Part 11 (2/2)

should be, ”Gold has _risen_ in value.” ”The price of bonds _raised_ in less than an hour,” should be, ”The price of bonds _rose_,” etc. ”The sun is _raising_,” should be, ”The sun is _rising_.” ”The sun is _raising_ the temperature,” is proper. The pulse has _risen_, but excitement has _raised_ it. The river has _risen_ in its bed and has _raised_ the ca.n.a.l. Birds _rise_ in the air. _Arise_ can often be appropriately subst.i.tuted for _rise_.

=Rampant=--ram'pant, not ram-pant'.

=Rapine=--rap'in, not rap'een nor ra-peen'.

=Raspberry=--raz'ber-ry, not ra.s.s'ber-ry nor rawz'ber-ry.

Worcester gives raz'ber-ry and ras'ber-ry.

=Rational=--rash'un-al, not ra-shun-al. =Rationalist= (rash'un-al-ist), etc.

=Recess=--re-cess', not re'cess.

=Recherche= (Fr. recherche)--ruh-sher-sha', not re-shersh'.

Worcester gives ra-sher-sha'.

=Recluse=--re-kluse', not re-kluze'.

=Reconnoissance=--re-con'nois-sance, not rek-on-nois'sance.

Worcester gives re-con'nois-sance'. =Reconnaissance= is another method of spelling.

=Recriminations=, not _mutual recriminations_; the word itself tells of the _mutuality_.

=Redolent=--red'o-lent, not redo'lent. Diffusing odor or fragrance.

=Relevant=, not _revelant_. Pertinent; applicable.

=Relic=, not _relict_, when that which remains, a corpse, or anything preserved in remembrance, is meant. =Relict= means a widow.

=Rendezvous=--ren'de-voo, not ron'de-voo nor ren'de-vooz. Worcester gives ren'de-voo and ren'de-vooz. The plural is =rendezvouses= (ren'de-vooz-ez).

=Requiem=--re'kwi-em, not rek'wi-em. Worcester gives both p.r.o.nunciations.

=Resume= (Fr. resume)--ra-zu-ma', not re-zume' nor re-zu'ma. Worcester gives rez-u-ma'.

=Reticule=, not _ridicule_, when a little bag of net-work is meant.

=Reveille=--re-val'ya, not rev-a-le'. Worcester gives the first and re-val'.

=Ribald=--rib'ald, not ri'bald. Low; obscene. =Ribaldry= (rib'ald-ry).

=Rinse=--rinss, not rense nor wrench. ”_Wrench_ your mouth,” said an uneducated dentist to a patient after _wrenching_ out a large molar. ”Thank you,” replied the patient. ”_You_ have done that, but I'll _rinse_ it, if you please.”

=Ripples=, not _riffles_.

=Romance=--ro-manss', not ro'manss.

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