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aberrationaberration, meaning a deeviation abetabet, meaning to in site acousticsacoustics, plural form meaning having to do with sound adolescentadol-escent, meaning one who is becoming an adult aerialaerial, meaning of the air affidavitafa dave it, meaning a written declaration made under an oath aficionadoaficionado, meaning an enthusiastic admirer allotallot, as in, I will allot you-as much time as you need allotmentallotment, meaning the act of allotting allottedallotted, as in, the allotted time for this test is how long your mac stays on anecdoteanecdote, meaning a short story about an incident annihilateannihilate, meaning to destroy completely anointanoint, meaning to apply oil antecedentantecedent, meaning preceding antidoteantidote, meaning a remedy for the effects of poison antiquatedantiquated, meaning too old to be fashionable antisepticantihseptic, meaning capable of hindering the growth of microorganisms appellateap pellate, meaning to have the power to hear appeals and review court decisions appendicitis[[inpt PHON]]_AXp1EHndIHsAYt1UXs[[inpt TEXT]], meaning inflammation of the append-icks ArcticArctic, as in, the arctic ocean arousedaroused, as in, the bear was aroused from his hibernation by the naive cave explorers asinineasinine, meaning utterly stupid assassinah ssassin, meaning one who murders by surprise attack assassinateassassinaite, meaning murder by surprise attack assentassent, meaning aggreement auxiliaryauxiliary, meaning helping baccalaureatebaccalaur re it, meaning a farewell address delivered to a graduating class ballisticballistic, meaning the study of dynamics of projectiles barbituratebarbiturate, meaning a drug used as a sedative or hypnotic battalionbattalion, meaning a large number of organized troops bellwetherbell wether, meaning one that serves as a leader of future trends benefittedbenefited, as in, If Master Spell has benefited you, send me an e mail berserkberserk, meaning destructively violent blissbliss, meaning extreme happy-ness bona fidebonafide, meaning sincere broccolibrockilee, meaning that delishus vegtable bureaucracybureaucracy, meaning administration of government chiefly by non-elected officials caffeinecaffeine, meaning the stuff that makes coffee worth drinking carburetorcarburetor, meaning the part in your car that mixes gas and air Caribbeancaribbean, meaning, of the central or south american coasts cedecede, meaning to surrender power or possession of chauffeurshowfer, meaning the guy who drives you around CincinnatiCincinnati, the city citecite, meaning to quote an authority colossalcol ossal, meaning of great size imensity or extent commissarycommissary, meaning a soopermarket for military personnel committalcummittal, meaning the act of entrusting compelcompehl, as in, will half credit for re-tried words compehl you to try harder? compelledcompelled, as in, she felt compelled by moral obligation to tell the truth complexioncomplection, as in, washing your face offten will help your complection concedeconcede, as in, I must concede the truth when it is presented to me conceitcunseat, meaning regarding oneself with excessive favor connoisseurconnoisseur, meaning one who has discriminating tastes conquerconquer, meaning defeat conscientiousconscientious, meaning guided by ones conscience consensuscun-sensus, meaning general agreement by will of the majority consolationconsolation, as in, if it's any consolation, you can re-try your misspelled words for half credit contemptuouscontemptchuous, meaning manifesting the feeling of contempt corroboratecorroborate, meaning to strengthen with other supporting evidence councilor/councillorcounselor, meaning member of a council counselorcounselor, meaning one who provides guidance cuecue, meaning the stick used to play pool curriculumcurriculum, as in, spelling may be part of your school curriculum decentd sent, meaning respectable dependant/dependentdependent, meaning one who relies on another for fie-nancial support descenddee send, meaning to move from a higher to a lower place descendantdescendant, as in I'm a descendant of my grandfather descentdescent, as in the aircraft made a descent on its approach desiccatedesiccate, meaning to preserve or to dry out deterrentdeterrent, as in, electric fences act as a deterrent to animals diaphragmdieafram, as in, you must have a muskcue lur dieafram in order to sing opera diarrheadieah ree euh, as in, it is not good to travel when you have dieah ree euh dilapidateddilapidated, as in, east german buildings dilapidated under communist rule dilemmadilemma, as in, catch 22 dilettantedilettante, meaning a dabbler in an art or a field of knowledge diphtheriadiphtheria, meaning the illness dirigibledurigible, meaning