McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

Lesson 179

Words in which the Sounds of E are often mispronounced.

leant	pet’rel	cere’ment	les see’
dreamt	se’ries	lei’sure	me lee’
eyre	seam’stress	ef fete’	deaf’en
rear	steel’yard	en feoff’	rou’e
deaf	sex’ton	keel’son	e lite’
teat	fe’brile’	seck’eI	khe dive’
pert	fec’und	bes’tial	res’pite
tete	sen’na	fet’id	there’fore
feoff	ten’et	fe’tich	pref’ace
egg	tep’id	se’nile	tet’ter
yet	le’ver	he’lot	met’ric

Lesson 180

Words in which the Sounds of E are often mispronounced.

per’uke	nep’o tism	ter’ri ble
neth’er	as cet’ic	res’in ous
pet’al	red’o lent	rec’i pe
res’in	co te rie’	tet’a nus
ra ceme’	em ploy e’	ref’lu ent
pre’lude	at ta che’	hy e’mal
me’grim	pre’mi er	cer’e brum
ven’ue	o bei’sance	ve’he ment
bre vet’	gen’er a	def’i cit
car tel’	Ma dei’ra	splen’e tic
e’pact	her’o ine	i de’a