Pronounce.

Note.—See that the italicized letters are distinctly pronounced.

acorn, ā´korn
acts, akts
again, a gen´
alder, a̤l´dėrąl´dėr
always, a̤l´wāysąl´wāys
alms, ämz
ant, ant
any, en´ni
apron, ā´prun
asked, askt
aunt, änt
balm, bäm
bath, bäth
baths, bäTHz
bathe, bāTH
beard, bērd
burst, bėrst
calf, käf
calm, käm
can't, känt
catch, kach
creek, krēk
crept, krept
dance, dans
daub, da̤bdąb

daunt, da̤ntdąnt
deaf, def
dew, dū
dost, dust
duke, dūk
duly, dū´li
e'er, ār
elm, elm
err, er
every, ev´ėr-i
fluid, flṳ´idflų´id
food, föd
for, for
from, from
gape, gāp
God, god
grimy, grī´mi
half, häf
halve, hav
haunt, ha̤nthąnt
helm, helm
hoist, hoist
hoof, höf
idea, ī-dē´a
ivory, ī´vōri

just, just
kept, kept
laugh, läf
leapt, lēpt
length, leng´th
lief, lēf
loam, lōam
loose, lös
lose, löz
moth, moth
new, nū
niche, nich
none, nun
oaths, ōTHz
of, ov
often, of´n
orphan, or´-phan
oven, uv´n
palms, päms
peril, per´il
piano, pi-ä´no
plaid, plād
plait, plāt
poem, pō´em
pretty, prit´i

psalm, säm
quoit, koit
quoth, kwoth
real, rē´al
resin, rez´in
rinse, rins
roof, röf
said, sed
salve, säv
several, sev´ėr-al
sewer, sū´er
shrub, shrub
since, sins
sixth, siksth
sleek, slēk
soot, söt
suit, sūt
syrup, sir´up
taunt, ta̤nttąnt
teat, tēt
tepid, tep´id
tiny, tī´ni
tulip, tū´lip
with, wiTH
yeast, yēst

Fāte, fa̤llfąll, fär, fat; mē, met, hėr; pīne, pin, nōte, not, möve; tübe, tub, bṳllbųll; TH, then, th, thin; oil, chain.

[STANDARD III. Senior.]
GRADE 5.

halve
salve
salmon
almonds

quality
quantity
squander
squabble

tenant
vacant
gallant
remnant

balance
distance
instance
substance

Add —ing to lose, line, lace, pare, idle, leave, ache; as, losing.

Apply salve to the gallant soldier's sore eyes. He halved the citron in an instant. Divide the almonds. Don't squander your substance or earnings. Our tenants paid the balance due. The cottage is some distance off. Squabbling, for instance, hinders quiet work. The remnant of the serge is of choice quality. Great quantities of salmon are caught in the Fraser.

ulcer
cancer
grocer
officer

famine
imagine
heroine
medicine

primary
library
contrary
burglary

guidance
grievance
entrance
hindrance

Add mis— to step, state, spell, spend, sent, shaped; as, misstep.

A primary pupil's guidance was welcome. The burglary at the grocer's puzzles me. A narrow, misshapen entrance to the library will prove a serious hindrance. Contrary to orders, the officer misspent the money. He gulped a dose of acid medicine. Don't misspell common words. She imagines herself a heroine. The India famine. The knight's grievance. Cancers and ulcers are diseased growths.

altar
almanac
alderman
balcony

warrior
warrant
warfare
war-whoop

alms
isles
phases
phrases

tedious
various
bilious
studious

Add —ing, —es, and —ed to empty, reply, marry, bury, study, supply, defy, satisfy; as, emptying, empties, emptied.

