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  A SPELLING-BOOK

  FOR

  ADVANCED CLASSES.


  BY

  WILLIAM T. ADAMS,
  MASTER OF BOWDITCH SCHOOL, BOSTON.


  BOSTON:
  BREWER AND TILESTON.
  1873.


  Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868,
  by WILLIAM T. ADAMS,
  in the Clerk's Office of the District Court
  of the District of Massachusetts


  STEREOTYPED BY W. F. BROWN & CO.,
  No. 15 Cornhill, Boston




PREFACE.


This work, as its title indicates, is intended for the use of Advanced
Classes,--for scholars who are, to some extent, familiar with the
principles of pronunciation and syllabication. It is not intended to
supersede the ordinary Spelling-Book, but rather to follow it, as a
practical application of the pupil's knowledge, not only in spelling,
but in dividing and pronouncing the more difficult words in common use.

It is believed that, for Advanced Classes, the plan adopted in this
book, of presenting the words without indicating the pronunciation or
syllabication, will be found to possess some decided advantages; for the
pupil, as in the study of Arithmetic and the Languages, is thereby
thrown upon his own resources. This method will certainly test his
knowledge, while the dictionary will always be available to supply
deficiencies.

The words have been arranged in lessons of thirty each, and numbered
for convenience of reference. All classification has been carefully
avoided, so that the initial letter, the terminational syllable, or the
silent letters shall not be indicated by the preceding word.

It is suggested that, in written lessons, the words be arranged in
lines, instead of columns, in order to afford the scholar an occasional
exercise in practical syllabication.

  BOWDITCH SCHOOL,

  Boston, Jan. 9, 1868




A SPELLING-BOOK

FOR ADVANCED CLASSES.




LESSON 1.

   1. flageolet
   2. dactyl
   3. irony
   4. hoopoe
   5. blasphemous
   6. abatable
   7. nausea
   8. secede
   9. _elite_
  10. psalmody
  11. subtile
  12. cabalistic
  13. secession
  14. topsy-turvy
  15. flagrancy
  16. mushroom
  17. superficies
  18. caustic
  19. passable
  20. rappee
  21. hysterics
  22. irradiate
  23. abbey
  24. asphyxia
  25. ellipse
  26. italicize
  27. daffodil
  28. monetary
  29. fogy
  30. hungrily


2.

   1. elixir
   2. mustache
   3. acknowledgment
   4. seniority
   5. boa-constrictor
   6. quinine
   7. sensibility
   8. sensational
   9. caboose
  10. foible
  11. iterate
  12. daguerrotype
  13. penetrable
  14. cauterize
  15. nauseous
  16. banana
  17. ellipsis
  18. ignominy
  19. acoustics
  20. dahlia
  21. flamingo
  22. casuistry
  23. horde
  24. abbreviate
  25. elliptical
  26. irrational
  27. moneyed
  28. casualty
  29. secrecy
  30. psalter


3.

   1. abdominal
   2. beau
   3. itinerant
   4. boatswain
   5. _succedaneum_
   6. cabriolet
   7. elongation
   8. volatile
   9. iambic
  10. pseudonyme
  11. dairy
  12. mongrel
  13. juvenile
  14. sententious
  15. atomic
  16. hurricane
  17. elocution
  18. foliaceous
  19. cavalcade
  20. acquiescence
  21. itinerary
  22. Jezebel
  23. secretion
  24. cavalier
  25. pyre
  26. zigzag
  27. dalliance
  28. movable
  29. movement
  30. bivouac


4.

   1. _cache_
   2. acquirement
   3. bobolink
   4. whinnying
   5. ignore
   6. musketeer
   7. Kremlin
   8. pyrometer
   9. bandanna
  10. elopement
  11. flagitious
  12. horizon
  13. aberration
  14. catacombs
  15. whippoorwill
  16. musician
  17. peroration
  18. quinsy
  19. secrete
  20. elucidate
  21. superfluity
  22. sectarian
  23. transmitted
  24. transmuted
  25. cacao
  26. succinct
  27. iambus
  28. catalepsy
  29. quintal
  30. Bedouins


5.

   1. flatulence
   2. damageable
   3. juxtaposition
   4. abeyance
   5. elves
   6. acquittal
   7. fomentation
   8. hurtle
   9. cavilling
  10. bodice
  11. jib
  12. nautical
  13. eludible
  14. phantasmagoria
  15. zinc
  16. labelled
  17. rappel
  18. sentient
  19. cacique
  20. rarefy
  21. rarity
  22. tornadoes
  23. ceiling
  24. iguana
  25