McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

Lesson 80

gai’ter	plant’ain	shriv’el	jaun’dice
clev’er	das’tard	jos’tle	si’lex
paint’er	scab’bard	but’ton	mas’tiff
way’ward	scaf’fold	pic’nic	sar’casm
di’gest	sham’bles	grum’ble	tar’nish
light’ning	tran’script	hus’tle	tar’tar
por’trait	nest’ling	mur’rain	ha rangue’
nov’ice	men’ace	rum’ble	re lapse’
Tues’day	pen’ance	troub’le	pro fess’
cli’mate	shep’herd	ar’gue	re venge’
wrist’let	whole’some	pin’cers	flight’y

Lesson 81 Dictation Exercises

To essay the task, requires courage. The discourse was an able essay. An agent will assay the ore, and forward a receipt. Contemn a mean act; but do not always condemn the actor. They were to seize the fort, and cease firing. They affect great grief; but do not effect their purpose. Do you dissent from my opinion? The hill was difficult of descent. A decent regard for others’ ills is human. They advise the young to take the advice of the old. The enemy will invade the rich province. They were strongly inveighed against.