Chapter I

=Illustrate=--il-lŭs´trate, not ĭl´lus-trāte.
=Illustrated=, =illustrating=, =illustrative= and
=illustrator=, are likewise accented on the second syllable.

=Imbroglio=--ĭm-brōl´yō, not ĭm-brŏl´yō.
Worcester says ĭm-brōl´ye-ō.

=Immobile=--im-mŏb´ĭl, not ĭm-mō´bĭl nor
ĭm-mō´bīle.

=Imperturbable=--im-per-tür´ba-ble, not
ĭm-per-tōō´ra-ble, nor ĭm-për´tu-ra-ble. Incapable
of being disturbed.

=Implacable=--im-plā´ka-ble, not ĭm-plăk´a-ble.

=Impotent=--im´po-tent, not ĭm-pō´tent. =Impotency= and
=impotence= are accented similarly.

=Improvise=--im-pro-vīze´, not ĭm´pro-vīze.

=Incognito=--in-kŏg´ni-tō, not in-cŏn´i-to nor
in-cŏg-nĭsh´ō. =Incog= is an authorized abbreviation.
=Incognita=, is a female in disguise.

=Indiscretion=--ĭn-dis-krĕsh´un, not ĭn-dis-krē´shun.

=Indissoluble=--in-dĭs´so-lu-ble, not
ĭn-dĭs-sŏl´u-ble. =Indissolubly=, etc.

=Industry=--in´dus-try, not ĭn-dus´try.

=Infinitesimal=--in-fin-i-tĕs´i-mal, not
ĭn-fĭn-tĕs´i-mal.

=Ingenious=--ĭn-jēn´yŭs, means possessed of genius;
skillful, etc.

=Ingenuous=--ĭn-jĕn´yu-us, means noble, open, frank,
generous, etc.

=Inquiry=--in-kwī´ry, not ĭn´kwĭ-ry.

=Inveigle=--ĭn-vē´gle, not ĭn-vā´gle. =Inveigler=
(in-vē´gler) and =inveiglement= (in-vē´gle-ment).

=Irate= ī-rāte´, not ī´rāte. Worcester gives the
latter.

=Irrational=--ir-răsh´un-al, not ĭr-rā´shun-al.
=Irrationally= (ĭr-răsh´un-al-ly), etc.

=Irrecognizable=--ir-re-kŏg´ni-za-ble, not
ĭr-rĕk´og-nī-za-ble.

=Irrelevant=, not _irrevelant_. Not applicable; not suited.

=Isinglass= ī´zĭng-glass, is a kind of gelatine prepared
from the sounds or air-bladders of certain fish, and is used in
jellies, for clarifying liquors, etc.; while the transparent
substance, frequently called _isinglass_, which is used in the
doors of stoves and lanterns, is really _mica_, a mineral that
admits of being cleaved into thin plates.

=Isolate=--ĭs´o-lāte, not ī´so-late. =Isolated=
(ĭs´o-lā-ted), etc. Worcester gives ĭz´o-lāte, etc.

=Itch=--ĭtch, not ēch.

J.

=Jamb=, not _jam_ is the spelling of the side-piece of a door,
window or fire-place.

=Jaundice=--jän´dĭs, not _jan-ders_.

=Jean=--jāne, not jeen. A twilled cotton cloth. Written also
=jane=.

=Jew's-harp=--jūz´härp, not jūs´härp.

=Jocund=--jŏk´und, not jō´kund. =Jocundity=, =jocundly=,
=jocundness=, have also the short o.

=Jugular=--jū´gu-lar, not jŭg´u-lar.

=Jujube=--jū´jūbe, not jū´jū-be. "Jujube paste."

=Just=, not jĕst in such sentences as: "I have _just_ done
it;" "He has _just_ enough," etc.

K.

=Knoll=--nōl, not nŏl.