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Whales are the largest of marine animals. They afford us oil for lamps and other purposes. Wheat is a species of grain that grows in most climates, and the flour makes our finest bread. Wharves are structures built for the convenience of lading and unlading ships. Wheels are most admirable instruments of conveyance; carts, wag- ons, gigs, and coaches run on wheels. Whey is the thin watery part of milk. Bad boys sometimes know what a whip is by their feel- ings. This is a kind of knowledge, which good boys dispense with. One of the first things a little boy tries to get is a knife that he may whittle with it. If he asks for a knife and it is refused, he is pretty apt to whimper. Whiskers are though by some to afford projection from the throat in cold weather.
No. 128. – 30 Words
IN THE FOLLOWING WORDS, X PASSES INTO THE SOUND OF GZ.
ex-ăct, ex- ̤alt, ex-empt, ex-ẽrt, ex-h ̤aust, ex-hôrt, ex- īle (v.), ex-ist, ex-ult, ex-hāle, ex-ăġ-ġer-āte, ex-am-ĭne, ex-am-ple, ex-an-i-māte, ex-as-per-āte, ex-ec-ū-tĭve, ex- ec-ū-tor, ex-ec-ū-trix, ex-hib-it, ex-ist-ençe, ex-ôr-di-um, ex-ot-ic, ex-em-plar, ex-em-pla-ry, ex-em-pli-fȳ, ex- emp-tion, ex-ŏn-er-āte, ex-ôr-bi-tançe, ex-ôr-bi-tant, ex-ū- ber-ant.
The word exact is an adjective signifying nice, accurate, or precise; it is also a verb signifying to demand, require, or compel to yield. Astronomers can, by calculating, foretell the exact time of an eclipse, or the rising and setting of the sun. It is useful to keep very exact accounts. A king or a legislature must have power to exact taxes or duties to support the government. An exordium is a pref- ace or preamble. To exist signifies to be, or to have life. The spirit is immortal; it will never cease to exist. We must not exalt our- selves, or exult over the fallen rival. It is our duty to exert our tal- ents in doing good. We are not to expect to be exempt from evils. Exhort one another to the practice of virtue. Water is exhausted
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