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Bless, to make one happy

Blind, deprived of sight
Bloom, covered with flowers
Blossom, a flower

Boat, a small vessel to sail in
Boil, to set in motion by heat
Border, the edge

Bough, the branch of a tree

Bran, the coarse part of meal

Branch, the shoot of a tree from the trunk

Breeze, a gentle wind

Bridge, road over the water

Brilliant, shining

Brim, the edge of anything

Brine, water mixed with salt

Brook, a small stream of water

Buoy, to float, to bear up

Bustle, a tumult, a hurry

Butler, a servant who provides drink for the table

Cabin, a small room in a ship

Calm, quiet, without motion

Candor, frankness

Cannibal, one who eats men

Captive, one made prisoner

Car, a chariot

Caravan, a company of traders travelling

Caress, an act of fondness

Castle, a fortified house, a fortress

Cavern, a hollow place in the ground

Cellar, a room in the ground
Centrifugal, flying from the centre
Centripetal, tending to the centre
Cessation, a stop, a rest
Chapter, part of a book
Charity, giving to the poor
Chasm, an opening
Chat, idle talk

Chimney, a place for the smoke to ascend
Chirology, talking by the motion of the hand
Chum, a chamber companion

Churl, a cross, covetous man
Cider, juice of apples

Citron, a large kind of lemon
Clamber, to climb

Claw, the foot of an animal which has sharp nails
Clay, a kind of earth of which bricks are made
Clear, bright, without clouds

Celerity, swiftness

Cliff, a steep rock

Cloud, a collection of vapor

Clown, an ill-behaved man

Coffer, a chest for keeping money

Compare, to measure one thing by another

Compassion, pity

Complaisance, pleasing kindness

Complain, to murmur, to lament

Composed, calm, quiet

Concave, a hollow-an arch, or vault

Concord, peace, union

Condense, thick, crowded

Congeal, to freeze

Constellation, a number of stars near each other

Confine, to shut up

Convex, rising in a circular form

Contain, to hold

Countenance, form of the face

Country, a part of the earth

Cottage, a small house

Covet, to desire others' things

Cream, the oily part of milk

Creator, One who makes things from nothing

Crescent, half moon

Crescent, growing larger

Crime, an act of wickedness
Cull, to pick out of many

Current, a running stream

Custard, food made of eggs, milk and sugar

Damp, some wet, water in the air

Dapple, marked with various colors, spotted

Dawn, the morning after the light first appears till sun

rise

Daybreak, the first appearance of morning light
Deaf, not able to hear

Debt, what is due to another

Decay, wearing out

Decline, to lean downwards, to become less, to refuse

Decoy, to draw one into mischief

Defer, to put off, delay

Delicate, nice, pleasing to the sense

Delight, great joy

Delinquent, one who has committed a crime

Deluge, an overflow of water

Dentist, a doctor for the teeth

Depart, to go away

Depravity, wickedness

Deprive, to take away

Descend, to go downwards

Destroy, to spoil and waste

Detect, to find out a crime

Deter, to make one afraid to do a thing

Devour, to eat greedily

Dumb, not able to speak

Diameter, line across the middle of a circle

Diet, food

Dilate, to spread out, to grow large

Dilute, to make thin and weak, like water

Dim, not seeing clearly

Dine, to eat dinner

Dinner, food prepared for noon

Directly, in a straight course

Discord, quarrel

Dissemble, to hide the truth

Distance, length of way from one place to another
Diurnal, that which occurs every day
Down, soft feathers

Dream, thoughts in sleep

Dungeon, a dark prison, sometimes under ground

Earthquake, shaking of the ground

Echo, the return of a sound

Eddy, the whirling of water

Elegant, graceful, pleasing to good taste

Elucidate, to explain, to make clear

Elude, to escape

Emaciate, to lose flesh

Emancipate, to set free from prison, or slavery
Embark, to put into a ship

Emerge, to rise out of anything by which it was covered

Emigrate, to move from one country to another

Eminent, high, lofty, distinguished

Emit, to send out

Entice, to draw by flattery

Enjoy, to be pleased with a thing

Enter, to go in

Equal, like another

Errand, something done or told by one sent

Erudition, learning

Escape, getting out of danger

Eternity, duration without beginning or end

Evaporate, to fly off in vapor

Evil, wicked

Exclaim, to cry out

Exist, to live

Expect, to wait for a thing

Extinct, put out, and destroyed

Extol, to praise very highly

Extreme, the greatest or highest, the farthermost part

Fault, a small crime

Figure, the form of a thing

Fissure, an opening where a thing is broken.
Flame, the light of fire

Flavor, something that affects the taste

Fleece, the wool which is cut off from a sheep
Forlorn, lost, forsaken, destitute

Fact, that which is done

Fade, to lose color and beauty
Faith, belief

False, not true

Fang, a long tooth

Fault, wrong action.

Felicity, happiness
Filth, dirt

Firmament, the sky

Flavor, scent of a thing

Flaw, a crack

Fluid, that which flows like water

Fog, water in the air, which appears like smoke
Foliage, green leaves

Food, victuals

Forgive, to love one who has hurt us, and not punish him Fraud, deceit

Frenzy, madness

Fresh, new, not salt

Freshet, the rising of rivers
Fuel, what supplies the fire
Funeral, burial of the dead
Furnace, a place to melt iron
Futurity, time to come

Gad, to run about for nothing

Galley, a vessel which sails by the help of oars

Garland, string of flowers

Garment, covering for the body

Garret, the highest room of a house

Gay, cheerful, merry

Gem, a precious stone

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