u'tion ca pa'cious ad mi ra'tion
cau'tious ve ra'cious ad o ra'tion
gla'cial fal la'cious ad u la'tion
gra'cious fu ga'cious ag gra va'tion
spa'cious lo qua'cious ap pli ca'tion
Gre'cian ra pa'cious ap pro ba'tion
spe'cious sa ga'cious prep a ra'tion
par'tial te na'cious pres er va'tion
con'science vi va'cious proc la ma'tion
spe'cie vo ra'cious prof a na'tion

Lesson 133.

Ci, ce, and si with the sound of sh.

spe'cies ju di'cial ac ces'sion
o'cean lo gi'cian com pres'sion
so'cial ma gi'cian de clen'sion
spe'cial mu si'cian ex pres'sion
cru'cial tac ti'cian im pres'sion
pre'cious op ti'cian op pres'sion
pas'sion pa tri'cian pre ten'sion
man'sion phy si'cian suc ces'sion
pen'sion pro vin'cial trans gres'sion
ten'sion fi nan'cial ad mis'sion
tor'sion om nis'cient con cus'sion

Lesson 134

DICTATION EXERCISES.

They propose to alter the place of the altar. He cast his ballot for
mayor. The ballet dancer and the ballad singer arrived. The wine seller
lived in a cellar. He said that the cymbal was a symbol of music. They
sent an arrant rogue on the errand. His manner of conducting the manor did
not suit the lord. The prophet of Mammon foretold great profit. The relics
of the kingdom were saved by the relict of the king. The stature of the
statue of Liberty is fixed by statute.

Lesson 135.

rack, an engine of torture. write, to make letters.
wrack, a sea-plant. wright, a workman.
rap, to strike. roe, eggs of a fish.
wrap, to roll together. row, to impel with oars.
reck, to heed; to care. rose, a flower.
wreck, destruction. rows, does row.
rice, a kind of grain. roes, plural of roe.
rise, increase; ascent. sees, beholds.
rite, a ceremony. seas, large bodies of water.
right, not wrong. seize, to lay hold of

Lesson 136.

OF AFFIXES.

Many words are formed by adding something to the end of another word. The
added part is called an affix; as ly, added to man, forms manly. In this,
and the following seventeen lessons, the more common affixes are
indicated.

Plurals formed by adding s to the Singular.

roofs so'los ty'ros al bi'nos
hoofs ha'los jun'tos me men'tos
scarfs las'sos can'tos oc ta'vos
truths ze'ros