The R-Hook

See paragraphs 135 to 137.

Par. 135. - Pry, bray, free, trio, draw, throw, shrew, crow, gray.

Offer, eater, eider, ether, usher, acre, augur.

Affray, agree.

Prop, prowl, breathe, dream, trudge, freak, crumb, drag, shrill, grieve, bruise, thrice, bright, broken, driven, frenzy, prepare, tragic, brevity, critic, trustee, prince, trickle, crisis.

April, abridge, utterly, across, egregious, overlap, atrocity, adroit, ushers, oversee, apron, approve, address, attrition, oppressed, overturn, overflow, egress, overcome, Africa, eagerly, oppressor, average, approach, aphorism.

Poetry, powder, fiber, major, labor, teacher, leisure, robber, knocker, victor, gentry, poultry, fabric, theatric, alacrity, lethargy, spatter, slavery, flavor, clever, improper, chagrin, impress, increase, patronage, preacher.

Defray, wafer, baker, talker, Dover, jobber, checker, algebra, outbreak, diagram, chatter, tigress, depravity, astrology, epigram, mimicry, taper, arbor, chaffer, begrime, joker, wicker, tether, diaphragm.

Dictation Exercise

Brew, brow, crew, cry, dray, drew, dry, fray, fro, fry, grow, pray, prow, threw, through, tray, tree, trow, try.

Adder, aider, author, azure, eager, either, ichor, ochre, odor, ogre, Ophir, other, otter, outer, utter.

Brain, bravery, breach, bribe, brick, bridle, brisk, broom, crab, crank, crawl, crayon, create, credence, crime, crisp, crop, crossed, cruelty, crusty, drain, dreary, drench, drive, droll, drop, drowsy, drudge, frail, frame, fresco, fresh, fresher, frost, frothy, grab, gracious, graphic, grasp, grass, greedy, groom, grudge, gruel, phrase, prefix premium, price, princess, prism, process, progress, promise, propose, proxy, shrimp, shrine, shrink, shrivel, thread, thresh, thrifty, throes, trace, tracery, track, traffic, trail, train, trash, treatise, trellis, trim, trouble.

Aberdeen, Abraham, Abrahamic, Abram, abrasion, accretion, acrimony, addressed, addressing, Adrian, afresh, African, aggregate, aggression, aggressive, aggrieve, agreeable, agreeably, Agrippa,

Akron, appraised, appreciable, apprisal, approachable, approbation, approbative, approval, approve, apropos, atrocious, authoress, authorize, authorized, ebriety, Ephraim, Euphrates, O'Brien, offers, ogress, O'Grady, oppress, oppressing, oppression, oppressive, opprobrious, opprobrium, overalls, overbear, overblown, overbuy, overdo, over-done, overdose, overdraw, overgrowth, overhang, overhear, overlay, overlook, overmuch, overpass, overpay, overpower, overreach, override, overrun, overruling, overshadow, overweening, overwhelm, overwhelming, overwork, utterable, utterer.

Angry, archer, badger, barber, betray, blubber, cambric, camphor, cater, cleverly, cockerel, copper, daughter, dodger, electric, embroil, enshrine, entry, favorer, federation, feverish, gather, harbinger, heifer, highpriest, hither, hopper, hungry, impressed, improvise, intrigue, labyrinth, library, liquor, livery, lodger, lounger, maneuver, mongrel, obliger, obtrusion, paper, pilgrim, pusher, rasher, reapproach, recross, rector, redress, refresh, reproach, rigor, shelter, shiver, shoulder, snapper, sugar, sulphur, tatter, tawdry, unbroken, unthrifty, viper, voucher, wagers, withdrawal, worker.

Algebraic, ascribe, Australasia, autocracy, autocratic, autographic, beaker, beggar, beggarly, begriming, begrudge, Beverly, biographic, checkers, chider, chowder, choker, chopper, dapper, daybreak, decree, decrial, defrayer, degree, depressed, deprive, dethrone, digger, digress, fireproof, geographer, geographic, harper, hypocrisy, jabber, Jeffrey, jeopardy, Jethro, jigger, leapfrog, mackerel, maker, meager, outbrave, outcry, outgrown, Picardy, pickerel, pucker, Shadrach, smoker, tiger, tigerish, Tipperary, toper, tubercle, tucker, typography, watchmaker, wavers, weaker, weaver, Weber, weeper.