rag ing:  furious, violent. rec og nized:  known. re flec tion:  image. ref uge:  shelter. re fused:  declined to do. reign ing (rain):  ruling. re mote:  distant. rest less:  eager for change, discontented; unquiet. re store:  to return, to give back. roe buck:  male deer. runt:  an animal unusually small of its kind.

sad dle bags:  a pair of pouches attached to a saddle, used to carry
    small articles. 
Salis bur y (Sauls):  a town in North Carolina. sav age:  wild, untamed. scare crow:  an object set up to scare crows and other birds away from
    crops.
score:  the number twenty. serv ice:  benefit, favor. shek el:  ancient coin. shreds:  strips, fragments.  Si ling (Se):  a Chinese empress. sim ple ton:  a foolish person. six pence:  six pennies—­about twelve cents in United States money. squire:  a justice of the peace. state ly:  dignified, majestic. stat ues:  likeness of a human being cut out of stone. steeped:  soaked. striv ing:  laboring, endeavoring. stub ble:  stumps of grain left in ground, as after reaping.

tab lets:  a flat piece on which to write. tasks:  work, undertaking. tem pest:  storm. tem ple:  a kind of church. thriv ing:  prospering, succeeding. tid ings:  news. till ing:  cultivating. tim id ly:  shyly. tink er ing:  mending. tithing man (t=ith):  officer who enforced good behavior. tor por:  numbness, dullness. tread:  step. tri als:  efforts, attempts. troop:  an armed force.

u su al:  ordinary, common.

vain:  proud, conceited; to no purpose. van ished:  disappeared. ven i son (ven’ z’n):  flesh of deer. vic to ry:  triumph. vol un teer:  one who offers himself for a service.

wa ger (wa jer):  bet. wages:  carries on. wand:  a small stick. width:  breadth. wig wam:  Indian tent. wis dom:  learning, knowledge.

yarn:  thread.

Zeus (Z=us):  a Greek god.

WORD LIST

This list contains the words in the Child’s World Third Reader, except those already used in the earlier books of this series, and a few that present no difficulty in spelling, pronunciation or meaning.

9
Greece
Philemon
Baucis
unhappy
hives

10 gathered couple Zeus beggars

11 attend footsore herbs although pitcher

13 disappeared homeward

14 feeble linden

15 treasure lucky Iris precious

16 messenger swift-footed Mercury awakened

17 hereafter honest upright

18 blossoms luscious harsh

19 hues frolic glistened wrestled scurried

21 fluttered speckled tender

22 parents moment remained praised

25 zigzag remote comrade blithe amber billows stubble bracing

26 plantation spindle

28 woven loom ruffles

29 England buttonholes

30 shepherd shearers

32 dyers

33 colored plaid