McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 106 pages of information about McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book.

McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 106 pages of information about McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book.
bole, the body of a tree.    hist, hush!
bowl, a vessel.              hissed, did hiss.
boll, a pod.                 paws, the feet of beasts.
nose, part of the face.      pause, a stop.
knows, does know.            faun, a sylvan god.
mote, a particle.            fawn, a young deer.
moat, a ditch.               pride, vanity.
toled, allured.              pried, did pry.
told, did tell.              wain, a wagon.
tolled, did toll.            wane, to decrease.
rein, part of a bridle.      see, to behold.
rain, falling water.         sea, a body of water.
reign, to rule.              si, a term in music.

Lesson 69.

a float’     post pone’    di lute’    de mure’
be low’      pro rogue’    a new’      de plume’
be moan’     dis course’   dis use’    re cruit’
be stow’     de port’      en sue’     re cluse’
de plore’    re mote’      im bue’     re fute’
a breast’    at tempt’     a bridge’   e clipse’
a head’      dis tress’    dis miss’   e vince’
be friend’   con nect’     a midst’    ex tinct’
be held’     bur lesque’   be twixt’   for give’
in flect’    de flect’     be witch’   in flict’

Lesson 70.

Long Sounds of Vowels.

au stere’    de crease’    ap peal’      dis creet’
be queath’   in crease’    ap pear’      en treat’
re vere’     de mean’      ap pease’     ex treme’
be seech’    fu see’       ar rear’      gran dee’
bo hea’      re peal’      blas pheme’   im peach’
a light’     de scribe’    ac quire’     dis guise’
a wry’       de spise’     at trite’     es quire’
be guile’    pre scribe’   as sign’      ig nite’
be lie’      de cline’     de mise’      in quire’
de prive’    re quite’     com prise’    ma lign’

Lesson 71.

Words accented on the Penult.

a mend’ed      con tent’ed     di lem’ma
an gel’ic      re flect’ive    dis tem’per
ap pen’dix     de crep’it      do mes’tic
as sem’bly     de fend’ant     em bel’lish
as sess’ment   de mer’it       em bez’zle
pa rent’al     re fresh’ing    re dun’dant
po et’ic       re plen’ish     a sun’der
pre sent’ed    re sent’ment    con cur’rent
pu tres’cent   re splen’dent   ef ful’gent
pre vent’ive   sur ren’der     en cum’ber

Lesson 72.

Trisyllables with the short Sounds of the Vowels.

ac quit’tal    de liv’er      in sip’id
be nig’nant    di min’ish     in trin’sic
be wil’der     con sist’ent   ma lig’nant
com mit’ment   con tin’gent   pa cif’ic
con sid’er     e nig’ma       pro hib’it
a bol’ish      car bon’ic     em bod’y
ab hor’rent    co los’sus     har mon’ic
ad com’plish   de mol’ish     im pos’tor
ad mon’ish     a pos’tate     la con’ic
al lot’ment    des pot’ic     ma son’ic

Lesson 73.

hart, the male deer. hour, sixty minutes. heart, the seat of life. our, belonging to us. hear, to perceive by the ear in, within.
                                inn, a hotel.
here, in this place. key, a fastener. heard, did hear. quay (ke), a wharf. herd, a drove. rhyme, poetry. hie, to hasten. rime, white frost. high, lofty. knot, a fastening of cord. him, objective case of he. hymn, a song of praise. not, negation. hole, an opening. know, to understand. whole, all; entire. no, not so.

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