McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

Lesson 63

Words accented on the first Syllable.

con’tact	nos’tril	cur’ry	pun’gent
for’est	prod’uct	ful’crum	rus’tic
hob’by	prob’lem	hud’dle	rub’bish
loft’y	ros’ter	pub’lic	sulk’y
log’ic	tor’rent	pub’lish	sul’try
af’flux	bank’rupt	kin’dred	scrib’ble
am’bush	cam’phor	pick’et	trip’let
an’them	hav’oc	tick’et	trick’le
an’nals	hag’gard	wick’et	liz’ard
as’pect	hatch’et	in’voice	vil’la

Lesson 64

cam’bric	de’ist	cy’press	trib’al
ca’dence	e’qual	Fri’day	cri’sis
da’tive	free’dom	ice’berg	hy’drant
na’tive	need’ful	li’bel	sci’ence
pave’ment	meet’ing	mi’grate	si’lent
duke’dom	boun’ty	pow’der	boy’hood
dur’ance	coun’ty	prow’ess	clois’ter
cu’beb	cow’ard	sound’ings	joy’ous
pu’trid	drow’sy	tow’el	loi’ter
pur’ist	fount’ain	tow’er	loy’al

Lesson 65

beard	build	palm	verse	witch
crease	built	calf	search	script
eaves	squint	half	fern	guess
heave	live	talk	kern	start
leap	stick	walk	sperm	wrath
knee	cliff	chalk	serve	floor
spleen	writ	lawn	were	czar
have	bronze	daub	herb	haunch
frank	buzz	fault	strength	flaunt
slake	snatch	spawn	sneak	haunt
smack	dredge	drift	purse	sharp
clamp	church	fund	clutch	kneel

Lesson 66

en no’ble,	in duce’ment	a bu’sive,
e lope’ment	a cu’men	pe ru’sal
ex po’nent	ac cu’sant	pur su’ant
he ro’ic	al lure’ment	re fus’al
pro mo’tive	a muse’ment	sul phu’ric
de tach’ment	es tab’lish	at tend’ant
dog mat’ic	fa nat’ic	as sem’blage
dra mat’ic	fan tas’tic	ap pend’ant
ec stat’ic	gi gan’tic	in tes’tate
e las’tic	in hab’it	com’pen sate

Lesson 67.

cit, a citizen. wreak, to revenge. sit, to rest on a seat. reek, vapor. duct, a channel. bier, a carriage for the dead. ducked, plunged under. beer, fermented liquor. chuff, a clown. rest, quietness; ease. chough (chuf), a bird. wrest, to turn; to twist. coin, metal stamped. ring, a circle. coigne, a corner. wring, to twist. cole, a kind of cabbage. rote, repetition. coal, carbon. wrote, did write. find, to discover. strait, a narrow channel. fined, did fine; mulcted. straight, not crooked. prints, calicoes. wave, an undulation. prince, a king’s son. waive, to refuse.