Teaching Spelling - Words to be carefully discriminated.

Teaching Spelling - Words to be carefully discriminated.
 
Lesson 200.
 
Words to be carefully discriminated.
 
cor’po ral, an officer.               ve’ni al, pardonable.
cor po’re al, bodily.                 ve’nal, mercenary; base.
du’al ist, a believer in two gods.    ap’po site, suitable; fit.
                                      op’po site, over against.
du’el ist, one who fights a duel      ac cla ma’tion, a slout.
                                      ac cli ma’tion, inurement to [...]

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Teaching Spelling - Words frequently mispronounced, or improperly accented.

Teaching Spelling - Words frequently mispronounced, or improperly accented.
 
Lesson 199.
 
Words frequently mispronounced, or impropedy accented.
 
ag’gran dize    dem’on strate     tur’mer ic
al’der man      tre men’dous      mne mon’ic
Al’co ran       stu pen’dous      vir’e lay
al’ge bra       gov’ern ment      ex’pur gate
mis’tle toe     Ar’a bic          am’ber-gris
pres’by ter     com’bat ive       min’a ret
rasp’ber ry     com’mu nist       or’de al
ven’i son       com’plai sance    plat’i num
pos’i tive      [...]

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Teaching Spelling - Words frequently mispronounced, or improperly accented.

Teaching Spelling - Words frequently mispronounced, or improperly accented.
 
Lesson 197.
 
Words frequently mispronounced, or improperly accented.
 
pom’mel         ab’jeet ness    nu mis’ma tist
bel’lows        ab’a cus        ig nit’i ble
fig’ure         ad’verse’ly     Jan’u a ry
di rect’        Bur’gun dy      Feb’ru a ry
as’sets         Bed’ou in       in’ven to ry
je june’        en vi’rons      cor’ol la ry
ver’min         ex’ple tive     vi’o la ble
ran’sack        um’pi rage      rep’a ra [...]

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Teaching Spelling - Words frequently mispronounced, or improperly accented.

Teaching Spelling - Words frequently mispronounced, or improperly accented.
 
Lesson 196.
 
Words frequently mispronounced, or improperly accented.
 
though     goose’ber ry      da guerre’o type
gist       sooth’say er      cab ri o let’
fifth      ju’ve nile        min i a ture’
drought    lic’o rice        leg er de main’
nook       a pos’tle         char i ot eer’
poor       ar’gen tine       an i mad vert’
roil       Ar min’ian        av oir du [...]

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Teaching Spelling - Words frequently mispronounced, or improperly accented.

Teaching Spelling - Words frequently mispronounced, or improperly accented.
 
Lesson 195.
 
Words frequently mispronounced, or improperly accented.
 
mulet          sa’chem          jave’lin     hos’tler
soot           asth’ma          chest’nut    de’tail [noun]
noose          le’gend          wres’tle     fa cade’
twice          de sign’ [noun]  or’chis      strych’nine
niche          isth’mus         list’en      per’fume [noun]
salve          this’tle         bay’ou       mus tache’
height         rai’sn           gib’bous     bas’ket
milch          a dult’          gla’cier     Gae’lic
browse [noun]  psalm’ist        griev’ous    Le vant’ [noun]
vase           oft’en           na’sal       soft’en
 

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