l 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. acquitt