VOCABULARY I. Words pronounced alike, but differing in spelling and signification. This may be made useful for Home lessons in several ways. The pupil might be required either to copy out neatly from twenty to forty words, with their meanings; or to commit to memory from ten to twenty; or to compose short sentences containing either one or both of the words in each pair. Ail, v. to be ill, to feel pain. All, a. the whole, everyone. Aught, n. anything; a part. ought, v. to be proper or neces sary. Aloud, a. with noise. altar, n. for worship; the com- Anker, n. a measure of liquids. anchor, n. a ship's anchor. Augur,v. to predict, conjecture. auger, n. a tool to bore holes with. aunt, n. a father or mother's An'nalist, n. historian, a writer sister. of annals. Anti-, prefix. against or oppo- An'alyst, n. a chemist, one who bury, v. to inter; to conceal in Board, n. a table; food, diet; the ground. a committee. Berth, n. a sleeping place in a bored, v. pierced, perforated. ship. Bowl, n. a cup, goblet, basin. birth, n. a coming into life, bole, n. the trunk of a tree. origin. Bite, v. to seize with the teeth. boll, n. the pod of a plant, as of flax. |