The Illustrated London Reading Book eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 377 pages of information about The Illustrated London Reading Book.

The Illustrated London Reading Book eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 377 pages of information about The Illustrated London Reading Book.

OVERTHRO’W, v.a. turn upside down; throw down; ruin; defeat; destroy

OVERWHE’LM, v.a. crush underneath something violent and weighty;
    overlook gloomily

PACI’FIC, a. mild; gentle; appeasing

PA’LACE, a. a royal house

PA’LTRY, a. worthless; contemptible; mean

PA’RADISE, s. the blissful region in which the first pair were placed;
    any place of felicity

PA’RALLEL, a. extending in the same direction; having the same
    tendency

PARALLE’LOGRAM, s. in geometry, a right-lined four-sided figure, whose
    opposite sides are parallel and equal

PA’RAPET, s. a wall breast high

PA’RCEL, s. a small bundle; a part of a whole

PA’RDON, s. forgiveness

PARO’CHIAL, a. belonging to a parish

    PARO’TIDA-SA’LIVART, a. glands so named because near the ear

PA’RTICLE, s. any small quantity of a greater substance; a word
    unvaried by inflection

PARTICULAR, s. a single instance; a minute detail of things singly
    enumerated.  IN PARTICULAR, peculiarly; distinctly

PARTICULARLY, ad. in an extraordinary degree; distinctly

PA’SSAGE, s. act of passing; road; way; entrance or exit; part of a
    book

PA’SSENGER, s. traveller; a wayfarer; one who hires in any vehicle the
    liberty of travelling

PA’SSIONATE, a. moved by passion; easily moved to anger

PA’SSIVE, a. unresisting; suffering; not acting

PA’STORAL, a. rural; rustic; imitating shepherds

PATHE’TIC, a. affecting the passions; moving

PA’THOS, s. passion; warmth; affection of the mind

PA’THWAY, s. a road; a narrow way to be passed on foot.

PA’TIENCE, s. the power of suffering; perseverance

PA’TIENTLY, ad. with steadfast resignation; with hopeful confidence

PA’TRIARCH, a. one who governs by paternal right; the father and ruler
    of a family

PA’THIMONY, s. an estate possessed by inheritance

PA’TRIOT, s. one who loves his country

PA’TRON, s. one who countenances, supports, or protects; defender

PEA’CEABLE, a. not quarrelsome; not turbulent

PE’CTORAL, a. belonging to the breast

PECU’LIAR, a. appropriate; not common to other things; particular

PECULIARITY, s. particularity; something found only in one

PE’DESTAL, a. the lower member of a pillar; the basis of a statue

PE’DIMENT, s. an ornament that finishes the fronts of buildings, and
    serves as a decoration over gates

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