Synthetic and dictation exercises.

brid’al, belonging to a bride. met’al, a substance.
met’tle, spirit.
bri’dle, a check; a curb. vice, defect; fault. les’son, a task for recitation. vise, an instrument.
wail, to lament.
less’en, to make less. wale, to mark with stripes.

Filled with choler, he seized the youth by the collar.  The priest filled the censer.  He is a censor of the press.  The ship took divers persons as divers for pearls.  The plaintiff assumed a plaintive air.  To lessen the number of exercises, will make an easier lesson.

Lesson 124.

scrive’ner   friv’o lous    fru gal’i ty
slug’gard    im’age ry      gram mat’ic al
stub’born    in’di go       hi lar’i ty
sub’urbs     in’sti gate    hu man’i ty
symp’tom     liq’ui date    in hab’it ant
med’ley      pil’grim age   i ras’ci ble
peas’ant     fish’er y      le gal’i ty
pheas’ant    hick’o ry      lo cal’i ty
pen’sive     in’ter est     lo quac’i ty
pres’ence    mit’ti mus     men dac’i ty
read’y       min’strel sy   ra pac’i ty

Lesson 125.

Note.—­These words are not exactly alike in sound, and should be carefully distinguished.

as sist’ance, help; relief rab’bit, an animal. as sist’ants, helpers. rab’bet, a term in carpentry. de vis’er, an inventor. di vi’sor, a term in Arithmetic. lin’e a ment, a feature.
                                   lin’i ment, an ointment.
def’er ence, respect. prin’ci pal, chief dif’fer ence, variation. prin’ci ple, rule of action. in gen’u ous, open; free. li’ar, one who tells lies. in gen’ious, having skill. lyre, a kind of harp.

Lesson 126.

Dictation exercises on the above.

His assistants gave him great assistance.  He was the deviser of the machine.  Which is the larger, the divisor or the quotient?  This difference being settled, he will pay due deference to your opinion.  The ingenious mechanic was also an ingenuous man.  Not a lineament could be recognized by his friends.  Apply to the wound a healing liniment.  The principal in the agreement was devoid of moral principle.  Though a great liar, he could play upon the lyre.  The rabbit was tame.  The carpenter will rabbet the boards.

Lesson 127.

In words like the following, U should receive its proper consonant sound; as nature, pronounced nat’yur.

nat’ure      sig’na ture    ag’ri cult ure
creat’ure    sep’ul ture    leg’is la ture
feat’ure     fur’ni ture    ar’chi tect ure
fut’ure      for’feit ure   tem’per a ture
capt’ure     lig’a ture     lit’er a ture
rapt’ure     ap’er ture     flo’ri cult ure
text’ure     quad’ra ture   ju’di ca ture
pict’ure     ad vent’ure    hor’ti cult ure
script’ure   con ject’ure   man u fact’ure

Lesson 128.