In fixing the spelling of any word, one must be sure of the pronunciation and the meaning. The list given below may be used in a variety of ways (see, for example, pp. 78, 79); but it is suggested that it be studied in groups of ten words, and that the pupil be required to look up in the dictionary matters likely to prove of special service to him. A few of these are indicated; under the guidance of the teacher, he may learn to note others for himself.

Before doing this work the pupil must be familiar with the content of paragraph 1 on pages 239 and 240.

Group I

1. Accommodate (ad + commodate, "to fit," "to help ").

2. Accumulate (ad + cumulate, "to heap").

3. Achieve (a + chieve).

4. Acknowledgment (ac-knowl-edg-ment).

5. Advantageous (ad-van-ta-geous).

6. AH right (contrast with almost and already).

7. Aggravate (ad + gravare, "to make heavy").

8. Arrange.

9. Among.

10. Athletics (alh-let-ics).

Group II

Derivation and accentuation of 11, 14, 15.

Group III

Derivation of 21, 24, 28, 30; syllabication of 30.

Group IV

Derivation of 31-36; syllabication of 31, 37.

Group V. Derivation of 41, 43,46-48; syllabication of 41,46,47, 49. (For 42 see sect. 47, rule 1).

Group VI

Derivation of 56, 58; syllabication of 55; accentuation of 59.

Group VII

Derivation of 65, 67-69; syllabication of 66; preferred spelling of 62, 63, 65. (For 61 see sect. 75).

Group VIII

Derivation of 71, 72, 74-76; syllabication of 76, 77. (For 80 see 61).

Group IX

Syllabication of 81, 85-89, 90; accentuation of 85.

Group X

Derivation of 92-94, 97-99. (For 100 see 61).

Group XI

Derivation of 101; syllabication of 104, 105. (For 108 see sect. 47, rule 3, exception 3).

Group XII

Derivation of 117, 118; accentuation of 115, 116. (For 116 see sect. 47, rule 1).

Group XIII

Derivation of 121, 122, 126, 130; another spelling of 129.

Group XIV

Derivation and syllabication of 135, 136. (For 133 see sect. 47, rule 3, exception 3).

Group XV

Derivation of 146; syllabication of 148. (For 143 see 61 and contrast 149 with 19).

I

1. accommodate

2. accumulate

3. achieve

4. acknowledgment

5. advantageous

6. all right

7. aggravate

8. arrange

9. among 10. athletics

II

11. auxiliary

12. balance

13. battalion

14. benefited

15. business

16. calendar

17. ceiling

18. changeable

19. column

20. committee

III

21. competitive

22. conceit

23. confectionery

24. consistent

25. council

26. counterfeit

27. defendant

28. despair

29. development

30. dilapidated

IV

31. dissatisfaction

32. divisible

33. dormitory

34. eccentric

35. eighth

36. eligible

37. embarrassment

38. emigrate

39. enthusiasm

40. envelope

V

41. equally

42. equipped

43. etc. (et cetera)

44. exceed

45. excel

46. excellence

47. extraordinary

48. fascinate

49. February

50. field

VI

51. forcible

52. foreign

53. forty

54. gayly

55. grandeur

56. grievance

57. grievous

58. handkerchief

59. harass

60. height

VII

61. hers

62. honorable

63. honorary

64. huge

65. humorous

66. hygiene

67. illegible

68. imagine

69. immovable

70. improbable

VIII

71. indispensable

72. inseparable

73. insistence

74. intelligible

75. interrogation

76. irrelevant

77. irresistible

78. irrigate

79. isthmus

80. its

IX

81. laboratory

82. legible

83. leisure

84. luscious

85. maintenance

86. manufacture

87. maritime

88. mercenary

89. miniature

90. miscellaneous

X

91. mischief

92. mountainous

93. necessary

94. neither

95. niece

96. ninetieth

97. obliging

98. occasion

99. o'clock 100. one's

XI

101. opportunity

102. original

103. ours

104. parallel

105. parliament

106. partner

107. passable

108. peaceable

109. penitentiary no. persuade 111. perseverance 112. phenomenon

XII

113. piece

114. plaintiff

115. preferable

116. preferred

117. prejudice

118. preparation

119. professor

120. proficient

XIII

121. promissory

122. pronunciation

123. pursue

124. really

125. receipt

126. recommend

127. relief

128. reservoir

129. rhyme

130. salary

XIV

131. scythe

132. secede

133. serviceable

134. shield

135. similar

136. sophomore

137. souvenir

138. sovereign

139. stationary

140. stationery

XV

141. succeed

142. thief

143. theirs

144. totally

145. truly

146. twelfth

147. vengeance

148. vocabulary

149. volume

150. whether

Exercise

151. Spelling Match. Be prepared to spell by syllables any word in the foregoing list.