandeur, pageantry show, state.

Pompous, majestic, stately, grand, august, dignified, lofty, inflated. bombastic.

Portray, draw, sketch, paint, depict, delineate, represent, describe. Praise, n., approval, eulogy, commendation, applause, exaltation, honor.

Praise, v., commend, extol, eulogize, panegyrize, laud, applaud, glorify. Praiseworthy, laudable, honorable, commendable, meritorious, worthy.

Prank, frolic, gambol, freak, trick, escapade.
Precious, valuable, costly, dear, estimable.
Precipice, cliff, crag.

Precipitate, v., hurry, hasten, cast down, expedite.
Precipitate, a., hasty, hurried, rash, premature.
Predicament, situation, condition, state, plight, dilemma.

Predict, v., foretell, prognosticate, prophesy, foreshadow.
Predilection, preference, partiality, bias, prejudice.
Predominant, prevailing, prevalent, ascendant, overruling.
Pregnant, prolific, teeming, replete, enceinte.

Prejudice, prepossession, bias, partiality, detriment, harm, hurt, damage.

Preliminary, prefatory, introductory, anterior, previous, antecedent. Preponderate, v., predominate, prevail, overbalance, outweigh, cutbalance.

Prepossessing, charming, engaging, taking, attractive, winning.
Preposterous, irrational, foolish, absurd, ridiculous.
Prerogative, privilege, immunity, right, exemption.

Presage, foresee, predict, portend, augur, forebode, prognosticate, be token, threaten.

Prescribe, appoint, ordain, dictate, decree, enjoin, impose, order. Presumptuous, presuming, over-confident, forward, arrogant, bold, rash, foolhardy.

Pretence, cloak, mask, garb, pretext, excuse, plea.
Pretend, feign, affect, simulate, profess.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness, vanity, self-esteem, lordliness, conceit, loftiness, vainglory.

Principally, chiefly, essentially, mainly.

Principle, ground, reason, motive, impulse, maxim, rule, rectitude, in tegrity.

Print, v., mark, impress, stamp, imprint.

Privilege, immunity, advantage, favor, prerogative, exemption, right, claim.

Probity, rectitude, uprightness, honesty, integrity, sincerity, sound

Prolix, diffuse, long, prolonged, tedious, tiresome, wordy, verbose, prosaic.

Prominent, eminent, conspicuous, marked, jutting, important, leading. Promiscuous, mixed, unarranged, mingled, indiscriminate.

Prop, v., maintain, sustain, support, stay.

Propagate, spread, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, extend, breed, In

crease.

Propensity, inclination, disposition, bias, proneness, tendency, bent, predilection, proclivity.

Proper, legitimate, right, just, fair, equitable, honest, suitable, fit, adapted, meet, becoming, bentting, decent, pertinent, appropriate. Prosper, flourish, succeed, grow rich, thrive, advance.

Prosperity, well-being, weal, welfare, happiness, good luck.

Prostrate, oppressed, trampled on, abject, paralyzed.

Proverb, adage, maxim, aphorism, saying, byword, saw.

Proximate, next, immediate, nearest, closest.

Proximity, nearness, vicinity, neighborhood.

Proxy, agent, representative, substitute, delegate, deputy.

Prudence, carefulness, judgment, discretion, wisdom.

Prurient, itching, craving, hankering, longing

Puerile. youthful, juvenile, boyish, childish, infantile, trifling, weak, silly.

Punctilious, trifling, nice, particular, formal, precise.

Punctual, exact, precise, nice, particular, prompt, timely.

Pungent, acrid, acrimonious, piquant, smart, keen, sunging.
Putrefy, rot, decompose, corrupt, decay

Puzzle, v., perplex, confound, embarrass, bewilder, confuse, pose, mystify.

QUACK, impostor, pretender, charlatan, empiric, mountebank.
Quaint, artful, curious, far-fetched, fancifui, odd, singular.
Querulous, complaining, fretting, repining.

Query, question, inquiry, interrogatory.

Quibble, cavil, evade, equivocate, shuffle, prevaricate.

Quick, lively, ready, prompt, alert, nimble, agile, active, brisk, expeditious, adroit, fleet, rapid, swift, impetuous, sweeping, dashing, clever, sharp.

Quote, note, repeat, cite, adduce.

RABID, mad, furious, raging, frantic.

Race, course, match, pursuit, career, family, clan, house, ancestry, lineage, pedigree.

Rack, agonize, wring, torture, excruciate, distress, harass.
Racy, spicy, pungent, smart, spirited, lively, vivacious.
Radiance, splendor, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, lustre, glare.
Radical, organic, innate, fundamental, original, constitutional, inher-
ent, complete, entire.

Rancid, fetid, rank, stinking, sour, tainted, reasty.

Rancor, malignity, hatred, hostility, antipathy, animosity, enmity, illwill, spite.

Range, v., arrange, class, place, rank, wander, stroll, roam, ramble, rove, expatiate.

Rapacious, ravenous, voracious, greedy, grasping.

