Words in Fourth Reader
ȧ băn´dȯn: give up.
ăc´cū̍ rȧ çy̆: correctness.
Ǣ´sȯn.
Ǣ ē´tēs̝.
Äh´mĕd.
ȧ māin´: busily.
ȧ māze´ment: surprise.
Ä´pï ä.
är´c̵hi tĕct: a person skilled in the art of building.
Är´gō̍ na̤uts.
Är´gus.
ăs´pĕct: appearance; look.
ăs pīr´ĭng: rising upward.
ăs sāiled´: attacked.
ăs sĕv´ẽr āt ĕd: said earnestly.
ȧs sured (shṳrd´): sure; certain.
ȧ sŭn´dẽr: apart; in two.
ăt´mŏs phere (fēr): air.
ȧ wēa´ry̆: tired.
ȧ wrȳ´: twisted toward one side.
băde: ordered.
bälm: a gummy substance which flows from the fir tree.
ba̤l´sam: a gummy substance which flows from the fir tree.
băl´ŭs trā̍de: a railing along the edge of a bridge or staircase.
bärg̣´ĕs̝: roomy boats to carry goods or passengers.
bär´nȧ cles̝: small shellfish which fasten themselves on rocks, timbers, other animals, etc.
bȧss: a kind of fish.
băt tăl´ion (yŭn): body of troops.
bȧ zäar´: in the East a shop where goods are kept for sale.
bē̍ līke´: perhaps.
bē̍ nĕv´ō̍ lent: kind.
bē̍ nŭmbed´: deprived of feeling, as by cold.
bē̍ sēech´: beg; ask earnestly.
bĭl´lō̍ws̝: great waves of the sea.
Bĭs nȧ gär´.
blīt̵he´sȯme: gay; cheerful.
bōard: go on deck of.
bōwld´dẽrs̝: large stones worn smooth by the action of water; rocks, rounded or not, carried by natural agencies far from their native bed.
brĕt̵h´rĕn: brothers.
brīn´y̆: salty.
buoy (bwoi): a floating object chained in place to mark a channel or to show the position of something under the water, as a rock.
bûr´den: the chorus of a song.
bŭr´rō̍ws̝: holes in the ground, made for homes by certain animals.
bŭs'tlĭng: noisy; active.
cā´dençe: the close or fall of a strain of music.
Căd´mus.
căn´nĭ bal: an animal that devours its own kind.
cȧ no̤e´: a small, light boat.
căn´yȯns̝: deep gorges or hollows between steep banks, worn by water courses.
căp´tĭve: a prisoner taken in war.
căr´ȧ văn: a company of travelers through a desert.
căr´rĭ ȯn: dead bodies of animals, unfit for food.
căt´ȧ răcts: great falls of water over steep places.
çĕl´ē̍ brā tĕd: famous, well known.
Çĕn´ta̤urs̝.
çĕr´ē̍ mō̍ nĭes̝: forms of politeness.
chăr´ĭ ty̆: kindness to the poor.
Chēe ma̤un´: a birch canoe.
C̵hī´rŏn.
Çĭn´trȧ: a town in Portugal.
clăṉ´gor: a sharp, harsh, ringing sound.
clēave: cut; part.
clī´ent: one who asks advice of a lawyer.
Cŏl´c̵hĭs.
cŏm mĕnd´ĕd: praised.
cŏm pass´iȯn ā̍te ly̆: (păsh) pityingly.
cŏm pĕlled´: forced, obliged.
cŏm´plā̍i sănt ly̆: politely.
cŏm prē̍ hĕnd´: understand.
cŏn çĕn´tẽred: concentrated; fixed.
cŏn fīd´ĭng: trusting.
cŏn jĕc´tū̍re: guess.
cŏn jūre´: beg earnestly.
cȯn´ jŭr ẽr: a magician.
cŏn´ sē̍ quĕnt ly̆: accordingly; as a result.
cŏn strŭc´tion (shŭn): manner of building; arrangement.
cŏn vẽrt´ĕd: changed.
cŏn ve̱yed´: carried.
cȯv´ẽrt: shelter.