The warrior knelt at the altar. The tedious warfare had wearied him. The almanac foretells the moon's various phases. What ails the studious scholar on the balcony? Merely a bilious headache. I bade him total the column. I'm satisfied with the supplies. Phrases are not sentences. Isles in the ocean. An Indian's war-whoop. Elect an alderman. Asking alms is begging.

fertile
sterile
hostile
reptile

badger
cudgel
burrow
burial

merely
anxiety
nuisance
riddance

lattice
poultice
crevice
liquorice

Join —ing to upset, begin, forget, omit, prefer; as, upsetting.

Poultice your sore throat. Liquorice relieves a cough. I ate oyster patties. Huge ants crept through the crevice. Alter the lattice porch. His enemies, trudging along with heavy cudgels, looked very hostile. He brews ale or beer from malt. The soil is not fertile, but sterile, fit merely for a burial ground. I relieved a lawyer's anxiety about his collie. Are lizards reptiles? We made a riddance of the badgers. Their burrows were a nuisance.

honest
exhort
exhibit
exhaust

stomach
monarch
vinegar
vineyard

plumage
foliage
drainage
advantage

barrier
carrier
terrier
furrier

Put dis— before honest, loyal, proved, agreed, lodge, quiet, honor, credit, figure, own; as, dishonest.

The Monarch of Great Britain and Ireland. Italy has many vineyards. The mail-carrier exhorts us to be honest. I'm exhausted by climbing the barrier. Farmers know the advantage of tile drainage. The furrier exhibits an Irish terrier. Vinegar disagrees with my stomach. Parrots of gayest plumage flew through the dense foliage.

6 (Review)

isle
salve
altar
grocer
vacant
honest

foliage
exhaust
anxiety
furrier
phrases
nuisance

terrier
library
stomach
exhibit
riddance
almonds

poultice
medicine
vineyard
squabble
grievance
hindrance

Grocers sell teas, coffees, spices, almonds, but not salves or medicines. The furrier exhibits a lynx. Thieves are dishonest. In the library the owner of the vineyard aired his grievance. The thorny brambles and thick foliage were hindrances. The Scotch terrier knows the mail-carrier's knock. A weak stomach causes anxiety. Poultice my thumb. Buried in a sacred isle.

starry
scarred
giraffe
lacrosse

bargain
chieftain
scaffold
stubborn

vague
league
plague
brogue

gallery
slippery
millinery
machinery

Copy,—A baby's brooch. I bought two ladies' brooches. A lady's blouse. Ladies' blouses for sale. Enemies' camps.

The rogue used Irish brogue. Slippery stairs led to the gallery. I'm captain of the lacrosse team in the junior league. The starry skies. Ladies' millinery is often expensive. The Scottish chieftain was a stubborn fighter. He had a vague idea of escaping the scaffold. The giraffe is scarred with wounds. A plague of gnats and flies. The machinery was sold at a bargain.

credit
summit
culprit
benefit

severe
severity
persevere
interfere

piety
nicety
gimlet
eaglet

delicate
intimate
fortunate
porcupine

Copy,—A jockey's horse. Two jockeys' horses. A donkey's travels. Monkeys' tricks. Donkeys' ears.

Moderate supplies will not satisfy the eaglets on the rocky summit. A porcupine's quill pierced the unfortunate culprit's thigh. Persevere in boring the hole; but don't interfere with my gimlet. The severe weather will benefit my niece. Notice the nicety of their speech and the piety of their intimate friends. High ceilings. A hart is a male deer. A fierce boar chased Ernest.

frolic
traffic
elastic
electric

crystal
mystery
bicycle
tricycle

cleanly
heather
cunning
lullaby

inferior
superior
interior
exterior

Copy,—Men's and boys' overcoats. Women's parasols. Girls' waists. Infants' wraps. A turkey's feather. Turkeys' wings.

The exterior and the interior of the engine are polished. Most babies' eyes look cunning. A sweet lullaby. I prefer a bicycle to a tricycle. An elastic band disappeared in the frolic. The electric light is a mystery. Employ cleanly and superior servants. Freight traffic is heavier. Dye the arrows red. Ewes graze in the meadows. Heather is purple. Water, clear as crystal.

crackle
shackle
chuckle
speckled

lynch
syringe
patient
quotient

agreed
indeed
proceed
succeed

familiar
peculiar
horizon
horizontal

Add —d, —ing to glide, disable, glance, grudge, provoke, tremble, trickle, trifle, trudge; as, glided, gliding.

