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Gage is a French word, and signifies to pledge. The banks engage to redeem their notes with species, and they are obliged to fulfill their engagements. To preëngaged means to engage beforehand. I am not at liberty to purchase goods when they are preëngaged to another person. To disengage, is to free from a previous engage- ment. A mediator is a third person who interposes to adjust a dis- pute between parties at variance. How can a young man cleanse his ways? Oh, how I love thy law!
No. 94. – 101 Words
WORDS OF THREE SYLLABLES, ACCENTED ON THE FIRST. LEFT UNMARKED FOR EXERCISE IN NOTATION
çin-na-mon, et-y-mon, grid-i-ron, and-i-ron, skel-e-ton, sim-ple-ton, buf-fa-lo, cap-ri-corn, cal-i-co, in-di-go, ver- ti-go, cal-i-ber, bed-cham-ber, çin-na-bar, of-fi-çer, col-an- der, lav-en-der, prov-en-der, çyl-in-der, in-te-ġer, scav-en- ger, har-bin-ġer, por-rin-ġer, stom-a-cher, ob-se-quines, prom-i-ses, com-pass-es, in-dex-es, am-ber-gris, em-phas- is, di-o-çese o-li-o, o-ver-plus, nu-cle-us, ra-di-us, ter- min-nus, blun-der-buss, syl-la-bus, in-cu-bus, ver-bi-aġe, sir-i-us, cal-a-mus, mit-ti-mus, du-te-ous, a-que-ous, du- bi-ous, te-di-ous, o-di-ous, stu-di-ous, co-pi-ous, se-ri-ous, cu-ri-ous, fu-ri-ous, spu-ri-ous, lu-mi-nous, glu-ti-nous, ru-in-ous, lu-di-crous, dan-ġer-ous, hid-e-ous, in-fa-mous, ster-to-rous, nu-mer-ous, o-dor-ous, hu-mor-ous, ri-ot-ous, trai-tor-ous, per-vi-ous, treach-er-ous, haz-ard-ous, pit-e- ous, plen-te-ous, im-pi-ous, vil-lain-ous, mem-bra-nous, rav-en-ous, om-i-nous, res-in-ous, glut-ton-ous, bar-ba- rous, ul-cer-ous, slan-der-ous, pon-der-ous, mur-der-ous, ġen-er-ous, pros-per-ous, ran-cor-ous, rig-or-ous vig-or- ous, val-or-ous, am-or-ous, clam-or-ous, tim-or-ous, sul- phur-ous, ven-tu-rous, rapt-ur-ous, ar-du-ous, mis-chiev- ous, stren-u-ous, sin-u-ous, tyr-an-nous.
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