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pend reprieve release believe deceive delight receive enlarge conceive happen relieve design indict resign order temper conquer blazon practise restore vanish possess observe allow conjoin entice mispent gather agreed beseech forgot suffice forgave bellow invite hallow labour hollow.

Complain dismiss abstain welcome abhor marry whistle refresh wrestle renew jostle create confide fasten agree settle repose stablish quarrel forfeit wrangle revere respect gather scatter forgive comfort confess commend pardon support publish oblige condemn slander excel secrete reckon recruit marvel nonsuit extol dispose vary mortgage disjoin strangle unite languish scruple direct scribble protect contrive frustrate kindle shelter confine.

Convulsion rheumatism colic asthma palsy pleurisy scurvy toothach dropsy headach chincough jaundice measles fever smallpox torment sickness agony torture disease anguish distemper hunger pestilence nakedness murder famine uneasiness trouble sorrow distress ruin misfortune melancholy accident lunacy apoplexy madness catarrh phthisis leprosy whitlow fallingsickness swelling.

Honest lively hearty sprightly downright funny merry gloomy droughty peevish bitter stormy boisterous sultry tempestuous windy alive beneficent humane charitable benevolent rotten sober fantastic scarlet yellow crazy lunatic orange violet purple better serious little formal narrow forward jolly stubborn insolent handsome genteel oblong saucy heavy impudent ugly cunning.

Humanize characterize modernize satirize signalize agonize civilize fertilize tantalize criticise sacrifice catechise advertise investigate demonstrate accommodate imitate elucidate derogate authenticate dedicate prevaricate hesitate communicate animate anticipate supplicate stipulate penetrate abdicate

circulate perpetrate ruminate distinguish prejudice extinguish constitute relinquish institute recompense reconcile metamorphose recommend.

Interpret interpose interleave intervene contribute distribute prohibit procrastinate prognosticate sup ersede superscribe superintend superabound superadd persecute perambulate persevere dissemble resemble pre-establish precipitate pre-exist predetermine pre-engage pre-ordain prosecute discourage discontinue disinherit disembogue disoblige disengage disallow disencumber dispirit disavow disentangle disobey misapply rely prophesy apply occupy indemnify deny stupify decry diversify multiply personify comply exemplify supply disqualify imply fortify magnify pacify certify testify rectify qualify signify beautify edify justify crucify purify misinform misbehave misconstrue misrepresent misapprehend misconceive counterpoise countermine counterbalance circumscribe circumvent.

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Eleven thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty thirty forty fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety hundred thousand second seventh eleventh thirteenth fourteenth fifteenth sixteenth seventeenth eighteenth nineteenth twentieth thirtieth fortieth fiftieth sixtieth seventieth eightieth

ninetieth hundredth thousandth single double treble quadruple quintuple every many.

Thirsty salutary dirty judiciary pretty customary involuntary argumentative pecuniary interrogative repercussive evasive derogative apprehensive incommunicative decisive foreboding inclusive allseeing passive persuasive disobliging talkative unavailing pensive undermost uppermost simple supple misbecoming unphilosophically comprehensively alphabetically interrogatively disadvantageously deservedly witty invariably almighty spongy unexpectedly quaggy disinterestedly muddy.

Matthew Mark Luke Hugh Moses Edward Aaron Timothy Humphrey Philip Ebenezer Daniel Francis Robert Peter Paul Henry David Andrew George Samuel John Michael Charles Simon William Thomas James Walter Ferdinand Ralph Lewis Joseph Alexander Jonathan Benjamin Zechariah Patrick Obadiah Abraham Jeremiah Job Isaac Stephen Adam Jacob Joshua Richard Gregory Frederick Edmund Gabriel Augustus,

Jane Rhoda Abigail Lettice Teresa Dorcas Phillis Hannah Sophia Caroline Amelia Henrietta Augusta Isabella Rachel Frances Catherine Charlotte Eleanor Lydia Rebecca Martha Susan Ann Sarah Mary Margaret Magdalene Helen Cloe Barbara Rosalinda Joan Rosetta Margery Louisa Jessy Priscilla Phoebe Arabella Elizabeth Matilda Euphemia Penelope Deborah Grace Lucretia.

