Words
| Ad-mi-ral | faith-ful-ly |
| av-a-rice | fol-low-er |
| boun-ti-ful | glo-ri-fy |
| but-ter-fly | grat-i-fy |
| cal-i-co | hap-pi-ness |
| ca-pa-ble | ho-li-ness |
| du-ra-ble | in-dus-try |
| du-ti-ful | in-fa-my |
| ex-er-cise | in-ward-ly |
| A-band-don | no-vem-ber |
| be-hav-iour | oc-ca-sion |
| con-tin-ue | pre-cep-tor |
| do-mes-tic | re-cov-er |
| for-get-ful | sal-va-tion |
| gi-gan-tic | sur-viv-or |
| he-ro-ic | tor-men-tor |
| im-mor-tal | un-com-mon |
| ma-jes-tic | un-pleas-ant |
Notes
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, there was a concerted effort by Noah Webster and others to create a distinctively American English. However, even early nineteenth century editions of the Primer, such as this one, tend to use British spellings (e.g. "behaviour").
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