He agreed to proceed slyly. Shackle the prisoner. The torch is crackling. Use the syringe. He chuckles as he buckles the harness. His eyes seem familiar but his walk or gait is peculiar. The horizon seems ablaze. Negroes are sometimes lynched in the Southern States. Horizontal beams. Be patient, the quotient is correct.

preface
surface
retrace
embrace

bureau
biscuit
ketchup
moustache

knoll
knavish
increase
decrease

vagrant
fragrant
stagnant
ignorant

Join —ness to slow, fast, rough, smooth, weak, numb, coarse, prompt, calm, deaf, mean, even, plain, keen; as, keenness.

The brief preface shows sense. The whole surface seemed knolls, rough boulders, and stagnant pools. The knavish pedlar carries biscuits and ketchup. The vagrant twirls his moustache. A quaint bureau fragrant with roses. Ignorant of Canadian customs. Pause for each clause. Misers' hoards increase; their comforts decrease. Retrace your footsteps. A mother's embrace.

12 (Review)

clause
league
culprit
knavish
bureau
quotient

peculiar
chieftain
persevere
ignorant
moustache
machinery

biscuit
syringe
patient
decrease
lacrosse
mystery

lynch
giraffe
gallery
bicycle
superior
delicate

Our maid was ignorant of the mysteries of dyeing. By persevering she succeeded in kneading dough for biscuit. She has a peculiar stare, but is certainly a superior servant. The chieftain waxes his reddish moustache. They may lynch the culprit who knavishly interfered with the machinery. On the bureau is a model of a bicycle near a picture of a giraffe. The patient is in delicate health.

gaudy
pauper
haunted
gauntlet

musical
medical
musician
physician

withhold
nowhere
loophole
threshold

accident
hesitate
meditate
obstinate

Add —ness to saucy, heavy, weighty, cleanly, lazy, lively, easy, chilly, hasty, musty; as, sauciness.

The musician meditates on a new hymn. The heir's birthday. Nowhere would physicians or medical men withhold medicine from a pauper. The obstinate knave's laziness and sauciness made them hesitate. The great heaviness or weightiness of lead. I innocently caused an accident. The door-hinges creaked. He threw the gauntlet on the threshold of the haunted chamber.

hyena
hyphen
cycling
hyacinth

victuals
cayenne
conquer
conquest

dye-stuff
rye-bread
therefore
buckwheat

ravine
vaseline
benzine
magazine

Add —y to humble, noble, single, double, forcible, ease, able, ample, simple, wheeze; as, humbly.

"Rye-bread" requires a hyphen. Before the tempest it was calm in the ravine. Use cayenne pepper sparingly on victuals. Benzine removes stains. Vaseline is advertised in the weekly magazine. The savage hyena was conquered. We see lovely hyacinths when cycling. Lye comes through leaching ashes. Dye-stuff injured his eyesight, therefore he wears glasses.

talons
dragon
ransom
random

baffle
ruffle
tussle
muddle

mumble
hubbub
smuggle
straddle

infancy
vacancy
resemble
assemble

Join —d, —ing to meddle, tattle, haggle, prattle, crinkle, cackle, kindle, stifle, puddle; as, meddled, meddling.

The eagle's cruel talons. St. George slew the dragon. A blazing chimney baffled the brigade. After a severe tussle he seized the smuggler's dagger. Avoid mumbling words. Random efforts are usually vain. Ransom the captive from the tower. Choose a roan mare. In infancy he resembled my nephew whose legacy he enjoys. Crowds assembled. Fill the vacancy. A good policy.

ulster
bolster
upholster
register

moisten
moisture
pastime
furniture

tangle
triangle
mangled
dangling

garbage
herbage
encourage
discourage

Write —ing after piece, pierce, grieve, dangle, jingle, arise, deserve, drizzle, resemble, assemble; as, piercing.

