Part 58 (2/2)

17 Trickery, cunning, chicane, fraud

18 Instruction, education, training, tuition

19 Hardshi+p, obstacle, hindrance, difficulty

20 Maxi, swarht, happiness, pleasure, joy

23 Work, labor, toil, drudgery, task

24 Silent, mute, dumb, speechless

25 Kill, murder, assassinate, slay

26 Hatred, enmity, dislike, ill-will

27 Example, pattern, sample, model

28 Obvious, plain, clear, apparent

29 Noted, eed, antique, ancient, antiquated, obsolete

SPELLING

198 The following is a list of words that are frequently misspelled or confused Where possible, an effort has been roups in order that they may behas been used in most cases in place of the bare word itself as, _occasional_ instead of _occasion_

A few rules have been included

accede descend pressure accident fascinate misspelled accommodate mischievous possession accordance miscellaneous accuracy muscle recollection succeed susceptible dispelled occasional miscellaneous occur existence monosyllable experience intellectual across sentence parallel a wholly arouse forehead woolly village already forty villain all right foreign till forfeit arandeur formerly persuade perspiration appal fulfill apparatus willful police appetite policies approxi presence opposite precede disappoint imminent preceptor disappearance ie chosen gra boundary recommend elementary summary seize syer succeed usually legible proceed

ascend assassin recede ascent dissier intercede discontent concede discreet necessary supersede descent necessity passport

199 Words ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, if monosyllables, or if the last syllable is accented, double the final consonant before the ending _-ed_ and _-ing_, but not before _-ence_; as,

rob, rob_bed_, rob_bing_, rob_bers_

confer, confer_red_, confer_ring_, confer_ence_

trans_, trans_, imp_ulsion_

Similar to the above are

defer, infer, prefer, refer, transfer, occur (occurrence), abhor (abhorrence), omit, remit, permit, commit, beset, impel, compel, repel, excel (excellence), mob, sob, rub, skid

If these words are not accented on the last syllable, the consonant is not doubled; as,

benefit, benefit_ed_, benefit_ing_, benefi_cial_

Similar are:

differ, su in silent _e_ drop the _e_ before a suffix beginning with a vowel; as,

arrive, arriv_ing_, arriv_ed_, arriv_al_

precede, preced_ed_, preced_ing_, preced_ence_

receive, receiv_ed_, receiv_ing_

Similar are: