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| eight | The number that follows seven. "She was ________ years old." |
| ate | Past tense of the verb eat. "Yesterday, I ____ too many apples." |
| real | Occurring in fact; actual; genuine. "If we do that, we'll be in ______ trouble." |
| reel | A spool on which something is wound. "I gave him the fishing _______ when it became tangled." |
| missed | To feel the lack or absence of. "We ___________ his presence." |
| mist | A cloud of tiny drops of moisture. "The _______, damp and cold, made the game almost impossible to play." |
| pain | Physical suffering associated with illness, disease, or injury. "The young child cried loudly in ______." |
| pane | A sheet of glass set in a window. "The ball crased through the picture window ______, spreading sharp chards of glass over the carpet." |
| tide | The rise and fall of the ocean level. "The ______ rises, the ______ falls." |
| tied | Attached, fastened, closed. "The Boy Scout _______ an intricate knot." |
| chute | A sloping passage through which things can be dropped. "We stuffed our dirty clothes into the laundry _________." |
| shoot | To eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension. "Go ahead, ________ ; you won't hit me." |
| birth | The act or process of bringing forth young from the womb. "His mother gave ________ to eight sons." |
| berth | Space for sleeping on a train or ship. "For our train trip, we paid for a sleeping _________." |
| swayed | To swing slowly and rhythmically back and forth from a base or pivot. "We __________ back and forth on the porch swing." |
| suede | A soft leather with fuzzy nap on one side. "I danced in my blue _________ shoes." |
| shown | Allowed to be seen; revealed. "Have they ________ us how to do this before?" |
| shone | To emit rays of light; to be bright by reflections of light. "The moon __________ brightly on this cold October night." |
| border | The outer edge of something; boundary. "Don't color across the __________, please." |
| boarder | One that is provided with regular meals or regular meals and lodging. "Our _____________ left his room in shambles and didn't pay his bill." |
| capital | A city that is the seat of government; upper case letter. "Albany is the ___________ of New York." |
| capitol | The building in which a legislative body meets. "The workers painted the dome of the __________." |
| fowl | A bird of any kind. "During autumn, wild _______ fly south. |
| foul | Offensive to the senses : loathsome. "The _______ odor made us leave the room quickly." |
| principal | As adj., main, chief, most important; as n., leader of a school; money. Our ___________ export is our culture. |
| principle | A fundamental law, concept, or assumption; a rule or code of conduct. "Greed was their only ____________." |
| bard | A poet or singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds. "His verse was so poor that they booed the _______ off the stage. |
| barred | to keep out : exclude. "The guard ___________ our entry onto the base." |
| stationary | Fixed in place; not moving. "She was so _______________ that she seemed like a statue." |
| stationery | Paper; materials associated with paper, writing, or typing. "She purchased pale blue ____________ to write to her friends." |
| palette | A thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on. "The painter mixed her paints on her __________." |
| pallet | A small, hard, or temporary bed. "We had to sleep on a hard _________." |
| burro | Donkey; a small pack animal. "We led the ________ down the steep trail." |
| burrow | A hole or excavation in the ground made by an animal (as a rabbit) for shelter and habitation. "The hawk hovered over the rabbit's ________." |
| its | 3rd person singular, possessive, neuter pronoun. "The dog wagged _____ tail. |
| it's | Contraction of "it is" or "it has." "____ a far far better thing that I do than I have ever done." |
| your | 2nd person singular or plural possessive pronoun. "Have you lost ______ way? |
| you're | A contraction of "you are." "_________ too late to take the exam. |
| there | In or at that place; in that matter, respect, or relation. "_________ is little we can do. |
| their | Third person plural, possessive pronoun. "The boys left ________ gym clothes behind." |
| they're | Contraction of they are. "________ coming to take me away." |
| to | Used as a function word to indicate movement or an action or condition suggestive of movement toward a place, person, or thing reached. "We went _____ the store." |
| too | Besides, also; to an excessive degree. "It was ______ cold to go outside." |
| two | Being one more than one in number. "It takes ____ to tango." |
