McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

Lesson 33

Sounds of igh, oa, shr, and thr.

nigh	load	coax	shrank	thrash
thigh	oats	hoax	shrewd	threat
fight	boat	oath	shrift	throng
light	oak	coach	shrike	throve
flight	foal	float	shrunk	thrust
fright	goat	poach	thrill	throat
tight	soap	hoarse	three	thrum

Lesson 34

Long and short Sounds of A, and short Sound of E.

gain	a bash’	dis patch’	pre tend’
nail	ca bal’	dis tract’	re flect’
taint	ca nal’	ex pand’	re fresh’
trail	cra vat’	a bet’	re lent’
aim	de camp’	be deck’	re ject’
maim	pro tract’	be held’	re quest’
train	re cant’	be quest’	re bel’
strain	re fract’	de fect’	re gress’
chain	re lax’	e lect’	re press’
paint	at tack’	e rect’	sub ject
quaint	at tract’	e vent’	neg’lect’

Lesson 35.

Short Sounds of Vowels under the Accent.

ac’ci dent	ben’e fit	dif’fer ent
ad’a mant	brev’i ty	dif’fi cult
am’i ty	clem’en cy	fil’a ment
an’i mal	des’ti ny	in’cre ment
an’nu al	neg’li gent	in’do lent
can’is ter	pend’u lum	his’to ry
flat’ter y	rem’e dy	in’ju ry
fam’i ly	reg’u lar	pil’lo ry
lax’i ty	rel’e vant	sim’i lar
man’i fest	pen’i tence	tit’u lar
man’i fold	pen’e trate	tim’or ous