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An anonymous author writes without signing his name to his com- position. Synonymous words have the same signification. Very few words in English are exactly synonymous. Precipitous signi- fies steep; the East and West rocks in New Haven are precipitous. An amphibious animal can live in different elements. The frog lives in the air, and can live in water for a long time. A miraculous event is one that cannot take place according to the ordinary laws of nature. It can only take place by the agency of divine power. Assiduous study will accomplish almost any thing that is within human power. An integument is a cover. The skin is the integu- ment of animal bodies. The bones also have integuments. Young persons are often improvident – far more improvident than the lit- tle ants.
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WORDS OF FOUR SYLLABLES, ACCENTED ON THE SECOND. MOSTLY LEFT UNMARKED
as-per-i-ty, se-ver-i-ty, pros-per-i-ty, aus-ter-i-ty, dex-ter-i-ty, in-teḡ-ri-ty, ma-jor-i-ty, pri-or-i-ty, mi-nor-i-ty, plu-ral-i-ty, fa-tal-i-ty, vi-tal-i-ty, mo-ral-i-ty, mor-tal-i-ty, bru-tal-i-ty, fi- del-i-ty, sta-bil-i-ty, mo-bil-i-ty, no-bil-i-ty, fa-cil-i-ty, do-cil- i-ty, a-ġil-i-ty, fra-ġil-i-ty, ni-hil-i-ty, ste-ril-i-ty, scur-ril-i-ty, duc-til-i-ty, ġen-til-i-ty, fer-til-i-ty, hos-til-i-ty, tran-quil-i-ty, ser-vil-i-ty, pro-pin-qui-ty, ca-lam-i-ty, ex-trem-i-ty, sub-lim- i-ty, prox-im-i-ty, con-form-i-ty, e-nor-mi-ty, ur-ban-i-ty, cu- pid-i-ty, tur-ġid-i-ty, va-lid-i-ty, ca-lid-i-ty, so-lid-i-ty, ti-mid- i-ty, hu-mid-i-ty, ra-pid-i-ty, stu-pid-i-ty, a-rid-i-ty, flo-rid-i- ty, fe-cun-di-ty, ro-tun-di-ty, com-mod-i-ty, ab-surd-i-ty, lo- cal-i-ty, vo-cal-i-ty, re-al-i-ty, le-ḡal-i-ty, fru-gal-i-ty, for-mal- i-ty, car-nal-i-ty, neu-tral-i-ty, as-cend-en-çy, de-spond-en-cy, e-mer-ġen-cy, in-clem-en-cy, in-solv-en-cy, de-lin-quen-cy, mo-not-o-ny, a-pos-ta-sy, hy-poc-ri-sy, ti-moc-ra-cy, im-pi-e- ty, va-ri-e-ty, e-bri-e-ty, so-bri-e-ty, pro-pri-e-ty, sa-ti-e-ty.
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