Crṳ´sōes̝: men like Robinson Crusoe, the hero of the story of that name. He was a shipwrecked sailor who lived many years on an uninhabited island.
dē̍ ci´siȯn: fixed purpose. (sĭzh)
deficiency (dē̍ fĭsh´en çy̆): want.
dē̍ lĭb´ẽr ā̍te: slow and careful.
dē̍ mūre´ly̆: soberly.
dĭs guīs̝ed´: dressed for the purpose of concealment.
dĭs̝´mal: sad.
dĭ vẽrt´: turn aside.
Dō dō´nȧ.
drēar´ĭ ĕst: most comfortless and sorrowful.
drow´s̝y̆: sleepy.
ĕd´dy̆ ĭng: moving in a circle.
ē̍ mẽrġed´: came out.
ĕm´ĭ grants: emigrants are people who have left one country to settle in another.
ĕn coun´tẽr: meet.
ĕn´ẽr ġy̆: force and resolution; power for work.
ĕn tẽr tāin´ment: amusement.
ē̍ quĭpped´: dressed; fitted out.
ĕs pīed´: saw.
ē̍ thē´rē̍ al: heavenly.
fēat´ly̆: nimbly.
fēats: tricks.
fēe: charge.
fĕs´tĭ vals̝: feasts.
fī´broŭs: composed of fibers or threads; tough.
fĭ dĕl´ĭ ty̆: faithfulness.
fis´sṳre: a narrow opening. (fĭsh)
fit´fụl: changeable.
fläunt: wave; spread out.
flēe: run away.
flĭm´s̝y̆ thin.
fŏr beâr´: keep from.
fŏr´eĭgn: belonging to other countries.
fōur scōre: eighty.
fra̤ud: deceit; cheat.
frŏth´y̆: full of bubbles.
fŭṉc´tions (shŭns̝): actions suitable to a business or profession.
găl´lant: brave.
găl´ley̆: a vessel with oars, used by ancient people.
gärb: dress.
Gēe´zĭs: the sun.
ġē´nĭes̝: spirits; powerful fairies.
giving ear: listening.
glâre: stare; look fiercely.
glēe: joy; mirth.
glŏss´y̆: smooth and shining.
grăt´ĭ tū̍de: thankfulness.
grăv ĭ tā´tion (shŭn): the law of nature by which all bodies are drawn toward one another.
Great Wall, the: a wall fourteen hundred miles long, built many hundreds of years ago for the defense of the Chinese Empire.
grēen´swa̤rd: turf green with grass.
guärd´ĭ an: one to whose care a person or thing is committed.
gŭlls̝: long-winged seabirds.
hăv´ŏc: destruction; ruin.
ha̤ws̝´ẽrs̝: large ropes.
hẽr´mĭt: a man who lives apart from other people.
hĭl´lȯck: a small mound.
hīre´lĭng: one who serves for gain only.
hŏp´pẽr: a box through which grain passes into a mill.
Ho̤us´sā̍in.
hȯv´ẽrs̝: covers; shelters.
hū̍ mĭl´ĭ ā´tion (shŭn): shame; disgrace.
ĭl lū´mĭ nāt ĕd: lighted up; brightened.
ĭm ăġ´ĭ nȧ tĭve: full of fancies.
ĭm pĕt´ū̍ oŭs: hasty.
ĭm pŏs´tor: a cheat; one who imposes upon others.
ĭn crē̍ dū´lĭ ty̆: unbelief.
ĭn´fĭ nĭte ly̆: beyond measure; greatly.
ĭn ġē̍ nū´ĭ ty̆: skill; inventiveness.
ĭn hĕr´ĭt ançe: possession.
ĭn scrĭp´tion (shŭn): that which is inscribed or written, especially on a building or monument.
ĭn sta̤lled´: placed in office.
ĭn stĭnc´tĭve: acting according to one's nature.
ĭn tẽr çēde´: speak in one's behalf.
ĭn tŏl´ẽr ȧ ble: not to be borne.
