| A | B |
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| phonics | the study of the sounds of letters (n.) |
| megaphone | a device like a large cone for increasing the volume and directing it (n.) |
| microphone | an electronic device that picks up sound and magnifies it (n.) |
| telephone | an instrument for carrying speech over distances (n.) |
| symphony | a composition for a full orchestra (n.) |
| metropolitan | traits associated with a sizeable city or urban area (adj.) |
| policeman | a person who keeps order (n.) |
| politics | the art or science of government (n.) |
| cosmopolitan | representative of all the world; at home in all countries (adj.) |
| rupture | a breaking apart (n.) |
| interrupt | to break in upon an action or a conversation (v.) |
| abruptly | broken off suddenly; curtly (adv.) |
| disrupt | to break apart; to disturb (v.) |
| misused | not properly used or cared for (adj.) |
| misspell | to spell incorrectly (v.) |
| misfortune | bad luck; a bad occurrence (n.) |
| misplaced | lost; not where it belongs (adj.) |
| misbehavior | improper behavior (n.) |
| mispronounce | to pronounce incorrectly (v.) |
| misconception | a mistaken idea; misunderstanding (n.) |
| miscalculate | to come up with the wrong answer; to miscount (v.) |
| absent | not present (adj.) |
| abscond | to go away secretly and hide (v.) |
| abstain | to do without; to refrain from (v.) |
| absolve | to free from blame (v.) |
| abnormal | not like the majority; unusual (adj.) |
| abuse | to use wrongly or improperly (v.) |
| absolute | complete; pure (adj.) |
| longitude | length north and south (n.) |
| altitude | the height of a thing above the earth's surface or above sea level (n.) |
| servitude | slavery; forced labor as punishment (n.) |
| attitude | a person's manner of acting or his feelings (n.) |
| aptitude | talent; ability (n.) |
| solitude | the state of being alone (n.) |
| magnitude | greatness or size of importance (n.) |
