{peculiar} =pe-cul'iar= habit

{irritable} =ir'ri-ta-ble= disposition

{people} =peo'ple= in the city

{specially} =spe'cial-ly= prepared

{serviceable} =ser'vice-a-ble= tools

{sergeant} =ser'geant= of the company

{vacancy} =va'can-cy= of the office

{confederate} =con-fed'er-ate= in the plot

{correspondence} =cor-re-spond'ence= between friends

{allies} =al-lies'= of the army

{allusion} =al-lu'sion= to his past

{alternate} =al'ter-nate= to the convention

{amount} =a-mount'= of the bill

{annually} =an'nu-al-ly= taxed

{apologize} =a-pol'o-gize= for your blunder

{architect} =ar'chi-tect= of the building

{breadth} =breadth= of the cloth

{break} =break= the bottle

{brake} =brake= to stop a wheel

{dissatisfy} =dis-sat'is-fy= the customer

{distillation} =dis-til-la'tion= of the liquid

{experiment} =ex-per'i-ment= in chemistry

LESSON 38

{extreme} =ex-treme'= weather

{vaccinate} =vac'ci-nate= for smallpox

{valuable} =val'u-a-ble= jewels

{unusual} =un-u'su-al= performance

{unite} =u-nite'= the pair

{grievous} =griev'ous= disaster

{grandeur} =gran'deur= of the mountains

{osmosis} =os-mo'sis= in chemistry

{occasional} =oc-ca'sion-al= showers

{porous} =por'ous= filtering cup

{journalizing} =jour'nal-i-zing= in bookkeeping

{peninsula} =pen-in'su-la= of Florida

{projection} =pro-jec'tion= of a stairway

{independence} =in-de-pend'ence= of America

{indispensable} =in-dis-pen'sa-ble= tool

{itself} =it-self'= alone

{separator} =sep'a-ra-tor= for cream

{seceded} =se-ced'ed= from the union

{gnashing} =gnash'ing= his teeth

{sphere} =sphere= on which we live

{spherical} =spher'ic-al= in shape

{square} =square= wooden box

{statement} =state'ment= of facts