Scotland, Edinburgh-England, London-Ireland, Dublin-Russia, Petersburgh-Spain, Madrid-Poland, Warsaw-Sweden, Stockholm-Holland, Amsterdam-Portugal, Lisbon-France, Paris-Austria, Vienna-Turkey, ConstantinopleSwitzerland, Berne-Belgium, Brussels - Prussia, Berlin-Denmark, Copenhagen-Italy, Rome -Norway, Christiania.

EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA.

WORDS THE SAME OR NEARLY THE SAME IN SOUND, BUT DIFFERENT IN SPELLING AND SIGNIFICATION.

Ail, to be sick; Ale, malt liquor. Air, the atmosphere; Ere, before; E'er, ever; Heir, to an estate. All, the whole; Awl, cobbler's tool. Altar, for sacrifice; Alter, to change. Ascent, steepness; Assent, consent. Bacon, swine's flesh; Baken, in an oven. Bail, surety; Bale, of silk. Ball, a round body; Bawl, to cry out. Bare, naked ; Bear, a beast. Baize, of woollen; Bays, bay trees; Base, vile; Bass, in music. Be, to exist; Bee, an insect. Beau, a fop; Bow, to shoot with. Beer, malt drink; Bier, for the dead. Berry, a small fruit; Bury, to inter. Blew, did blow; Blue, a colour. Boar, a male sow; Bore, to bore a hole. Board, a plank; Bored, did bore. Bough, a branch; Bow, to bend. Buy, to purchase; By, near. Bread, to eat; Bred, brought up. Bruise, to hurt; Brews, doth brew. Borough or burgh, a corporate town; Burrow, a rabbit cover. Call, by name; Caul, of a wig or bowels. Cannon, a great gun; Canon, a rule of law. Ceiling, of a room; Sealing, of a letter. Cellar, a vault; Seller, that sells. Chased, did chase; Chaste, continent. Chews, doth chew; Choose, to cull or pick. Choir, a set of singers; Quire, of paper. Choler, wrath; Collar, for the neck. Chord, in music ; Cord, a small rope. Scion, a young shoot; Sion,

a city. Cite, to summon; Sight, seeing; Site, situation. Clause, a part; Claws, talons. Climb, to clamber up; Clime, climate. Coarse, not fine; Course, race or way. Council, an assembly; Counsel, advice, to advise or direct. Cousin, a relation; Cozen, to cheat. Cygnet, a young swan;` Signet, a seal. Dane, a native of Denmark; Deign, vouchsafe. Dear, costly, beloved; Deer, a stag or hind. Dew, on the grass; Due, owing. Doe, she-deer; Dough, paste of bread unbaked. Done, performed; Dun, a colour. Eaten, swallowed; Eton, a town. Yew, a tree; You, yourself. Eye, to see with; I, myself. Fane, a temple; Fain, desirous; Feign, to dissemble. Faint, weary; Feint, a pretence. Fair, handsome; Fare, food. Feat, exploit; Feet, of the body. Fillip, with the finger ; Philip, a man's name. Fir, a tree; Fur, of wild beasts. Flea, an insect; Flee, to fly. Flour, for bread; Flower, of the field. Foul, filthy; Fowl, a bird. Frays, quarrels; Phrase, a sentence. Frieze, a kind of cloth; Freeze, to congeal. Furs, the plural for fur; Furze, a prickly shrub. Gall, bile; Gaul, a Frenchman. Gilt, gilded; Guilt, sin. Gnat, a stinging fly; Nat, Nathaniel. Grate, for coals; Great, large. Greater, larger; Grater, for nutmeg. Groan, hard sigh; Grown, increased. Hail, frozen water; Hale, healthy. Hair, of the head; Hare, animal of chase. Hall, a great room ; Haul, to pull. Hart, deer; Heart, part of th

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