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Lesson 171.
SYNTHETIC AND DICTATION EXERCISES.
A’bel, a man’s name. de scend’ent, falling.
a’ble, powerful. cough’er, one who coughs.
al’ley, a narrow passage. coffer, a chest.
al ly’, one who assists. can’died, covered with sugar.
al lu’sion, a reference. can’did, honest; truthful.
il lu’sion, mockery. cent’u ry, 100 years.
de scend’ant, offspring. sen’try, a guard.
The able man’s name was Abel. A narrow alley. [...]
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Lesson 173.
Words spelled alike, whose Pronunciation and Meaning differ.
mall, a public walk. scald, a poet.
mall, a mallet. sew’er (so’er), one who sews.
slough (sluf), a snake’s skin. sew’er (su’er), a drain.
slough, a miry place. court’e sy, civility.
wear, a dam in a river. courte’sy, a slight bow.
wear, waste. slav’er, a slave ship.
min’ute (min’it), sixty seconds. slav’er, spittle.
mi [...]
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Lesson 172.
Words spelled alike, whose Pronunciation and Meaning differ.
aye, always. conjure, to enchant.
aye, an affirmative vote. bow, a weapon.
chose, did choose. bow, part of a ship.
chose, a thing; a chattel. chap, a boy.
bass, a term in music. chap, the jaw.
bass, a fish. gout, a disease.
conjure’, to implore. gout, taste; relish.
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Lesson 170.
Compound Words.
can’dle stick post’al-card but’ter fly
hand’ker chief cop’y-book wa’ter-fall
bed’-cham ber oft’en times gas’-me ter
ev’er green type’-writ er cler’gy man
gen’tle man jour’ney man bric’-a-brac
pep’per mint hum’ming-bird na’vy-yard
camp’-meet ing musk’-mel on fool’-hard y
mas’ter piece blood’-ves sel al might’y
pass’o ver hon’ey-comb by’stand er
fowl’ing-piece stem’-wind er bass’-vi ol
pow’der-horn school’-mas ter tale’-bear er
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Lesson 169.
Compound Words.
Lisle’-glove night’fall harts’horn
north-east’ book’-case corn’-stalk
joint’-stock foot’stool loop’-hole
well’-bred cork’screw bur’dock
snuff’-box watch’-word whirl’pool
towns’man broom’stick fools’cap
house’wife dooms’day work’shop
char’coal brown’-bread for sooth’
out weigh’ down’right down’cast
horn’pipe tooth’ache noon’day
heir’loom air’brake law’suit
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