Rapidity, quickness, swiftness, speed, velocity, celerity, fleetness, activity, expedition, despatch.

Rapture, ecstacy, transport, delight, bliss.

Rational, reasonable, sagacious, judicious, wise, intellectual, sensible, sane, sound.

Raze, demolish, destroy, overthrow, ruin, dismantle.
Realize, accomplish, achieve, effect, gain, get, acquire.
Reciprocal, mutual, alternate, interchangeable.

Recompense, n., indemnity, compensation, remuneration, requital, satisfaction, reward.

Record, m., chronicle,register, note, trace,vestige,minute, memorandum.
Rectitude, justice, uprightness, integrity, virtue, equity.
Redundant, superfluous, unnecessary, excessive, luxuriant.
Refer, appeal, allude, advert, relate, belong.

Reformation, improvement, reform, amendment.

Refractory, unruly, perverse, ungovernable, obstinate, stubborn.
Regret, n., grief, sorrow, lamentation, repentance, remorse.

Regular, orderly, methodic, systematical, uniform, unvaried, customary, ordinary, stated, periodical.

Relevant, fit, proper, suitable, appropriate, pertinent, apt.
Reliance, trust, hope, dependence, confidence.

Relief, succor, aid, help, redress, alleviation.

Relinquish, give up, forsake, resign, surrender, quit, leave, forego. Remedial, healing, curative, mitigating, sanitary.

Remedy, help, relief, redress, cure, specific, reparation.

Remorseless, pitiless, relentless, cruel, ruthless, merciless, barbarous
Remote, distant, far, secluded, indirect.

Renown, distinction, reputation, fame, glory, celebrity.
Reproduce, propagate, imitate, represent, copy.

Reprove, chide, rebuke, reprimand, scold.

Repudiate, disown, discord, disavow, renounce, disclaim.
Repugnant, antagonistic, averse, adverse, hostile, unwilling.
Repulsive, forbidding, odious, ugly, disagreeable, revolting.
Reputable, creditable, estimable, honorable, respectable.
Respite, reprieve, interval, stop, pause.

Revel, feast, carouse, luxuriate, banquet, wallow.
Revenge, vengeance, retaliation, requital, retribution.
Revenue, produce, income, fruits, proceeds, wealth.

Reverence, ., honor, respect, awe, veneration, deference, worship homage.

Revise, review, reconsider.

Revive, refresh, renew, renovate, animate, resuscitate, vivify, cheer,

comfort.

Rich, wealthy, affluent, opulent, copious, ample, abundant, exuberant, plentiful, fertile, fruitful, superb, gorgeous.

Rival, n., antagonist, opponent, competitor.

Road, way, highway, route, course, path, pathway, anchorage.
Roam, rambie, rove, wander, stray, stroll.

Robust, strong, lusty, vigorous, sinewy, stout, sturdy, stalwart, ablebodied.

Rout, v., discomfit, beat, defeat, overthrow, scatter.

Route, road, course, march, way, journey, path, direction. Rude, rugged, rough, uncouth, unpolished, harsh, gruff, impertinent, saucy, flippant, impudent, insolent, churlish.

Ruinous, destructive, hurtful, deleterious, baneful, wasteful. Rule, sway, method, system, law, maxim, precept, guide, formula, reg. ulation, government, standard, test.

Rumor, hearsay, talk, fame, report, bruit.

Ruthless, cruel, savage, barbarous, inhuman, merciless, remorseless, relentless, unrelenting.

SACRED, holy, hallowed, divine, consecrated, dedicated, devoted.
Sanction, confirm, countenance, encourage, support, ratify, authorize.
Sapient, sagacious, discerning, knowing, sage, wise.
Saturate, steep, soak, imbue.

Saucy, impertinent, rude, impudent, insolent, flippant, forward.
Savory, tasty, piquant, tasteful, palatable.

Scandalize, shock, disgust, offend, calumniate, vilify, revile, malign, traduce, defame, slander.

Scanty, bare, pinched, insufficient, slender, meagre.

Scatter, strew, spread, fling around, disseminate, disperse, dissipate, dispel.

Secret, clandestine, concealed, hidden, sly, underhand, latent, private. Secular, worldly, temporal, civil, lay, profane.

Seditious, factious, tumultuous, turbulent, insurgent, mutinous, rebel lious, incendiary.

Seduce, allure, attract, decoy, entice, abduct, inveigle, deprave. Sensation, perception, apprehension, sentiment, feeling, impression. Sense, discernment, appreciation, view, opinion, feeling, perception sensibility, susceptibility, thought, judgment, signification, import, significance, meaning, purport, wisdom.

Sensibility, feeling, perception, sensitiveness, susceptibility.
Sensible, a., wise, intelligent, reasonable, sober, sound, conscious,

aware.

Sensual, carnal, fleshly, voluptuous, animal.

Set, put, place, lay, arrange.

Settle, arrange, adjust, regulate, organize, conclude, determine, fix ratify, confirm.

Sever, break, disconnect, dissever, separate detach.