con-grat-u-la'-tion, good wishes at
some event.
per'-il-ous, dangerous.

tre-men'-dous mo'-ment, a time when
a decision, one way or another,
will affect them seriously.
ad-u-la'-tion, flattery.

cri'-sis, time for deciding anything
important.

de-lu'-sion, wrong notions.
en-vel'-op, wrap; cover.
in-fat-u-a'-tion, folly.

ob-trud'-ed, thrust in upon.
do her rev-er-ence, show her hon-
our and respect. This sentence
is adapted from Mark Antony's
speech over the body of Cæsar,
in Shakspeare's Julius Cæsar.

a-bet'-ted, encouraged.
am-bass-a-dors, ministers or repre-
sentatives of a king or queen at
a foreign court.
in-vet'-er-ate, old; deadly.
a-chieve', do; accomplish.
im-pos-si-bil'-i-ties, things which
cannot be done.

cam-paigns', times when an army
is in the field.

ac-cum'-u-late, collect; gather together.

sham'-bles, place where butchermeat is sold; here applied to the hiring of their subjects by German princes to be soldiers in the British army in America. des'-pot, tyrant; a king or ruler who governs in an oppressive way.

im'-po-tent, weak.

mer'-cen-ar-y, hired for money.
ir'-ri-tates, provokes.

re-sent'-ment, a feeling of displea-
sure and anger.

ad'-ver-sar-ies, enemies.

ra-pa'-ci-ty, violence and greed.
as-so'-ci-ate, connect with.

tom'-a-hawk, the light war-hatchet

of the North American Indians. al-li'-ance, union with.

del'-e-gate, to intrust or commit.
e-nor'-mi-ties, great crimes.
in-dig-na'-tion, anger and scorn.
de-test'-a-ble, bad; hateful.

can'-ni-bal sav'-age, a savage person
who eats the flesh of one he
has slain in battle.

EXERCISES.-1. The affixes -ism, -ity, -ment, -ness, -ry, -ship, -th, -tude, -ty, denote state, condition, being, quality; as hero, heroism; rapid, rapidity; establish, establishment; good, goodness; brave, bravery; friend, friendship; warm, warmth; grateful, gratitude; honest, honesty.

2. Analyse and parse the following: ""It is perfectly allowable," says Lord Suffolk, "to use all the means which God and nature have put into our hands."

3. Make sentences of your own, and use in each one or more of the following words: Congratulation, accumulate, associate, campaign.

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