My ulster resists moisture. Weigh the feather bolster. Erase their names from the register. Flying kites is a boy's pastime. A triangle has three corners. Moisten the clothes. A mangled limb. Bury the decayed herbage and other garbage. See the cord dangling. Upholster the lounge at the furniture factory. Encourage the scholar. He seems discouraged.

affect
protect
inspect
prospect

bantam
banners
fleeting
greeting

plight
delight
sight-seer
twilight

satchel
thatched
petticoat
hoar-frost

To worthy, hungry, speedy, crusty, cheery, airy, weary, angry, sturdy, dreary, add —er, —est; as, worthier, worthiest.

The prospect of bathing at twilight delights us. Satchel in hand, he inspected our quiet village. Even the sight-seers were affected by the children's greeting. A thatched roof often leaks. See the hoar-frost glisten. A sorry plight, a clumsier gait. Protect the herdsman's bantams. Baby clutches a red banner. The fleeting hour.

18 (Review)

gaudy
plight
ravine
tussle
affect
hyphen

ransom
ruffle
satchel
smuggle
victuals
moisture

pastime
muscle
cycling
fatigue
nowhere
therefore

cayenne
withhold
vaseline
physician
threshold
magazine

Hewing wood exercises the muscles. Cycling for pastime causes slight fatigue. A whole horde of smugglers. My victuals were withheld. A sorry plight. He threw the magazine on the threshold, and seized his satchel. He was fined for using foul oaths. My heart was, therefore, sore with grief. Nowhere in the ravine have I seen moisture or hoar-frost. Physicians wrap up in furs.

dealt
deafness
stealthy
endeavor

trounce
trousers
aroused
announce

matron
sexton
summon
Solomon

vulgar
grammar
similar
particular

Put en— before able, noble, large, rage, circle, dear, camp, wrap, feeble, slave, title; as, enable.

The hale and hearty sexton is threatened with deafness. The matron of the hospital dealt with the rogue. The thief in tweed trousers was severely trounced. Endeavor to learn grammar. The calendars are similar. We received a summons to haul down our colors. The sun's rays. Steer for the pier. Vulgar talk arouses the wrath of the officers and guests. A sly, stealthy step.

sinews
pewter
skewer
steward

oarsmen
boarding
reproach
approach

rebel
tunnel
spaniel
Spaniard

Arctic
Pacific
Atlantic
Antarctic

Add —ful to mourn, power, respect, hope, delight, youth, trust.

The injured oarsmen moan and groan with pain but utter no oaths. A gaunt Spaniard sought a boarding-house. He reproached his spaniel for approaching the gray mare and foal. Near the tunnel entrance is a lime-kiln. The rebels swore on the Holy Book. Through a clever ruse we won a goal. A pewter spoon. The steward's muscles and sinews are strong. A skewer fastens the roast. The Pacific and Antarctic oceans.

terror
horror
traitor
portrait

insane
profane
baneful
hurricane

absence
essence
commence
difference

vicious
precious
gracious
spacious

Copy,—Negro, negress; emperor, empress; duke, duchess; prince, princess; actor, actress; hunter, huntress.

Their profane oaths, baneful and vicious language filled us with horror. A fire commenced in our absence. The servants were almost insane with terror. Portraits and precious keepsakes of our gracious empress were seized by the traitors. Many rare jewels were buried on the ocean beach. There is a difference between the juice and the essence of lemon. A furious hurricane.

adore
encore
restore
explore

necktie
nickname
shamrock
shipwreck

thrifty
panther
Sabbath
sheathed

wallop
wallow
drenched
wrenched

Join —ful to will, skill, peace, grace; as, wilful, graceful.

