List of Abbreviations Used in This Book
| a. | stands | for | adjective. |
| adv. | ″ | ″ | adverb. |
| Amer. Ind. | ″ | ″ | American Indian. |
| Astron. | ″ | ″ | Astronomy. |
| Bot. | ″ | ″ | Botany. |
| Cen. Amer. | ″ | ″ | Central America. |
| Chem. | ″ | ″ | Chemistry. |
| Civ. Law. | ″ | ″ | Civil Law. |
| Colloq. | ″ | ″ | Colloquial. |
| conj. | ″ | ″ | conjunction. |
| Eccl. | ″ | ″ | Ecclesiastical. |
| Fr. | ″ | ″ | French. |
| Ger. | ″ | ″ | German. |
| Gram. | ″ | ″ | Grammar. |
| Gr. Antiq. | ″ | ″ | Greek Antiquity. |
| Heb. | ″ | ″ | Hebrew. |
| Med. | ″ | ″ | Medicine. |
| Mil. | ″ | ″ | Military. |
| Mus. | ″ | ″ | Music. |
| n. | ″ | ″ | noun. |
| pl. | ″ | ″ | plural. |
| p.p. | ″ | ″ | past participle. |
| prep. | ″ | ″ | stands for preposition. |
| R.R. | ″ | ″ | Railroad. |
| sing. | ″ | ″ | singular. |
| Sp. | ″ | ″ | Spanish. |
| Sp. Amer. | ″ | ″ | Spanish America. |
| Theol. | ″ | ″ | Theology. |
| v. | ″ | ″ | verb. |
Note.—A number of words with their synonyms and related terms that are not found in the body of the book will be found in the Addenda beginning on page 615.