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Contents
PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR.........................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................................................5
CHAPTER I...........................................................................................................................................................27
CHAPTER II.........................................................................................................................................................37
CHAPTER III........................................................................................................................................................51
CHAPTER IV........................................................................................................................................................61
CHAPTER V.........................................................................................................................................................71
CHAPTER VI........................................................................................................................................................81
CHAPTER VII......................................................................................................................................................97
CHAPTER VIII...................................................................................................................................................111
CHAPTER IX......................................................................................................................................................125
CHAPTER X.......................................................................................................................................................137
CHAPTER XI......................................................................................................................................................149
CHAPTER XII....................................................................................................................................................159
CHAPTER XIII...................................................................................................................................................173
CHAPTER XIV...................................................................................................................................................185
CHAPTER XV....................................................................................................................................................195
CHAPTER XVI...................................................................................................................................................201
CHAPTER XVII..................................................................................................................................................215
CHAPTER XVIII................................................................................................................................................221
CHAPTER XIX...................................................................................................................................................231
CHAPTER XX....................................................................................................................................................239
CHAPTER XXI...................................................................................................................................................249
CHAPTER XXII..................................................................................................................................................259
CHAPTER XXIII................................................................................................................................................269
CHAPTER XXIV................................................................................................................................................279
CHAPTER XXV..................................................................................................................................................291
CHAPTER XXVI................................................................................................................................................301
CHAPTER XXVII...............................................................................................................................................309
CHAPTER XXVIII.............................................................................................................................................329
CHAPTER XXIX................................................................................................................................................345
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CHAPTER XXX..................................................................................................................................................357
CHAPTER XXXI................................................................................................................................................367
CHAPTER XXXII...............................................................................................................................................383
CHAPTER XXXIII..............................................................................................................................................399
CHAPTER XXXIV..............................................................................................................................................415
CHAPTER XXXV...............................................................................................................................................425
CHAPTER XXXVI..............................................................................................................................................439
CHAPTER XXXVII............................................................................................................................................449
CHAPTER XXXVIII...........................................................................................................................................463
CHAPTER XXXIX..............................................................................................................................................473
CHAPTER XL.....................................................................................................................................................487
CHAPTER XLI...................................................................................................................................................507
CHAPTER XLII..................................................................................................................................................517
CHAPTER XLIII.................................................................................................................................................531
CHAPTER XLIV................................................................................................................................................545
Glossary...............................................................................................................................................................559
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PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR
Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on
standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently
assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this
edition of Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott was edited for students who are actively building their
vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®, LSAT®,
GMAT® or similar examinations.1
Webster’s edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of
synonyms and antonyms for difficult and often ambiguous English words that are encountered in
other works of literature, conversation, or academic examinations. Extremely rare or idiosyncratic
words and expressions are given lower priority in the notes compared to words which are “difficult,
and often encountered” in examinations. Rather than supply a single synonym, many are provided
for a variety of meanings, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of the English language,
and avoid using the notes as a pure crutch. Having the reader decipher a word’s meaning within
context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not
already highlighted on previous pages. If a difficult word is not noted on a page, chances are that it
has been highlighted on a previous page. A more complete thesaurus is supplied at the end of the
book; Synonyms and antonyms are extracted from Webster’s Online Dictionary.
Definitions of remaining terms as well as translations can be found at www.websters-online-
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Scholarship Corporation neither of which sponsors or endorses this book; SAT® is a registered trademark of the
College Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this book; GRE®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are
registered trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which neither sponsors nor endorses this book,
GMAT® is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management Admissions Council which is neither affiliated
with this book nor endorses this book, LSAT® is a registered trademark of the Law School Admissions Council
which neither sponsors nor endorses this product. All rights reserved.
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Now %fitted the halter, now traversed the cart,
And often took leave, but seemed loath to depart!
Prior
Thesaurus
cart: (n) car, carriage, handcart, leave: (v) depart, go, abandon, desert, often: (adj, adv) oft; (adv) much, again
barrow, applecart, wagon; (v) haul, lead; (adj, v) forsake, quit; (n) and again, repeatedly, ofttimes,
drag, bear, take, transfer. furlough, permission, holiday; (n, v) oftentimes, many times, always,
depart: (v) go, deviate, decease, escape. ANTONYMS: (v) enter, commonly, again; (adj) frequent.
diverge, start, stray, wander, leave, arrive, stay, remain, come, approach, ANTONYMS: (adv) seldom,
die, vary, part. ANTONYMS: (v) stay, change, reposition, disinherit, infrequently, never.
arrive, enter, come, abide, conform, occupy, participate. prior: (adj) preceding, former,
continue, remain, appear, converge, loath: (adj) unwilling, disinclined, foregoing, previous, earlier, anterior,
return. reluctant, loth, indisposed, backward, past, preliminary, antecedent,
halter: (n) gibbet, rein, bridle, gallows, hesitant, antipathetic, antipathetical, advance; (n) abbot. ANTONYMS:
rope, noose, cestus, collar, drop; (v) loathe, shy of. ANTONYMS: (adj) (adj) later, following.
confine, cramp. eager, willing, disposed, keen. took: (adj) taken; (v) receive.
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INTRODUCTION
TO %IVANHOE
The Author of the Waverley Novels had hitherto proceeded in an unabated
course of popularity, and might, in his peculiar district of literature, have been
termed "L'Enfant Gate" of success. It was plain, however, that frequent
publication must finally wear out the public favour, unless some mode could be
devised to give an appearance of novelty to subsequent productions. Scottish
manners, Scottish dialect, and Scottish characters of note, being those with which
the author was most intimately, and familiarly acquainted, were the
groundwork upon which he had hitherto relied for giving effect to his narrative.
It was, however, obvious, that this kind of interest must in the end occasion a
degree of sameness and repetition, if exclusively resorted to, and that the reader
was likely at length to adopt the language of Edwin, in Parnell's Tale:
“Reverse the spell,” he cries, “And let it fairly now suffice. The gambol has
been shown.”
Nothing can be more dangerous for the fame of a professor of the fine arts,
than to permit (if he can possibly prevent it) the character of a mannerist to be
attached to him, or that he should be supposed capable of success only in a
Thesaurus
acquainted: (adj) knowledgeable, bound, skylark; (n) fun. proceeded: (v) proceed, yode.
informed, aware, cognizant, groundwork: (n) bottom, basis, base, sameness: (n) equality, resemblance,
conversant, hand and glove, intimate, foundation, bed, ground, footing, monotony, similarity, identicalness,
thick; (adv) abreast; (v) inform, bedrock, fundament, background, parity, unvariedness, oneness,
acquaint. substructure. likeness, dullness, tedium.
familiarly: (adv) intimately, usually, intimately: (adv) nearly, familiarly, ANTONYMS: (n) variety, variation,
ordinarily, nearly, frequently, personally, secretly, internally, uniqueness, inconsistency, contrast,
commonly, regularly, informally, privately, narrowly, thoroughly, variability.
closely, acquaintedly, conventionally. near, well, thickly. ANTONYM: (adv) unabated: (adj) unreduced,
ANTONYM: (adv) distantly. superficially. unrestricted, unmitigated,
gambol: (n, v) frolic, caper, play, mannerist: (v) doctrinaire, euphuist, unflagging, relentless, intense,
romp, jump; (v) cavort, skip, frisk, pedagogue, pedant, purist. unrelenting.
Description:There are many editions of Ivanhoe. This educational edition was created for self-improvement or in preparation for advanced examinations. The bottom of each page is annotated with a mini-thesaurus of uncommon words highlighted in the text, including synonyms and antonyms. Designed for school distri