Swine wallow in the mire. The soldier on guard was drenched with rain. He sheathed his sword. He wrenched the pistol from the villain's grasp, and walloped him. In exploring the Arctic seas, we heard awful tales of shipwreck. Select pieces for encores. I admire the four-leaved shamrock. Panthers and hyenas are savage. Avoid nicknames. Plaid neckties. The holy Sabbath. Worship and adore Him. Restore all borrowed supplies.

zero
cargo
volcano
mosquito

quarry
quarrel
bankrupt
scripture

sulphur
triumph
prophet
camphor

comical
festival
vertical
practical

Add —ess to lion, poet, heir, count, baron, govern; and to mister, tiger, hunter, songster, waiter; as, mistress.

Write a zero or naught. A practical builder hews stone from the vertical walls of the quarry. The cargo of bankrupt stock has arrived. The harvest festivals are announced in autumn. The chief returned in triumph. The New Testament Scriptures. I smell camphor. Great musical revivals commenced in Wales. The mosquitoes annoy the actress. Sulphur is hurled from the volcano.

24 (Review)

zero
dealt
encore
quarry
Arctic
wallow

arouse
traitor
profane
essence
trousers
vertical

vicious
sulphur
quarrel
prophet
summons
wrenched

portrait
approach
scripture
mosquito
precious
difference

A vicious beggar approached the lime-kiln. His profane oaths aroused the portrait painter's anger. The hale old sailor hauls loads of sulphur to the piers. A hearty encore. The deer has lain down among the fir trees. The giraffe was led to a high stake and tied there. A quarrel commenced near the quarry. The Arctic Circle. The prophet Daniel. Read the Scriptures through.

accent
decent
century
innocent

victor
victim
verdict
Victoria

science
scissors
scenery
scented

element
elevator
skeleton
celebrate

Put im— before pure, proper, perfect, polite, patient, prudent.

The victim of the wreck was an innocent pianist, skilled in the elements of science. The victor was a decent but impatient lawyer with a Scottish accent. What delightful, rugged scenery! An imperfect skeleton of a buffalo. The verdict was in our favor. The storm destroyed a huge elevator. The twentieth century celebrates Queen Victoria's birthday. A scented cambric handkerchief. He peddles scissors and skeins of yarn.

solemn
condemn
Saviour
behavior

gouge
indulge
draught
laughter

twitch
twitter
whinny
whimper

peasant
pheasant
assistant
assistance

Place dis— before mount, lodge, courage, grace, unite, continue.

The crippled peasant dreaded the assistant's threat to poison his pheasants. Be truthful in business. Swallows twitch and twitter. The steeds whinny when unhitched from the whipple-trees. The hounds whimper. The Chief Justice solemnly condemned the officer. The Saviour of the world awed their wicked behavior. The chimney-flue has a great draught. Roars of hearty laughter.

afford
assort
absorb
portion

apparel
apparent
excellent
continent

assert
dessert
goddess
headdress

sculptor
bachelor
professor
conductor

Put fore— with tell, see, run, warn, show, stall; as, foretell.

After dessert, a professor read a droll essay on our continent. The celebrated sculptor is apparently a bachelor. He moulds the figure of a goddess. The excellent actress in neat apparel is absorbed in headdresses. The heiress foresees fraud but feigns assent. The conductor jostled the people in the aisle. Assort a portion of the colors. Use minnows as bait for bass.

whir
whirl
virgin
origin

intrude
confuse
consume
conclude

salute
dispute
compute
execute

visible
possible
terrible
horrible

Put in— before correct, complete, direct, human, exact, active.

The barren trees are consumed. Virgin soil has never grown grain. Horrible crimes possibly owe their origin to disputes. The intruder withdrew, seeming quite confused. Whirled round by machinery. Terrible bruises were visible. The dead bugler's bier. Salute the duchess. I concluded the accused would duly execute the dredging. A partridge whirred past.

acute
curate
cucumber
cultivate

adult
consult
druggist
luggage

polar
popular
regular
singular

movable
probable
valuable
vegetable

Join mis— to chance, use, lay, lead, led, call, deal, hap, quote.

