McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

Lesson 216

Words which require Care in Spelling.

skein	val’id	kir’tle	pol’i cy
slain	sal’ad	tur’tle	leg’a cy
crane	mal’let	fer’tile	cur’ti lage
sword	val’et	myr’tle	syn’a gogue
boast	breez’y	wid’geon	cod’i cil
ghost	greasy	pig’eon	dom’i cile
queer	gar’den	mal’ice	ver’sa tile
brief	par’don	pal’ace	hyp’o crite
spoke	e’vil	tor’toise	hip’po drome
croak	ea’gle	mor’tise	scen’er y
self	pole’ax	sel’vage	ple’na ry
sylph	poult’ry	por’ridge	dean’er y

Lesson 217

Words which require Care in Spelling.

zinc	col’lege	con fer’	u ten’sil
brink	knowl’edge	a stir’	pre hen’sile
fought	leath’er	oc cur’	fa tigu’ing
caught	teth’er	ef face’	be lea’guer
wrought	cau’cus	e rase’	si li’ceous
fuse	mawk’ish	chas tise’	vex a’tious
news	au’thor	bap tize’	fa ce’tious
views	awn’ing	a chieve’	sus pi’cion
choose	ar’id	per ceive’	po si’tion
wooes	heir’ship	be reave’	in cis’ion
ooze	air’y	re nown’	de ris’ion
whose	car’ry	re nounce’	e di’tion