Rathbun's Graded Speller: Containing Ten Thousand Practical Words for Spelling, a Treatise on Orthography, and Much Practical Work for All GradesThe author, 1906 - 128 pages |
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a'tion abbreviations adding a suffix alphabet antepenult Antonyms bil i ty bil'i called compound words consonant derivative words diacritical marks Dictation dieresis different syllables digraphs Diphthong doubled English language fi ca tion following lessons following words give grades Greek homophones Italian ä kět Key Words larynx last syllable Latin lesson 31 Lesson 59 Lesson 66 lět long vocals meaning mucilage Note the silent noun organs of speech orthography palate penult phonetically piccalilli preceding prefixes and suffixes primary accent printed pronounce pronunciation pupils radix represent secondary accent sentences separate Short Vocals silent e silent e's silent letters sing substitute subvocals subvocals and aspirates suffix syllable synonyms teacher Tilde trigraph ty Lesson unaccented syllables usually verb vowel word consisting words by adding words ending Words Illustrating wreath Write the names
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