The curate suffers acute grief. Consult a physician or a druggist. A teaspoonful of this draught is probably enough for an adult. Cultivate wholesome vegetables or cucumbers. Silk caterpillars are valuable. Polar bears devour seals. An inhuman butcher slashed the dun-colored deer. Regular attendance. Singular behaviour. The dyer seems popular.

30 (Review)

whirl
essay
polar
twitch
curate
whinny

origin
actress
dessert
accuse
solemn
sulphur

terrible
execute
regular
skeleton
decency
valuable

visible
scissors
prophet
bachelor
cucumber
headdress

The bachelor's scissors are valuable. An essay on the origin of sulphur. For decency's sake. The actress wears a movable wreath as a headdress. Two terrible dragons were visible. Of course the lynx steals bait. The prophets were accused and executed. A sign of meanness and baseness. The curate's speech at dessert was too solemn. Regular meals improve one's health.

brier
fiery
variety
society

debtor
editor
janitor
operator

opinion
religion
rebellion
dominion

permit
admitted
remitting
submission

Add —ed, —ing to admit, remit, permit, submit; as, admitted.

Legions of British soldiers and fiery hordes of savages fought during the rebellion in Egypt. All debtors must settle their accounts with the editor. The janitor of the school paid the operator. "Good-day," cried the mower, whetting his scythe. Briers have grown among the lilies and furze bushes. Permit no wrong. The gambler's companions submitted. Our country is a dominion. We have a variety of opinions in our society.

cutlet
omelet
banquet
pamphlet

jovial
billiards
burdock
bulrush

ruffian
guardian
historian
librarian

fraction
affection
recollect
collection

Put —ly after cool, cruel, royal, central, jovial, natural, exact.

At the banquet I ate a cutlet and an omelet. Our guardians seized the ruffians. He coolly knelt. I guessed the quantity exactly. Do you recollect my collection of problems on fractions? The genial historian has written a pamphlet. The librarian bought tracts. He pried into the secret of our large profits. The actor is jovial and plays billiards. A burdock is a coarse weed. Bulrushes or cat-tails grow in swamps.

oval
vocal
petal
formal

oral
coral
floral
mortal

infinite
definite
opposite
favorite

admirable
reasonable
confession
profession

Put —er, —est, —ly with icy, haughty, guilty, shabby, steady, sleepy, pretty, gloomy, noisy, mighty; as, icier, iciest, icily.

Petals are oval-shaped. What admirable vocal music! I made an oral confession. Act reasonably. Coral beads. Bicycle pedals are made of steel. Dredge opposite the pier. Florists deal in floral wreaths. The prophets taught the people to value their immortal souls. Mention a definite sum for freight. The heavens seem infinite.

valiant
brilliant
ridicule
vestibule

dribble
dwindle
constable
estimable

appeal
reveal
conceal
congeal

cavalry
mineral
political
principal

Add —able to love, move, tame, blame, value; as, lovable.

A valiant cavalry charge won the fight. Bleak, level plains. The syrup dribbles. The profits dwindle away. Conceal the precious minerals. The brilliant light revealed several new features. Lambs bleat. Sun-bleached linen. The vestibule floor creaks. You resemble our estimable principal. Ice is water congealed. He ridicules the miner's bare pate. The choir chants a psalm or hymn. Observe the pauses. A political speech. Appeal to the judge.

general
eternal
internal
external

forgery
drapery
drollery
drudgery

actual
gradual
punctual
continual

derrick
barracks
bullock
hammock

Write over— with rate, run, ride, reach, joyed; as, overrate.

The generals alight. Their arrival at the barracks was the signal for freeing negroes from slavery. Internal or external injury. A gradual growth. Almighty God is eternal. The pale widow's mite. Two mettlesome steeds. The drapery blazed up. Forgery is a serious offence. Drudgery is continual labor; drollery, odd humor.

