McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

Lesson 207

Words nearly alike in Sound, to be carefully distinguished.

con’so nance	con’so nants	cen’sus	sen’ses
e lys’i an	e lis’ion	Lat’in	lat’ten
e mer’sion	im mer’sion	con’cert	con’sort
for’mer ly	form’ally	cor’nice	Corn’ish
pass’a ble	pas’si ble	hal’low	halo
pe ti’tion	par ti’tion	rel’ic	rel’ict
com’i ty	com mit’tee	or’der	ord’ure
dep ra va’tion	dep ri va’tion	fa’ther	far’ther
ve rac’i ty	vo rac’i ty	plaint’iff	plaint’ive
sta’tion a ry	sta’tion er y	pa’tience	pa’tients