A | B |
heir | a successor to perperty |
allowed | permitted |
altar | a raised structure for worship |
alter | to change |
bawl | to cry or shout |
base | the bottom part |
bass | the lowest singing voice |
bough | a tree limb |
bow | the forward part of a ship |
capital | investment money |
capitol | state government building |
cell | the unit of life |
sell | to trade for money |
aloud | with a loud voice |
air | the atmosphere |
ball | a round object |
scent | a smell |
sent | past tense of send |
cereal | a grain food |
serial | a story presented in installments |
chews | to bite & crush with teeth |
choose | to select |
chord | combined musical tones |
cord | a thick string or rope |
cite | to bring forth as proof |
sight | to perceive with the eyes |
site | a place |
coarse | rough |
course | the way covered |
council | an assembly |
counsel | to give advice |
earn | to gain something through work |
urn | a container |
flea | a tiny insect |
flee | to run away |
flew | past tense of fly |
flu | short for infuenza |
flue | a chimney duct |
foul | filthy |
fowl | a bird |
hair | a growing skin filament |
hare | a rabbit |
hanger | a device to hang clothes |
hangar | an airplane building |
heal | to restore to health |
heel | back part of the foot |
he'll | contraction for he will |
heard | past tense of hear |
herd | a group of animals |
hoarse | harsh or husky sounding |
horse | a large animal |
hole | an opening |
whole | entire, complete |
lessen | to decrease |
lesson | something to be learned |
loan | to lend |
lone | solitary, single |
made | past tense of make |
maid | a female servant |
might | power, strength |
not | in no way |
knot | an intertwining of rope or string |
oar | wooden lever to propel a boat |
or | conjunction |
ore | a mineral deposit |
pail | a bucket |
pale | faint in color |
patience | enduring things calmly |
patients | people being treated |
peace | calmness |
piece | a part |
peal | to ring |
peel | to remove a covering |
peer | an equal |
pier | a dock |
pray | to worship |
prey | a hunted animal killed for food |
principal | most important in rank in a school |
principle | a fundamental law or truth |
rain | falling moisture from clouds |
reign | a ruler's period of authority |
rein | a leather horse strap |
rite | a religious practice |
write | to set down in letters or words on paper |
root | underground part of a plant |
route | a course or way |
sane | sound mind |
seine | an open fishing net |
sew | to mend |
so | in such manner |
sow | to plant |
soar | to fly high |
sore | painful |
soul | spiritual part of a human |
sole | the flat bottom part of a foot |
some | a part of |
sum | a total |
stake | a sharpened stick or post |
steak | a slice of beef |
stationary | stable, not moving |
stationery | writing paper |
straight | not bent |
strait | a narrow channel of water |
symbol | something that represents something else |
cymbal | a musical instrument |
tail | flexible extension of an animal's spine |
tale | a story |
team | a group of people working toward a goal |
teem | to be stocked to overflowing |
their | possessive pronoun meaning "of them" |
there | in that place |
they're | contraction of they are |
vain | conceited |
vane | a weather direction device |
vein | a blood vessel |
waist | middle part of the body |
waste | to use foolishly |
wait | to stay |
weight | the amount of heaviness |
ware | an article of merchandise |
wear | to carry clothes on one's body |
where | at what place |
weak | feeble |
week | 7 successive days |
weather | atmospheric conditions |
whether | if |
who's | contraction of who is |
whose | possessive pronoun meaning "of whom" |
your | possessive form of you |
you're | contraction for you are |