Kimball's Business Speller: Designed for Use in Commercial Schools, Academies, Normal Schools, High Schools & the Higher Grades of the Common SchoolsBobbs-Merrill Company, 1905 - 141 pages |
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Page 9
... āte ( -shi āte ) , lower ; to fall with drawn ' , taken back or away ; in value . drawn out . LESSON 13 DICTATION EXERCISE Consult your dictionary for meaning of words . How beautiful this night ! the balmiest ' sigh , Which vernal2 ...
... āte ( -shi āte ) , lower ; to fall with drawn ' , taken back or away ; in value . drawn out . LESSON 13 DICTATION EXERCISE Consult your dictionary for meaning of words . How beautiful this night ! the balmiest ' sigh , Which vernal2 ...
Page 12
... ate , eight strait , straight core , corps pray , prey vice , vise poll , pole bass , base hew , hue herd , heard rest , wrest ǎl ' bum , a blank book in which to insert autographs , sketches , etc. ǎp pěn ' dix , a supplement at the ...
... ate , eight strait , straight core , corps pray , prey vice , vise poll , pole bass , base hew , hue herd , heard rest , wrest ǎl ' bum , a blank book in which to insert autographs , sketches , etc. ǎp pěn ' dix , a supplement at the ...
Page 13
... ate , unsuitable ; unfit . pre pos ' ter ous , absurd ; ridiculous . rea ' son à ble , rational ; judicious . sin ' gu lar , strange ; unusual . eus tom a ry , conventional ; regular . thral ' dom , servitude ; slavery . in de pěnd ...
... ate , unsuitable ; unfit . pre pos ' ter ous , absurd ; ridiculous . rea ' son à ble , rational ; judicious . sin ' gu lar , strange ; unusual . eus tom a ry , conventional ; regular . thral ' dom , servitude ; slavery . in de pěnd ...
Page 18
... ate , to waver ; to cause to move as a wave ; to be unsteady . frǎe ' tion , a portion . ma tū ' rity , a becoming due ; arrival of time fixed for payment . ōw ' ing , to be indebted ; due . as sèss ' ȧ ble , liable to be taxed or as ...
... ate , to waver ; to cause to move as a wave ; to be unsteady . frǎe ' tion , a portion . ma tū ' rity , a becoming due ; arrival of time fixed for payment . ōw ' ing , to be indebted ; due . as sèss ' ȧ ble , liable to be taxed or as ...
Page 19
... ate , to consider ; to weigh in the mind ; grave . mis ' chĭev oŭs , hurtful ; inclined to mischief . mi li ' tia ( -lish ' a ) , soldiery ; citizens enrolled in an authorized military company . ĕf ' fi eȧ çy , potency ; power to pro ...
... ate , to consider ; to weigh in the mind ; grave . mis ' chĭev oŭs , hurtful ; inclined to mischief . mi li ' tia ( -lish ' a ) , soldiery ; citizens enrolled in an authorized military company . ĕf ' fi eȧ çy , potency ; power to pro ...
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å ble ançe ANTONYMS NOTE āte Bachelor of Laws bûrg căn capital çent cial cious cloth Consult your dictionary děn denarius děs DICTATION EXERCISE Consult dictionary for meaning electric flowers following words fôr Homophonous words,-what inflammation instrument kind lăn lĕe Legal Maxim LESSON măn māte meaning of words měn ment MISCELLANEOUS nate ness opposite in meaning pair is opposite pär pěl pěn person pertaining pōrt Săn second word ship sion SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS těl těn tēr tial tion tive tõr trăns tūde tûr ture vēr vessel words in sentences writing
Popular passages
Page 48 - If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
Page ix - Words of one syllable or words accented on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant when adding a suffix beginning with a vowel.
Page 112 - tis the mind that makes the body rich ; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers are more beautiful ? Or is the adder better than the eel, Because his painted skin contents the eye ? O, no, good Kate ; neither art thou the worse For this poor furniture, and mean array.
Page 117 - Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.
Page xi - At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the National Educational Association held in Washington, DC, July 7, 1898, the action of the Department of Superintendence was approved, and the list of words with simplified spelling adopted for use in all publications of the National Educational Association as follows...
Page 102 - The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it...
Page 41 - Cessante ratione legis, cessat ipsa lex. Reason is the soul of the law, and when the reason of any particular law ceases, so does the law itself.
Page 35 - Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough always proves little enough.
Page 16 - Great talents for conversation requires to be accompanied with great politeness. He who eclipses others, owes them great civilities ; and whatever a mistaken vanity may tell us, it is better to please in conversation, than to shine in it.
Page ix - Primitive words ending in y, preceded by a consonant, change y into i when adding a suffix beginning with any other letter than i.