that early type of aircraft disastrousdisastrous, as in, a train wreck is always disastrous discerniblediscernible, as in, not all evils are easily discernible discreetdiscreet, meaning reserved or respectful discretediscrete, meaning individual or distinct dispeldispell, as in, I dispell the notion that logic is yoosless dissensiondissension, meaning formal dissagreement dissentdiss sent, meaning disagreement drowneddrowned, past tense, meaning suffication with water drunkennessdrunkenness, as in, drunkenness is comical and anoying to sober people dulyduly, meaning in proper manner dumbbelldumbbell, meaning a weight used for excersising ebbebb, meaning a period of decline ecstasyecstasy, meaning intense joy eerieeerie, meaning that which brings about fear embarrassembarrass, as in, it is not nice to embarrass your friends emigrateemigrate, meaning to leave a nation eminenteminent, meaning prominent emphysemaemphyseema, meaning a certain medical condition of the lungs entranceentrance, meaning to put into a trance erroneouserroneous, meaning from error exaggerateexajerayte, as in, I exajerayte when I say that this test will never end exaggeratingexagerating, as in, the fisherman was exagerating how large his catch was excessexcess, as in, the speeder drove in excess of the speed limit exhilarateexhilarate, meaning to cause to be refreshed and full of energy exorbitantexorbitant, meaning exxceeding all bounds facetiousfacetious, meaning sarcastic with the element of humor Fahrenheitfahrenheit, a measure of temperature fictitiousficticious, meaning imagined or not true fieryfiery, meaning consisting of fire financierfighnancier, meaning expert in money fluorescentflur esscent, as in a flur esscent light bulb fluoridefluoride, as in, fluoride toothpaste foreseeforsee, meaning predict forewordforward, meaning a prefis or introductory note fuchsiafyou hsha, meaning a purplish red gaiety/gayetygaiety, meaning full of joy garishgarish, meaning excessive ornamentation garrulousgarrulous, meaning excessively talk-ativ genealogygenealogy, meaning the study of the history of one's descendants grandeurgrandeur, meaning magnificence grievousgreevous, meaning to cause pain guerrilla/guerillagorilla, meaning an irregular soldier handkerchiefhandkerchief, meaning a cloth for wiping the mouth or nose harassharass, meaning to persisttently torment harebrainedhare brained, meaning foolish hareliphare lip, meaning a congenital deformity of the lip haughtinesshaught-ti-ness, meaning scornfully proud hemorrhagehemorrage, meaning bleeding heroineshairoines, plural form meaning women hearrose hierarchyhire arcky, meaning a system of authority with ranks hindrancehindrance, meaning something that hinders hygienehi gene, meaning the quality of clenliness of the body hygienisthigh-jen-nist, meaning one concerned with the preservation of health icicleeyesicle, as in, what's the longest eyesicle you've seen illicitillicit, meaning illeegal immenseimmense, as in, the grand canyon is an immense ditch impassableimpassable, as in, the very fast cadillac was impassable on the highway impostorimpostor, meaning that which doesn't belong inadequateinadequate, as in, the supplies are inadequate to our needs inaugurateinaugureight, meaning to induct into office with a formal sarah mo knee inaugurationinauguration, as in, the inauguration of a new president incidentallyincidentally, meaning as a minor matter indictmentindictment, as in, the corrupt president was given an indictment indispensableindis pen seble, meaning not to be dispensed with ingeniousingenious, as in, a really good idea is considered ingenious innocuousinnockuous, meaning harmless innuendoinnuendo, meaning a subtle usually derogatory expression inoculateinoculate, meaning to vaccineight irascibleirascible, meaning bad temper iridescentearid escent, meaning cullorful jeopardyjepardy, meaning great risk of loss lambastelambast, meaning to harshly scold legionnairelegionnaire, meaning a member of a legion liablelieable, meaning legally obligated liaisonliaison, meaning one that maintains communication lieutenantlieutenant, meaning a rank in the military liveliestliveliest, as in, pigs are liveliest at feeding time livelihoodlivelihood, meaning means of support livelinessliveliness, meaning full of life and energy loathsomeloathsum, meaning ab horrent magnificencemagnificence, meaning greatness of surroundings malarkey/malarkymuh larkey, meaning hog wash managementmanagement, as in, the service was so bad at the restaurant, I asked to speak to the management maneuvermaneuver, meaning a strategic move marijuana/marihuanamarijuana, meaning that drug that hippies promote marriageablemarrigeble, meaning able to be married mayonnaisemayonnaise, as in, I don't like mayonnaise