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Assiduity—state of being an acid.
            Audible—worthy of applause.
            Auriferous—giving light from yourself.
               —pertaining to an orifice.

            Beneficence—a state of insanity.
            Burglarize—to make burglars.

            Capillary—a little caterpiller.
            Cassowary—a kind of dromedary.
            Centaur—a three legged animal.
            Conjugate—to all wrinkle up.
            Conservative—a person interested in politics who does   not like Mr.
               Gladstone.
            Corniferous—rocks in which fossil corn is found.
            Crosier—a staff carried by the Deity.
            Culinary—cunning or cute.

            Delineate—to deface.
               —to make lean.
            Demagogue—a vessel containing beer and other liquids.

            Egregious—the art of learning.
               —feeding on flocks .
               —a good many sheep together.
            Emissary—a foreign missionary.
            Emolument—a softening.
               —a structure.
               —a great increase.
               —a headstone to a grave.
            Epicac—a man who likes a good dinner.
            Equanimity—evenness of time.
               —carefullness.
               —being equal all round.
            Equestrian—an equal.
               —a competetor.



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