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; shift 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 banishing 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