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Putnam’s Phrase Book FOREWORD CONTENTS I

ACTIVE ADMONITION AFFIRMATION AGREEMENT AID ANXIETY APOLOGY APPRECIATIVE APPROBATION ASTONISHING AUDACIOUS BEAUTIFUL BLUFF CALM CAUTIOUS CLEAR COMMENDATION

(Shakespeare)

COMMENDATORY

(Of Persons)

COMMENDATORY

(Of Things)

COMMENT COMPLIMENT CONCEITED CONCERN CONDEMN CONDONE CONSECRATION CONSIDERATE CONTENTED COURAGE COURTESY

(Conventional——Apology) (Conventional——Assistance) (Conventional——At Weddings) (Conventional——Condolence) (Conventional——Congratulatory) (Conventional——Greeting) (Conventional——On Leaving) (Conventional——On Being Introduced) (Conventional——Parting, On Chance Meeting) (Conventional——Request) (Conventional——Request to Accompany Another and Response) (Conventional——Response to Compliment) (Conventional——Thanks) (Conventional——Shakespeare)

CRITICISM DANGEROUS DECEIT DEFEAT DEFEND DENY DEPENDABLE DESCRIPTIVE

(Of Persons) (Of Things)

DESERVING DESIRE DETERMINATION DIFFICULT DISCERNMENT DISCRIMINATING DISGUST DOMINATE DOUBT DULL EFFECTUAL EFFICIENCY EFFORT EMERGENCY EMPHASIZE ENGLISH ENJOYMENT ENTHUSIASM ENTREAT ERROR ESTEEM EVASIVE EVIDENCE EVIL EXACT EXAGGERATE EXCEPTIONAL EXPECTANT EXPERIENCE FAILURE FANCIFUL FICKLE FINAL FIRM FIRST FIT FLIMSY FORCIBLE FORTUNATE FRATERNAL FRENCH FUNDAMENTAL FUTILE GENEROUS GIFTED GOOD-HUMORED GROUCHY GULLIBLE HABITUAL HASTE HASTY HESITANT HINDERED HONORED HOPE HUMOROUS IMPARTIAL IMPECUNIOSITY IMPORTANT IMPOSSIBLE INDEPENDENT INDICATIVE INDICTMENT INDIFFERENCE INFLUENCE INGENIOUS INTERESTING INTRODUCTION

(Of Speakers)

INTRODUCTORY

(For General Conversation)

JOY JUSTICE KEEN KINDNESS LATIN LAZY LETTERS

(GENERAL PHRASES) (CONCLUDING ASSURANCES) (FINAL ASSURANCES)

LIKENESS LOSS LOVE MANLY MEMORIES MILITARISTIC MYSTERIOUS NECESSARILY OPPORTUNE OPPOSITION OPTIMISM PARTIAL PASSION PATIENCE PATRIOTIC

Shakespeare

PENALTY PERPLEXED PESSIMISTIC PICTURESQUE PLEASED POINT POLITICAL POSSIBLE PREJUDICED PRIVILEGE PROGRESS PROPHESY PURPOSE QUESTIONING REAL REDEMPTION REFERENCE REGRET RELIGION REPLY

(Affirmative) (Negative) (To Compliment) (To Request) (Tactful) (Of Thanks)

REPREHENSIBLE RESPONSIBILITY RESULT RIDICULE SACRIFICIAL SALVATION SATISFACTORY SECRET SENSITIVE SIMILE

(General) (Shakespeare)

SORROW SQUELCHED STRAIGHTFORWARD STUBBORN SUCCESS SUFFICIENT SUGGESTION SUGGESTIVE SUPERLATIVE SURE SUSPICION SYMBOLIC TACTLESS TERSE THANKS TROUBLE UNAWARE UNITY UNSATISFACTORY VAGUE VALUE VALUELESS VERIFICATION VEXATION VIRILE WARNING WEALTHY WHOLLY WILLFUL WISE WORSHIPFUL ZEALOUS

HOW TO PREPARE A SOCIAL LETTER

III GUIDE TO PHRASES

For Letters of Apology For Letters of Congratulation For Letters of Condolence For Letters of Commendation For Letters of Introduction For Letters of Invitation For Letters of Recommendation For Letters of Thanks

LETTERS OF CONDOLENCE

(For Member of an Organization) (On Death of Soldier) (When Interment is at Home) (Interment of Soldier)

REPLY TO CONDOLATORY LETTER LETTERS OF CONGRATULATION

(On Graduation) (On Birthday) (On Wedding Day Anniversary) (On Birth of Child)

LETTERS OF FRIENDLY APPRECIATION LETTERS WITH GIFTS LETTERS OF INTRODUCTION LETTERS OF INVITATION

(To Party)

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION LETTERS OF RESIGNATION LETTERS OF THANKS

(For a favor) (For a favor shown to another) (For gifts)

REPLIES

(For Another, for a Gift of Flowers) (For Birthday Gift) (For Christmas Gift) (Thanks for Hospitality) (Thanks for Recommendation) (Regrets)

INDEX Transcriber’s Notes

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