ĭn´vȧ lĭd: one who is weak from illness.
Ĭ ŏl´c̵hŏs.
Jā´sȯn.
jŭṉ´gles̝: thickets of trees and vines.
Kägh: the hedgehog.
kīne: cows.
knīght: a man who receives a rank which entitles him to be called Sir; as, Sir Walter Scott.
lăg: go slowly.
lâir: the bed of a wild beast.
lēa: meadow; field.
lēagues̝: a league is a measure of distance of from two to four miles.
lė´gal: relating to law; governed by the rules of law.
Lē ŏn´ĭ das.
line, the: the Equator.
lĭṉ´guĭst: a person skilled in languages.
lōath: unwilling.
low´ẽr: seem dark and gloomy.
măl´ĭçe: ill will.
măn ū̍ făc´tū̍red: made.
mā´trȯn ly̆: womanly; motherly.
māze: a tangle; a network.
mē̍ c̵hăn´ĭ cal: relating to tools and machinery.
mĕc̵h´an ĭs̝m: arrangement of the parts of anything.
Mē dē´ȧ.
mĕd´ĭ tāte: intend; think seriously.
mēed: reward.
mĭn´ȧ rĕt: the tall, slender tower of a mosque.
mĭn´strĕl: poet; singer.
mĭs chȧnçe´: misfortune; ill luck.
mĭs´chiē̍ voŭs: doing harm in play.
mŏc´cȧ sĭn: an Indian shoe made of deerskin, the sole and the upper part being in one piece.
Moon of Leaves: May.
mosque (mŏsk): a church in Eastern countries.
mo̤u̱s tȧçh´ĭ ō̍s̝: mustache.
mŭl´lĕt: a kind of fish.
my̆s´tẽr y̆: something secret.
năn kēen´: a kind of yellow cotton cloth.
Nĕp´tū̍ne.
no͝ok: corner.
No̤ur´gĭ hän.
No̤u rŏn´nĭ här.
ō̍ bēi´sançe: bow.
ŏb scū´rĭ ty̆: darkness.
ŏb s̝ẽrv´ĭng: seeing; noticing.
ôr´bĭts: paths round the sun.
Ôr´pheus (fūs).
palanquin (păl aṉ kēn´): an inclosed carriage, used in China and India, which is borne on the shoulders of men by means of two poles.
păr´ȧ çhṳte: a sort of umbrella by means of which descent is made from a balloon.
păt´tĕns̝: wooden soles made to raise the feet above mud.
pēers̝: equals.
pĕlf: money; riches.
Pē´lĭ ăs.
pĕn´ē̍ trāte: pierce into.
Pĕ rï bä´no̤u.
pĕs´tĭ lençe: the plague; a deadly disease.
philosophy (fĭ lŏs´ō̍ fy̆): the science or knowledge of things, their causes and their effects.
phiz (fĭz): face.
pilot-cloth sack: a coat made of coarse dark blue cloth such as pilots wear.
plī´ant: bending easily without breaking.
plŭm´my̆: full of plums.
pŏl´lȯck: a sea-fish somewhat like the cod.
pŏl lū´tion (shŭn): uncleanness.
pôr´pȯis ĕs̝: sea animals.
pōrt: manner of carrying oneself.
pōr trāy´al: description.
pō´tion (shŭn): drink; dose, usually of liquid medicine.
prīed: looked closely.
prŏd´ûçe: that which is brought forth from the ground.
profession (prō̍ fĕsh´ŭn): employment; the business which one follows.
prō̍ mōt´ĕd: advanced; raised in rank.
prō̍ trūd´ĕd: thrust out.
prow: the forepart of a vessel.
prowl´ĭng: going stealthily or slyly.
quạd´rụ pĕd: an animal having four feet.
quāint: odd; curious.
quạr´ry̆: the animal hunted.
qua̤r´tẽr stạff: a long, stout staff used as a weapon.
quĕst: search.
răm´pärts: walls surrounding a place for its defense.
rē̍ lŭc´tant: unwilling.
