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Show LESSON IN ENGLISH Wf wVa wrm- 9eg1eMI Words often misused: Do not say, "Until be moved to a healthier climate, he came near dying." Say, "Until he moved to a more healthful climate, he almost al-most died." Often mispronounced: Facetious. Face-tious. Pronounce fa-se-shus, a as in ask unstressed, e as In see, u as in us unstressed; accent second syllable. Often misspelled: Either chaperon chap-eron or chaperons is correct. . Synonyms: Conjecture (verb), suspect, imagine, fancy, pre- sums, think, suppose. Word study: "Use a word Uvea times and It is yours." Let us Increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Congenital; existing ex-isting at, or dating from, birth; constitutional. (Pronounce second sec-ond syllable Jen, e as In men; accent second syllable). "It was a congenital deformity.'' |