LESSON 17

{descendants}de-scend´ants of Adam

{declarative}de-clar´a-tive sentence

{consciousness}con´scious-ness of power

{conscientious}con-sci-en´tious in all things

{Connecticut}Con-nect´i-cut River

{committed}com-mit´ted a serious crime

{chosen}cho´sen people

{till}till the soil

{barbarous}bar´ba-rous tribes of Africa

{symmetry}sym´met-ry of a circle

{specific}spe-cif´ic reasons

{sieve}sieve for sifting flour

{separation}sep-a-ra´tion of gold from silver

{relieve}re-lieve´ the tired sentry

{relief}re-lief´ expedition

{recommendation}rec-om-men-da´tion for the place

{Protestant}Prot´es-tant church

{prophecy}proph´e-cy of Elijah

{prophesy}proph´e-sy fair weather

{pneumatic}pneu-mat´ic tire

{pendulum}pen´du-lum of a clock

{paid}paid in full

{oscillation}os-cil-la´tion of a pendulum

{medieval}me-di-e´val history

{larvae}lar´væ of the fly