| {tragedy} | trag´e-dy of Macbeth |
| {capital} | cap´i-tal city of Texas |
| {capitol} | cap´i-tol building |
| {committee} | com-mit´tee meetings |
| {perpendicular} | per-pen-dic´u-lar lines |
| {auxiliary} | aux-il´i-a-ry verb |
| {accept} | ac-cept´ my thanks |
| {except} | ex-cept´ for this reason |
| {odor} | o´dor of tobacco |
| {Mediterranean} | Med-i-ter-ra´ne-an Sea |
| {polygon} | pol´y-gon of seven sides |
| {superintendent} | su-per-in-tend´ent of schools |
| {supersede} | su-per-sede´ the old laws by new |
| {always} | al´ways the same |
| {hoping} | hop´ing all is well |
| {hopping} | hop´ping on one foot |
| {opposite} | op´po-site side of the street |
| {opposition} | op-po-si´tion to the plan |
| {rhombus} | rhom´bus in geometry |
| {parentheses} | pa-ren´the-ses enclosed the phrase |
| {straight} | straight lines of soldiers |
| {strait} | strait of Bosporus |
| {definite} | def´i-nite number |
| {gas} | gas light is bright |
| {prejudice} | prej´u-dice against him |