- Frantic = Wild: I picked a bouquet of frantic flowers.
- Retorted = Returned: We retorted home at six o'clock.
- Summoned = Called: I summoned to see Mary last week.
- Athletic = Strong: The vinegar was too athletic to be used.
- Poignant = Sharp: My knife is very poignant.
- Ordinances = Rules: We learned the ordinances for finding the greatest common divisor.
- Turbid = Muddy: The road was so turbid that we stuck fast in the mud.
- Tandem = One behind another: The scholars sit tandem in school.
- Akimbo = With a crook: I saw a dog with an akimbo in his tail.
- Atonement = Satisfaction: There is no atonement in boat-riding in a cold day.
- Composure = Calmness: The composure of the day was remarkable.
We have the authority of the late Dr. Hart as to the genuineness of the following extracts, taken from the papers of a class seeking admission into a high-school, to which had been given a list of words for their meanings and applications:
- Fabulous—Full of threads: Silk is fabulous.
- Accession—The act of eating a great deal: John got very sick after dinner by accession.
- Atonement—A small insect: Queen Mab was pulled by atonements.
- Develop—To swallow up: God sent a whale to develop Jonah.
- Circumference—Distance through the middle: Distance around the middle of the outside.
- Mobility—Belonging to the people: The mobility of St. Louis has greatly increased.
- Adequate—A land animal: An elephant is an adequate.
- Gregarious—Pertaining to idols: The Sandwich-Islanders are gregarious.
- Fluctuation—Coming in great numbers: There was a great fluctuation of immigrants.
- Alternate—Not ternate.
- Intrinsic—Not trinsic: weak, feeble: He was a very intrinsic old man.
- Subservient—One opposed to the upholding of servants.
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