504 absolutely essential words

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1.All words are page to hang ideas on
Abandon,
Keen,
Jealous
12  cards
Alice had the slightest idea about Latitude & Longitude
Corpse,
Conceal,
Dismal
12  cards
Good words anoint a man, ill words kill a man
Typical,
Minimum,
Scarce
12  cards
Good words are worth much & cost little
Vapor,
Eliminate,
Villain
12  cards
Better one living word than a thousand dead
Tradition,
Rural,
Burden
12  cards
A word to the wise is sufficient
Approach,
Detect,
Defect
12  cards
A fool & his words are soon parted.
Postpone,
Consent,
Massive
12  cards
By words the mind is excited & the spirit elated
Exaggerate,
Amateur,
Mediocre
12  cards
With words we grown men
Vicinity,
Century,
Rage
12  cards
10.Clearness is the most important matter in the use of words.
Excel,
Feminine,
Mount
12  cards
11.We tie knots & bind up words in double meaning, & then try to untie them.
Evidence,
Solitary,
Vision
12  cards
12.Sharp words make more wounds than surgeons can heal.
Ignite,
Abolish,
Urban
12  cards
13.He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.
Journalist,
Famine,
Revive
12  cards
14.Words, like fine flowers, have their colours, too.
Unruly,
Rival,
Violent
12  cards
15.Speak clearly, if you speak @ all; Carve every word before you let it fall.
Expand,
Alter,
Mature
12  cards
16.A very great part of the mischiefs that vex this world arise from words.
Slender,
Surpass,
Vast
12  cards
17.Word by word the book is made.
Appeal,
Addict,
Wary
12  cards
18.Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.
Tragedy,
Pedestrian,
Glance
12  cards
19.For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, & for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say.
Harvest,
Abundant,
Uneasy
12  cards
20.Word are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
Emerge,
Jagged,
Linger
12  cards
21.In the multitude of words there will certainly be error.
Plea,
Weary,
Collide
12  cards
22.Words are like leaves, & when they most abound; Much fruit of sense is rarely found.
Warden,
Acknowledge,
Justice
12  cards
23.In words as fashions the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old; Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Reptile,
Rarely,
Forbid
12  cards
24.Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.
Fierce,
Detest,
Sneer
12  cards
25.What I care for words?
Architect,
Matrimony,
Baggage
12  cards
26."What do you need my Lord?" "Words, words, words."
Possible,
Compel,
Awkward
12  cards
27."My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go."
Despite,
Disrupt,
Rash
12  cards
28.A fine volley of words, gentlemen, & quickly shot off.
Outlaw,
Promote,
Undernourished
12  cards
29.These words are razors to my wounded heart.
Toil,
Blunder,
Daze
12  cards
30.You cram these words into mine ears against The stomach of my sense.
Depict,
Mortal,
Novel
12  cards
31.All my best is dressing old words new.
Commuter,
Confine,
Idle
12  cards
32.Out, idle words, servants to shallow fools! Unprofitable sounds, weak arbitrators
Refer,
Distress,
Diminish
12  cards
33.I understand a fury in your words, But not the words.
Volunteer,
Prejudice,
Shrill
12  cards
34.His words are very fantastical banquet, just so many strange dishes.
Candidate,
Precede,
Adolescent adj
12  cards

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