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No. 144. – 62 Words
IN THE FOLLOWING WORDS, THE VOWEL a IN THE DIGRAPH ea, HAS NO SOUND AND e IS EITHER SHORT, OR PRONOUNCED LIKE e IN term; THUS, bread, tread, earth, dearth, ARE PRONOUNCED brĕd, trĕd, ẽrth, dẽrth.
brĕad, dead, head, tread, dread, thread, spread, breast, breadth, breath, ẽarth, dearth, thrĕat, sweat, sẽarch, hĕalth, wealth, stealth, cleanse, ẽarl, pearl, earn, learn, yean, mĕant, dreamt, realm, ĕar-ly, earn-est, re-sẽarch, clĕan-ly, hĕav-en, leav-en, heav-y, read-y, health-y, wealth-y, feaŧh-er, leaŧh-er, leaŧh-ern, tread-le, jeal-oŭs, jeal-oŭs-y, zeal-oŭs, zeal-ot, pleas-ant, pĕas-ant, pleas-ure, meas-ūre, treas-ūre, treach-er-y, en-dĕav-or, re-hẽarse, thrĕat-en, break-fast, stead-fast, mead-ōw, pẽarl-ash, stĕalth-y, stead-y, stealth-fụl, health-fụl.
No. 145. – 70 Words – Counting Suffixes
IN THE FOLLOWING, g IS SILENT.
P. stands for past tense; PPR. for participle of the present tense.
VERBS. P. PPR. AGENT. VERBS.
P. PPR. AGENT.
sīgn ed as-sign ed con-sign ed de-sign ed ma-lign ed
ing er ing er ing er ing er ing er
Adjectives and Nouns.
ed ing er ed ind er ed ing er ed ing er
re-sīgn
im-pūgn
op-pūgn
ar-rāign
coun-ter-sign ed ing er
con-dīgn, be-nīgn, poign-ant, ma-līgn, fŏr-eign, sȯv-er- eign, ĕn-sīgn, cam-pāign.
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