rĕm ĭ nĭs´çĕnç ĕs̱ recollections.
rē̍ mŏn´stranç ĕs̝: objections.
rē̍ nounçe´: give up.
rē̍ pĕl´: drive away.
rē̍ prōach´fụl ly̆: chidingly.
rē̍ quīred´: needed.
rĕs̝´ĭn: a gummy substance which flows from the fir tree.
rē̍ splĕn´dent: very bright; shining.
rē̍ tīred´: went away.
rĕv ẽr ĕn´tial (shal): respectful; humble.
rōamed: wandered; went from place to place.
rō´s̝ē̍ ā̍te: rosy.
ro̤u tïne´: regular course of action.
rŭd´dĭ nĕss: redness.
săl´lĭed: ran out.
Säm ar känd´.
Sä mō´ä.
săn´dals̱: shoes consisting of soles strapped to the feet.
scĕp´tẽr: a staff carried by a king as a sign of his authority.
sēa-pīes̱: shore birds, sometimes called oyster catchers.
sē̍ clūd´ĕd: apart from others; lonely.
sĕdġ´ĕs̝: coarse grasses which grow in marshy places.
Sĕ rā´pĭs.
shēer: straight up and down.
shĭl´lĭngs̝: the shilling is a silver coin of Great Britain equal in value to about twenty-four cents of our money.
shōal: a great number, a crowd—said especially of fish.
smōl´dẽr ĭng: burning and smoking without flame.
sō´joûrn ẽrs̝: those who dwell for a time.
sō̍ lĭç´ĭt: ask earnestly.
sŏl´ĭ tā̍ ry̆: lonely.
sŏm´bẽr: dark; gloomy.
sōre´ly̆: greatly.
sȯv´ẽr eĭgn: effectual.
species (spē´shēz): kinds.
spīked: made the guns useless by stopping the vent or touchhole with a nail or spike.
sprāy: water falling in very small drops.
sprītes: spirits; fairies.
squa̤ws̝: Indian women.
strāight´wāy: at once.
strănd: shore.
strĭds̝: passages between steep rocks or banks so narrow that they look as if they might be crossed at a stride.
stûr´dy̆: strong.
sŭb´stĭ tū̍te: a person or thing put in place of another.
sŭlk´ĭ ly̆: peevishly; angrily.
sŭl´tan: an Eastern king.
sŭp´ple: easily bent.
sŭs pĕnd´ĕd: hung.
swēep: a boy who cleans chimneys by sweeping them.
swĩrl´ĭng: whirling.
sylph (sĭlf): a fairy.
sy̆m´pȧ thīze: pity.
Tăm´ȧ răck: the American larch.
Tȧ quȧ mē´na̤w: a river of northern Michigan, which flows into Lake Superior.
tẽrns̝: long-winged seabirds.
tĕt̶h̶´ẽred: fastened by a rope, for feeding within certain limits.
Thẽr mŏp´y (ē̍) laē.
t̶h̶ĭt̶h̶´ẽr: to this place.
tō´kens̝: signs.
tow'ẽr ĭng: very high.
trăṉ´quĭl: quiet, calm.
trăns pâr´ent: that can be seen through.
trăns pōrt´ĕd: carried.
tûr´bū̍ lent: disturbed; roused to great commotion.
ŭn ġĕn´tle: not gentle; rough.
ûr´chĭn: a little boy.
Vaī lï´ma.
văl´iant (yant): brave.
văl´or: courage.
väunt´ĭng ly̆: boastingly; braggingly.
vēered: turned; changed direction.
vẽr´dū̍r oŭs: green.
vī´brātes: moves to and fro.
vĭz´iers (yẽrs̝): in Eastern countries, officers of high rank.
Vŭl´can.
whĭst: still; quiet.
wĭg'wạms̝: Indian houses made of poles covered with mats or bark.
wĭnd´fa̤ll: portion of a forest blown down in a wind storm.
wrôught: worked.
Xerxes (Zẽrx´ēs̝).
yạcht: a light sea-going vessel used for parties of pleasure, racing, etc.