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A'Tt.i.tUDE, _s._ position; expression
ATTRA'CT, _v.a._ draw to something; allure; invite
ATTRA'CTIVE, _a._ having the power to draw anything; inviting
ATTRIBUTE, _v.a._ to ascribe; to yield as due; to impute as a cause
AU'DITOR, _s._ a hearer
AURO'RA-BOREA'LIS, _a._ electrical light streaming in the night from the north; the northern lights or streamers
AUSTE'RITY, _s._ severity; cruelty
AUTHENTIC, _a._ genuine
AU'THOR, _s._ the first beginner or mover of anything; a writer in general
AUTHO'RITY, _s._ power; rule; influence; support; legal power
AU'TUMN, _s._ the season of the year between summer and winter
AVAILABLE, _a._ profitable; powerful; advantageous
AVALA'NCHE, _s._ immense ma.s.s of snow or ice
A'VERAGE, _s._ a middle proportion
AVI'DITY, _s._ eagerness; voracity; greediness
AVO'ID, _v.a._ shun; s.h.i.+ft off; quit
AWA'KE, _v.a._ rouse out of sleep; put into new action
AW'KWARD, _a._ clumsy; inelegant; unready
A'ZURE, _s._ blue; faint blue
BA'CCHa.n.a.lS, _s._ the drunken feasts of Bacchus; fabulous personages who a.s.sisted at the festivals of Bacchus
BALCO'NY, _s._ a frame before the window of a room
BALLO'ON, _s._ a large hollow ball of silk, filled with gas, which makes it rise in the air
BA'NDIT, _s._ a man outlawed
BA'NISH, _v.a._ condemn to leave one's country; drive away
BA'NISHMENT, _s._ the act of banis.h.i.+ng another; the state of being banished
BARBA'RIAN, _s._ a savage; a man uncivilized
BA'RBAROUS, _a._ savage; ignorant; cruel
BA'RREN, _a._ unfruitful; sterile; scanty
BARRIC'ADE, _v.a._ stop up a pa.s.sage; hinder by stoppage
BASA'LT, _s._ a variety of trap rock
BASA'LTIC, _a._ relating to basalt
BASTI'LE, _s._ (p.r.o.nounced _basteel_) a jail; formerly the state prison of France
BA'TTER, _v.a._ beat; shatter; beat down
BA'TTLE, _s._ a fight; an encounter between opposite enemies
BEA'CON, _s._ something raised on an eminence to direct
BEA'RABLE, _a._ that which is capable of being borne
BEAU'TY, _s._ a particular grace or feature; a beautiful person
BECO'ME, _v.a._ befit; be suitable to the person
BEDE'CK, _v.a._ to deck; to adorn; to grace
BE'DSTEAD, _s._ the frame on which the bed is placed
BEHI'ND, _ad._ out of sight; not yet in view; remaining
BEHO'VE, _v.n._ to be fit
BELI'EVE, _v.n._ to have a firm persuasion of anything
BENEFA'CTOR, _s._ one that does good
BE'NEFIT, _s._ a kindness; a favour conferred; an advantage
BENE'VOLENT, _a._ kind; having good-will
BENI'GHT, _v.a._ involve in darkness; surprise with the coming on of night
BENI'GNANT, _a._ kind; generous; liberal
