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No. 84. – 79 Words
WORDS OF TWO SYLLABLES, ACCENTED ON THE FIRST.
bon-fīre, sam-phire, sap-phire (saf-fire), quag-mire, em- pire, um-pire, wel-fâre, härd-ware, wind-pipe, bag-pipe, hôrn-pipe, brim-stone, san-guĭne, pris-tine, trib-ūne, fôrt- une, land-scāpe, pam-phlet, proph-et, con-tract, spend- thrift, sûr-feit, des-cant (n.), ped-ant, pend-ant, vẽr-dant, sol-emn, col-umn, vol-ume, an-swer, con-quer, côr-sâir, grand-eūr, phys-ics, tac-tics, op-tics, cal-ends, fôr-ward, rich-es, ash-es, cäl-dron, chăl-dron, saf-fron, mod-ern, brick-ern, lan-tern, çis-tern, pat-tern, slat-tern, bit-tern, tav-ern, gȯv-ern, stub-born, check-er, vic-ar, hĕif-er, cham-fer, pärs-lēy, friĕnd-ship, härd-ship, wor-ship (wur-ship), stär-līght, mid-night, up-right, in-sight, fôr- feit, non-sūit, pris-on, gär-den, mẽr-chant, doub-let, fŏre- head, vine-yard, cụck- o͞ o, c o͞ op-er, w a̤ -ter, mawk-ish, awk- ward, dwarf-ish.
Brimstone is a mineral, which is dug from the earth. Children should answer questions politely. When the sun shines with clearness, it is the most splendid object that we can see. Potashes and pearlashes are made from common ash. Thirty-six bushels of coal make one chaldron. Saf- fron is a well-known garden plant. To keep the wind from blowing the candle out, we put it into a lantern. A wooden cistern is not very dura- ble. Mules are some-times very stubborn animals. The cuckoo visits us early in the spring. Carrots have long tapering roots. Twelve o’clock at night is midnight. A merchant is one who exports and imports goods, or who buys and sells goods especially by wholesale. Water flows along a decent by force of gravity. It is a solemn thing to die and appear before God.
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