McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

Lesson 92

ag’ile	hack’ney	pas’sive	bis’cuit
al’oes	knap’sack	prac’tice	fil’bert
dac’tyl	lad’der	rab’id	im’age
fash’ion	lat’tice	rap’id	im’pulse
gal’ley	lan’cet	tac’tics	mil’dew
bit’tern	crys’tal	crim’son	kid’ney
brisk’et	dis’tance	grid’dle	lin’tel
cis’tern	dis’taff	live’long	liq’uid
chim’ney	dwin’dle	gyp’sy	liq’uor
chis’el	pick’le	hith’er	rid’dance

Lesson 93

slui’cy	bol’ster	cer’tain	driz’zle
jui’cy	court’ship	sur’ly	tick’le
stew’ard	fro’ward	sur’geon	twink’le
jew’el	co’coa	ear’nest	thim’ble
neu’tral	nose’gay	jour’nal	vil’lain
cor’ner	gor’gon	au’dit	so’da
cor’sair	lord’ship	caus’tic	so’fa.
corse’let	mor’bid	awk’ward	so’ber
for’feit	mort’gage	gaud’y	sto’ic
gor’geous	mor’sel	lau’rel	to’paz

Lesson 94 Dictation Exercises

The awl is used by all shoe-makers. He said that he would do aught that he ought to do. The man who stole the bale of goods gave bail. The Bey rode a bay horse around the bay. Deer break through the brake and brush. He had just lain down in the narrow lane. The horse with the long mane ran through the main street of a town in Maine. Which of the pair of fine pears will you pare for the child? The joiner’s plane will smooth the plain door. You can rein your horse, if it should rain. The kings reign wisely.