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predecessor.

=pre ca' ri ous=: uncertain; dangerous.

=pre' con cep' tion=: a foreshadowing; an idea of something to come.

=pri me' val=: original.

=prim' i tive=: original; coming down from afar.

=Pro' cy on= (si): a first-magnitude star.

=pro di gious= (pro dij' us): immense.

=pro ject' ile=: something projected with force, or fired.

=pur veyed'=: brought.

=quarter-staff=: a short pole, used as a walking-staff and a weapon.

=ra' di us=: the distance from the center of a body to its surface.

=rail' ler y=: jesting.

=ran' som=: a sum paid for the release of a prisoner.

=rar' e fac' tion=: the making thin; less dense.

=ra' ti o=: rate; measure.

=re cip' ro ca ted=: returned.

=re cum' bent=: lying down.

=re fec' to ry=: a dining-room in a convent.

=re frac' tion=: the bending from a straight line which occurs when a ray
of light passes out of the air into water.

=reg' u la tor=: a contrivance for controlling motion.

=re mu' ner a ted=: rewarded; presented with.

=re nowned'=: famous.

=re plete'=: filled.

=rep' ro ba' tion=: condemnation; disapproval.

=res' pi ra' tor=: a device covering the mouth and nose and preventing the
breathing of outside air.

=ret' i nue=: a train of attendants.

=re ver' ber a ted=: reflected; echoed.

=rime=: hoarfrost.

=Rolfe, John=: the first Englishman to plant tobacco in Virginia; the
husband of Pocahontas.

=rood=: cross.

=ro' sa ry=: a string of beads used in counting prayers.

=ru' bi cund=: ruddy; red.

=rucksack=: a napsack worn by Arctic travelers.

=rue' ful=: sad; distressed.

=ruffle=: a contest.

=sar cas' ti cal ly=: ironically; humorously.

=sat' el lite=: an attendant; also, a body revolving around another, as
the moon.

=scar=: a cliff.

=sci' en tist=: one learned in the natural sciences, as chemistry,
physics, etc.

=screen=: a surface on which the reflection from the periscope is thrown.

=sem' blance=: likeness.

=serf=: a kind of slave; an unfree laborer.

=sex' tant=: an instrument used to determine a ship's position by
observing the sun and other objects.

=Shah=: ruler; king.

=shrift=: confession made to a priest.

=Shrovetide=: the days just before the beginning of Lent.

=sib' yl=: prophetess.

=side drift=: the drift of a vessel to one side or the other of a course.

=sil hou ette= (sil oo et'): the black shadow of an object.

=sin' gu lar' i ty=: strangeness.

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