Con' test, a dispute. Con' vert, a person con- Des' ert, a wilderness. Des' sert, the last course of an entertainment. Dis' count, an allowance. En' trance, admission. Es' cort, a convoy. Ex cuse, an apology. [ogy. Ex' tract, a quotation. Ex tract', to draw out of Fer' ment, inward motion. Fer ment', to have inward In' crease, augmentation. Let, to lease, to permit. Mouth, aperture in the head Ob' ject, that on which we are employed. Ob ject', to oppose. Over throw, destruction. Pres ent, a gift. Pre sent', to give. 1 cause, to Prod' uce, product, amount. Pro duce, to effect. Project, a scheme. Pro ject', to contrive. Reb' el, one who rebels. Re bel', to oppose. Record, a register. Re cord', to register, Ref use, the worthless part. Wreath, a garland. CHAPTER XXVII. Letters. A letter is the first principle or least part of a word. The letters of the English Language, called the Alphabet, are twenty-six in number. Letters are divided into vowels and consonants. -A vowel is an articulate sound, that can be perfectly uttered by itself; as a, e, o; which are formed without the help of any other sound. A consonant is an articulate sound which cannot be perfectly uttered without the help of a vowel as b, d, f, l, which require vowels to express them fully. The vowels are, a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes W and y are consonants when they begin a word, or syllable; but in every other situation they are vowels. MC sounds hard like k before a, o, u, 1, and ry and soft likes before ei,and y. It sounds like z in sacrifice, and like sh in ocean. } G sounds hard before a, o, u, l, and r. It is sometimes hard and sometimes soft before e, i, 't ni brow shę and y. Diphthongs and Triphthongs. "A diphthong is the union of two vowels, pronounced by a single impulse of the voice; as ea in beat, ou in sound. A proper diphthong is that in which both the vowels are sounded; as oi in voice, ou in ounce. An improper diphthong has but one of the vowels sounded; as ea in eagle, oa in boat. A triphthong is the union of three vowels, pronounced by a single impulse of the voice; as eau in beau, iew in view. 2 ney wat ons dangi, sti [SYLLABLES,obi zobe in gollo.l A syllable is a sound, either simple or compound, pronounced by a single impulse of the voice, and constituting a word, or a part of a word;' as a, an, antis 116 tergopion f Spelling is the art of rightly dividing words into their syllables, or of expressing a word by its proper letters. WORDS. • Lass Words are articulate sounds, used by common consent, ent, as signs of our i our ideas,ile to bor A word of one syllable is termed a Monosyl lable; a word of two syllables, a Dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a Trisyllable; a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable." All words are either primitive, derivative, or compound.) 3.05 clod Fral shume i "A primitive word is one which cannot be reduced to any simpler word in the language; as man, good, content. A derivative word is one which may be reduced to another word in English of greater simplicity; as manful, goodness, contentment? A compound word is formed of two or more words; as penknife, teacup, Yorkshire, i no an |