36 (Review)

fiery
blight
creak
bleach
actual
vocal

debtor
floral
omelet
ruffian
conquest
punctual

several
eternal
conceal
banquet
guardian
drudgery

rebellion
recollect
admitted
ridicule
opposite
reasonable

Conceal the gilt sword. Ruffians tease the bear. At the banquet the guardian seemed bored by debtors. Gamblers admitted their profits. The mason's plumb-line. I recollect the Indian rebellion. The debtor's temper was fiery and unreasonable. The vocal solo was ridiculed. The conquest of several islands. Nuns' veiling. This floral wreath seems actually bleached. An eternal scourge.

dairy
despair
exclaim
claimant

bronze
apology
hideous
listener

statue
tissue
immense
specimens

juvenile
appetite
dove-cot
anecdote

Put —ing after urge, charge, rage, dodge, pledge, judge, manage, oblige, race, measure, praise; as, urging.

An immense statue of bronze metal was visible. Goblins were hideous. I wear a specimen medal on my mantle. "A lion's mane!" exclaimed he. A faithful dairy maid. Peel the oranges in tissue paper. No apology is needed. The claimant for damages suffers an agony of despair. An amusing anecdote. A keen appetite. A juvenile carpenter built a dove-cot.

ewer
ewe-lamb
dewdrops
brand-new

wizard
hazard
gizzard
blizzard

lobster
canister
cashier
clothier

obedient
obedience
experience
experiment

Add —ed, —ing to model, level, travel, equal, quarrel, cancel, ravel, shovel; as, modelled, modelling.

The cashiers were obedient and rarely quarrelled. Meddle less with minor affairs. I heard a clothier's experience. A brand-new plate glass. Ewers or jugs of water. Maize is Indian corn. He hazards his safety by travelling in blizzards. Fowls have gizzards. Our mettle won the main battle. The wizard's charms. Try some experiments. Tea canisters. Boiled lobsters.

captor
captive
candor
clamor

cholera
character
backache
mechanic

ear-rings
Methodist
memorize
accompany

canvass
carcass
trespass
windlass

Join —ed, —ing to tunnel, pencil, label, gravel, tassel, barrel, carol, gambol; as, tunnelled, tunnelling.

Captors of negroes used blood-hounds. The captive women sold their ear-rings. Canvass the mechanics. Obscure sounds of a startling character accompanied the earthquake. Memorize the chorus. They meddle with our windlass and trespass on our premises. They're labelling the parcels. Speak with candor. Avoid noise or clamor. Bury that carcass. Cholera is unknown here.

borax
smilax
conveys
surveys

soldered
dandelion
cinnamon
raspberry

allspice
colander
Yukon
Montreal

effect
difficult
architect
catechism

Add —ing to inquire, increase, suppose, accuse; as, inquiring.

Were you conveying allspice or cinnamon from the freight train? Survey the wreaths entwined with smilax. Borax is used in soldering metals. Squeeze the raspberries through a colander. What effect has chilly weather on dandelions? The architect's scheme is difficult to grasp. He knows the catechism by rote. The Yukon is many leagues from Montreal.

commit
command
commence
recommend

excel
expel
compel
comrade

compass
cardinal
hiccough
knowledge

caress
assess
discuss
district

Put —s, —ed after obey, annoy, survey, employ, display, array. Add —es to grocery, dairy, ally, folly, quarry; as, groceries.

I recommend that we command the officer to commit the comical rascal to jail, and expel his comrades. The district will compel the Mayor to aid the villagers. We've commenced to discuss business. He excels in a knowledge of the cardinal points of the compass. Caress the child with hiccoughs. A wheelwright makes naves and spokes.

