ESSEX INSTITUTE.

Nouns.
abject
Ilbsent
accent
bombard
cement
colleague
conlpact
concert
conduct
conflict
contest
contract
convict
convoy
desert
descant
ACCENT ON DISSYLLA:BLES. 9
Verbs.
to abject
to absent
to accent
to bombard
to cement
to colleague
to compact
to concert
to conduct
to conflict
to com.est
to contract
to convict
to convoy
to descrt
to descant
Adjectives.
august, noble
champaign, open
gallant, bold
levant, eastern
supine, indolent
Nouns.
essay
extract
exile
ferment
import
incense
object
perfume
presage
present
rebel
record
snbject
survey
torment
transfcr
Substantives.
compact
exile, banishment
instinct
invalid
minute, of time
Verbs.
to essay
to extract
to exile
to ferment
to import
to incense
to object
to perfume
to presage
to present
to rebel
to record
to subject;
to survey
to torment
to transfer.
Sometimes words have a different accent, as they are adjectives or
substantives; as,
Substantives.
august, t.'>e month
cltami~aign, wine
gallant; a lover
Le'vant, a pla~e
8upine, in grammar
Adjectives.
compact
exile, small
instinct
imalid
minute,smaU
Sometimes the same parts ofspeech have a different accent to mark
a difference of s:gnification; as,
to conjure, tOllractise InaO'ick to conjure, to intreat
desert, a wilderness