McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

Lesson 27

Sounds of ai, ou, ow, and ea,

paid	bound	cow	cheat	head
grain	found	how	treat	dead
staid	ground	town	beast	stead
waif	hound	growl	bleat	tread
rail	mound	clown	preach	dread
flail	pound	frown	speak	thread
quail	round	crown	streak	sweat
snail	sound	drown	feast	death

Lesson 28

Dissyllables with short Sounds of Vowels.

ad’age	fren’zy	bick’er	blos’som
bal’last	emp’ty	crit’ic	cot’ton
bant’ling	gen’try	dig’it	com’ic
can’to	mer’it	flim’sy	drop’sy
ras’cal	men’tal	flip’pant	flor’id
las’so	sher’iff	frig’id	frol’ic
an’tic	ten’dril	in’fant	gos’pel
sad’ness	vel’lum	in’gress	gos’sip
sal’ver	vel’vet	in’mate	hor’rid
sand’y	nec’tar	in’quest	jol’ly
mag’got	ves’try	in’sect	rock’et

Lesson 29

Trisyllables with short Sounds of the Vowels.

bal’co ny	del’i cate	lib’er ate
bar’o ny	des’o late	lim’i tate
cav’i ty	der’o gate	im’mo late
fac’ul ty	dev’as tate	in’di cate
grav’i ty	em’u late	in’ti mate
mal’a dy	hes’i tate	in’du rate
van’i ty	med’i tate	in’vo cate
am’pu tate	pet’ri fy	ir’ri tate
ab’so lute	plen’i tude	lit’i gate
al’ti tude	rec’ti tude	mil’i tate
am’bu lance	res’o lute	stip’u late