42 (Review)

dairy
boggy
sphere
chord
effect

wizard
clothier
survey
commit
camphor

despair
hiccough
colander
architect
blizzard

ear-rings
catechism
blackguard
raspberry
obedience

The patient clothier wears a bronze medal. The trails seem a maze of cross-roads. Pare the juicy pears. The sweet-scented, new-mown hay. Hawks soar o'er the strait. My thick-soled shoes creak. A chord in music. A wizard's tricks. In obedience to the architect. I fear a blizzard. Hiccoughs annoy me. I despair of ever committing the catechism to memory.

bakery
brewery
pottery
knavery

surgery
delivery
discovery
embroidery

tinware
barefoot
cylinder
clergyman

council
surround
boundary
warehouse

Join —able to admire, desire, excuse, dispute; as, admirable.

Delivery wagons haul flour to the bakery. A brewery at the city boundary is wrecked. The clerk's knavery. A lone warehouse near the freight yard. Elect eight aldermen to the city council. The iron roller is a hollow cylinder. I cut my bare wrist on a piece of pottery or tinware. The clergyman is distinctly heard. Idol worship exists in India. She wears rare finery and embroidery. He made a discovery in the surgery.

necessity
necessary
possession
procession

attach
attacked
mucilage
pencilled

rigor
vigor
honor
harbor

complain
Champlain
waistcoat
mail-pouch

Add —y to paste, grease, pebble, sponge, possible; as, pasty.

Attack them with vigor. Attach pieces of rope if necessary. Detached rocks made the descent dangerous. Mucilage is a necessity in an office. Champlain explored several rivers in the interior of Canada. The mail-pouch was rifled. My waistcoat pocket. Her pencilled eyebrows. The lynx's lair. Complain to the City Council. The procession took possession of the street.

ballad
ballast
cannon
channel

laurel
auburn
assault
applause

signal
arrival
ordinary
asparagus

oneself
bayonet
gingham
dumpling

Put —some after glad, delight, bother, trouble, blithe, frolic.

Vessels need ballast to cross the channel. Wrest the reed or cane from that liar. The wreck is wrapped in mist. My niece is combing her auburn hair and tying it with dyed ribbons. She sang several ballads, winning laurels. An ordinary gingham apron. Tender asparagus for dessert. Manual training is of great benefit to oneself. The gradual descent of the road. An apple dumpling. The pilot made no assault. The captain's bayonet.

torrent
decorate
monitor
astonish

villain
mermaid
maintain
remainder

cooing
cuckoo
raccoon
heirloom

castor
bishop
scallop
atmosphere

Join —ness to clumsy, flimsy, gaudy, haughty; as, clumsiness.

The monitor's haughtiness was maintained. A torrent's roar. I rowed near the sea-beach with sculls. An enemy's revenge. A bishop's white robes. Decorated with scalloped lace. The villain's prison cell. A drier atmosphere. Cooing pigeons. The cuckoo clock is an old heirloom. Buffalo and raccoon robes for sleighs are made without seams. Castor oil is prepared from seeds.

receipt
leisure
seizing
deceive

swoon
saloon
balloon
spittoon

journal
courage
courtesy
adjourn

gentry
laundry
foundry
gallantry

Add —ness to weary, steady, muddy, woolly; as, weariness.

The cooper makes barrels of hoops and staves. The saloon-keeper wrung his hands in sheer despair and swooned. I'm aware that courage and courtesy are national traits of the French. The council adjourned. The foundry moulds iron patterns. Erase all false entries. A daily journal. A receipt from the laundry. His leisure and gallantry deceived the gentry.

48 (Review)

villain
leisure
council
descent
brewery
bayonet

flavor
assault
camphor
oneself
raccoon
cylinder

channel
torrent
spheres
necessary
ordinary
warehouse

heirloom
mucilage
boundary
waistcoat
necessity
atmosphere

He leant against the lime-kiln. The lynx has lain down in his lair. I need a key for the mail-pouch. Idols are deaf and dumb. A great herd of deer. Raccoon overcoats. Torrents make their descent through the rugged channels. Warehouses are not necessary in ordinary business. Cylinders are not spheres.

Pronounce.

[STANDARD III. Senior.]GRADE 5.

[STANDARD III. Senior.]
GRADE 5.