McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

Lesson 176

Sounds of A frequently mispronounced.

gla’mour	sac’ra ment	glance	al’ways
raft’er	a’pri cot	zouave	a mass’
scal’lop	gar’ru lous	drain	Ar’ab
craft’y	bra va’do	stanch	ba’thos
grass’y	de fal’cate	scarce	cal’dron
em balm’	ca ca’o	cant	chas’ten
a ghast’	rail’ler y	can’t	fac’ile
was’sail	an dan’te	strap	fair’y
balm’y	hal’i but	yacht	ga’la
al’der	na’ive te	scath	qua’si
Al’dine	fi na’le	calk	lo cale’

Lesson 177

Sounds of A often mispronounced.

swath	pau’per	gra va’men	a men’
halve	ha’rem	to ma’to	gua’no
jean	pa sha’	sa’li ent	na’ive
catch	fac’et	pa’ri ah	har’ass
balm	fal’chion	far ra’go	sat’ire
groat	laugh’ter	tap’es try	jal’ap
trance	tar’iff	de ca’dence	e clat’
yea	ba salt’	a’re a	prai’rie
are	hur ra’	va ga’ry	ra’tion
shaft	ba ton’	cu’po la	Sal’ic
scared	quag’mire	cu ra’tor	ta’pis

Lesson 178

Words in which the Sounds of E are often mispronounced.

ei’ther	eq’ui ty	leg’end a ry
pre’cept	ten’a ble	ab ste’mi ous
weap’on	e’go tism	a me’na ble
prel’ate	ter’ra pin	a pe’ri ent
yel’low	al le’gro	ste’re o type
ven due’	in her’ent	sac ri le’gious
for get’	le’ni ent	be nef’i cent
stead’y	yes’ter day	a men’i ty
en’gine	e’qua ble	e le’gi ac
ket’tle	pe’o ny	hy men e’al
treb’le	e’qui poise	em py re’an