McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

Lesson 218

Words which require Care in Spelling.

earl	ran’cor	in vade’	di ur’nal
knurl	can’ker	up braid’	hi ber’nal
shirk	flux’ion	ur bane’	at tor’ney
jerk	suc’tion	or dain’	de ter’gent
pith	hos’pice	a dieu’	con ta’gion
myth	au’spice	im brue’	her ba’ceous
growth	bot’tom	pre cede’	frol’ic some
loath	au’tumn	pro ceed’	frol’ick ing
loathe	trunn’ion	re deem’	de pres’sion
clothe	bun’ion	ex treme’	dis cre’tion

Lesson 219

Words which require Care in Spelling.

risk	coup’le	wry’ness	ve’hi cle
wrist	cup’board	ri’ot	typ’ic al
shred	cho’rus	ly’rist	ob’sta cle
dread	po’rous	li’vre	pro’to col
scheme	hill’y	ten’on	mys’tic al
chief	lil’y	pen’non	mis’ti ness
siege	san’dal	ros’trum	rec’re ant
seat	can’dle	phan’tom	reck’on er
seethe	nu’tant	fan’ion	wretch’ed ly
keyed	neu’ter	ver’sion	of’fi cer
tweed	nui’sance	ter’tian	oph’i cleide

Lesson 220

Words containing silent Letters.

thought	hand’some	re doubt’	hec’a tomb
wreathe	vict’uals	re scind’	sci’o list
wreath	scis’sors	gneis’sose	co a lesce’
rhomb	schot’tish	be nign’	ap’a thegm
gnat	g’no’mon	cam paign’	di’a phragm
rogue’	for’eign	ar raign’	psy’chic al
gnaw	dough’ty	op pugn’	sac’cha rine
gnash	haugh’ty	re sign’	rheu mat’ic
gnarl	chron’ic	de light’	rhap’so dy
gnome	daugh’ter	ex pugn’	rhet’o ric
phlegm	ghast’ly	af fright’	ca tarrh’al

Lesson 221

Silent Letters.

taught	hon’est	ca tarrh’	pneu mat’ics
source	gher’kin	con demn’	psal’ter y
brought	chalk’y	de mesne’	pneu mo’ni a
realm	isl’and	de pot’	rhi noc’e ros
vault	naph’tha	burgh’er	ren’dez vous
knob	gris’tle	calk’er	jeop’ard y
qualm	thros’tle,	rhom’boid	hem’or rhage
wroth	chris’ten	tme’sis	rhiz’o pod
fraugt	jeop’ard	ptis’an	ptar’mi gan
knock	wrig’gle,	psy’chic	pseu’do nym
knife	bris’tle	rhym’er	psalm’ist ry

Lesson 222

Words liable to be misspelled.

tres’tle	glu’ey ness	collect’i ble’
pa paw’	crys’tal line	e ras’a ble
gey’ser	chrys’a lis	ac cor’di on
gaug’ing	lach’ry mose	sac er do’tal
co log’ne	ker’o sene’	ef fer ves’cence
qua drille’	glyc’er ine	tran quil’li ty
sky’ey	ar’go naut	com mit’ti ble
sor’ghum	fore’bod’ing	cor us ca’tion
sur vey’	ex cheq’uer	mac a ro’ni
starve’ling	sib’yl line	pic’ca lil li
pro’gramme	sib’i lant	fil’i bus ter