na'vy-yard
camp'-meet ing musk'-mel on fool'-hard y
mas'ter piece blood'-ves sel al might'y
pass'o ver hon'ey-comb by'stand er
fowl'ing-piece stem'-wind er bass'-vi ol
pow'der-horn school'-mas ter tale'-bear er

Lesson 171.

SYNTHETIC AND DICTATION EXERCISES.

A'bel, a man's name. de scend'ent, falling.
a'ble, powerful. cough'er, one who coughs.
al'ley, a narrow passage. coffer, a chest.
al ly', one who assists. can'died, covered with sugar.
al lu'sion, a reference. can'did, honest; truthful.
il lu'sion, mockery. cent'u ry, 100 years.
de scend'ant, offspring. sen'try, a guard.

The able man's name was Abel. A narrow alley. France was an ally of
England in the Crimean war. He made an allusion to the illusion that
possessed him. His descendant was descendent from the same line. The
cougher sat on the coffer. The candid youth ate the candied cakes. The
sentry wore a costume of the last century.

Lesson 172.

Words spelled alike, whose Pronunciation and Meaning differ.

aye, always. conjure, to enchant.
aye, an affirmative vote. bow, a weapon.
chose, did choose. bow, part of a ship.
chose, a thing; a chattel. chap, a boy.
bass, a term in music. chap, the jaw.
bass, a fish. gout, a disease.
conjure', to implore. gout, taste; relish.

Lesson 173.

Words spelled alike, whose Pronunciation and Meaning differ.

mall, a public walk. scald, a poet.
mall, a mallet. sew'er (so'er), one who sews.
slough (sluf), a snake's skin. sew'er (su'er), a drain.
slough, a miry place. court'e sy, civility.
wear, a dam in a river. courte'sy, a slight bow.
wear, waste. slav'er, a slave ship.
min'ute (min'it), sixty seconds. slav'er, spittle.
mi nute', very small. i'ron y (i'urn y), of iron.
hind'er, in the rear. i'ron y, ridicule.
hin'der, to obstruct. worst'ed, a kind of yarn.
scald, a burn. worst'ed, defeated.

Lesson 174.

Words in which the letter A is often mispronounced. Some of the words in
this and succeeding lessons have two pronunciations, but in all cases the
preferable one is given.

hearth mam ma' an'cient fra'ter nize
grass a slant' la'va com man d