The Century Vocabulary Builder eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 319 pages of information about The Century Vocabulary Builder.

The Century Vocabulary Builder eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 319 pages of information about The Century Vocabulary Builder.
Sentences:  The young ____ was placed on ____.  The will was brought
into the ____ court.  It is ____ that such ____ as his will win the ____ of
evil-doers.

Rupt (break):  (1 and 2 combined) rupture, abrupt, interrupt, disrupt, eruption, incorruptible, irruption, bankrupt, rout, route, routine.

Sentences:  The volcano was in ____.  Though ____, he remained
____.  The ____ of the barbarians ____ these reforms.  The organization was
____ after having already been put to ____.  The ____ he had chosen led to
a ____ in their relationships.  It was ____ work.

Sed, sid(e), sess (seat):  (1) sedulous, sedentary, supersede, subside, preside, reside, residue, possess, assessment, session, seige; (2) sediment, insidious, assiduous, subsidy, obsession, see (noun), assize.

Sentences:  The ____ was so small that he scarcely noticed he ____
it.  The officer was ____ in making the ____ upon every tax-payer fair. 
During the ____ Congress remained in ____.  He ____ in the city and has a
____ occupation.  When the officer who ____ is firm, such commotions will
quickly ____.  He ____ the disgraced commander.

Sequ, secu, sue (follow):  (1) sequel, sequence, consequence, subsequent, consecutive, execute, prosecute, persecute, sue, ensue, suitor, suitable, pursuit, rescue, second; (2) obsequies, obsequious, sequester, inconsequential, non sequitur, executor, suite.

Sentences:  On the ____ day they continued the ____.  In the ____
chapter of the ____ the heroine is ____.  The ____ of events is hard to
follow.  The ____ was that her brother began to ____ her ____.  The district
attorney ____ six ____ offenders, but thought it useless to bring any ____
offender to trial.  It was a ____ occasion.

Shear, share, shore (cut, separate):  (1 and 2 combined) shear, sheer, shred, share, shard, scar, score, (sea)shore, shorn, shroud, shire, sheriff.

Sentences:  The ____ had on his face a ____ made by a ____ thrown at
him.  In that ____ an old custom for every one to ____ in the ____ the
sheep.  There was, instead of the usual ____ a cliff that rose from the
sea.  All ____ as the freshman was, he had hardly a ____ of his former
dignity.  The ____ was very one-sided.  A ____ of mist was about him.

Sign (sign):  (1) sign, signal, signify, signature, consign, design, assign, designate, resignation, insignificant; (2) ensign, signatory, insignia.

Sentences:  He ____ his approval of the ____.  The disturbance
caused by his ____ was ____.  He ____ no reason for ____ those particular
men.  As he could not write his own ____, I ____ the document for him.  It
was a ____ defeat.

Solve, solu (loosen):  (r) solve, resolve, dissolve, solution, dissolute, resolute, absolute; (2) solvent, absolution, indissoluble, assoil.

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