on my hamburger meandermeander, meaning to wander meannessmean-ness, meaning the state of being inferior in quality Mediterraneanmedit terranean, as in the medit terranean sea mementomeh men toe, meaning a souvenir meritedmehrihted, past tense of merit millenniummillennium, as in, macs are most reesistent to the millennium bug mimickedmimicked, meaning imitayted minusculeminissqcule, meaning very small miscellaneousmiscellaneous, meanin made up of various parts mischievousmischievous, meaning trouble maker mollifymollify, meaning to calm in temper or feeling monasterymonastery, meaning building housing monks monotonousmonotonous, as in, driving through some of the western U S states can be monotonous mosquitoesmozskeetoes, as in, mozskeetoes are an annoyance to evening frisbee throers murmuredmurmur'd, meaning whispered naivenaive, meaning unknowing naphthanaph tha, meaning the highly flamable liquid necessarynecessary, meaning essential newsstandnewsstand, meaning the stand that sells peeree-odicals Niagaranighagra, as in, have you been to nighagra Falls? nickelnickel, meaning the type of metal or a five cent piece nuisancenuisance, meaning a bother obligeoblige, meaning grateful occasionoccasion, meaning an event occasionallyoccasionally, meaning now and then omelet/omeletteom melet, meaning the dish made with eggs omitomit, meaning to leave out omittedomitted, past tense meaning left out oscillateoscillate, meaning to move back and forth as in a wave overwhelmingoverwhelming, meaning overpowering in strength or number pandemoniumpandemonium, as in, the arrival of the pope caused pandemonium pantomimepantomime, meaning gestures without words papier machepaper ma shay paraffinparaffin, meaning the stuff candles are made of paralleledparalleled, past tense of parallel paralyzedparallized, meaning to stop activity paraphernaliaparaphernalia, meaning items used for a particular activity parishionerparishioner, meaning member of a parish pastimepastime, as in, I reed books as a pastime pavilionpavilion, as in, we had our picnic in the pavilion at the park penicillinpehnnih cillin, meaning the medicine used to treat infections pennilesspenny-less, as in, by Friday I was penny-less peremptoryper remptory, meaning putting an end to all debate perseveranceperseveerance, meaning stead fastness perseverepersevere, meaning to persist persistencepersisttence, meaning the act of persisting phenomenonphenomenon, meaning someone or something extraordinary PhilippinesPhilippines, meaning the country in asia picnickingpicnicking, as in most ants like picnicking playwrightplay wright, meaning one who writes plays pneumonianewmonia, meaning the illness poinsettiapoinsettuh, meaning the flower PortuguesePortuguese, meaning the language precedentprecedent, as in, she set a precedent in womens fashion precedingpreceding,meaning going before prerogativeprerogative, meaning excluessive right profitedprofited, as in, the evil software company profited from ignorant users promiscuouspromis-cuous, meaning indiscriminate pronunciationpronunciation, as in I have trouble with my pronunciation propagandapropaganda, meaning systematic efforts to spread opinions or beliefs prophecyprophecy, meaning the revelation of a prophet prophetprophet, meaning one who speaks by divine inspiration proprietorproprietor, meaning owner prosecutorprosecutor, meaning one that prosecutes prurientprew ree'ent, meaning excessively interested in sex purifypurify, meaning cleanse quandaryquandary, meaning state of perplexity querulousquerulous, meaning complaining queryquery, meaning to question questionnairequestionnaire, meaning a printed set of questions rarefyrarefy, meaning to make thin recommendrecommend, as in, what wine do you recommend with beef reconnaissance/reconnoissancereconnaissance, meaning an inspection of an area for the military recurrecur, meaning to occur again regrettableregrettable, as in, it is regrettable, but we must forclose on the house reignreign, as in the reign of neero remembranceremembrance, meaning the act of remembering reminiscereminisce, meaning to rehcount past experiences or events reminiscencereminiscence, meaning the process of recollecting experiences renownrenown, meaning fame repentancerepentance, meaning sorrow for doing wrong repressiblerepressible, meaning able to put down by force resemblanceresemblance, meaning to look similar reservoirreservoir, meaning a storage area for liquid resurrectionresurrection, meaning the act of rising from the dead reverendreverend, as in, the charismatic reverend drew many new pu rishoners reverentreverent, as in, he gave reverent attention to the president's speech rheumatismrheumatism, meaning a pathological condition of muscles or bones ridiculeridicule, as in, after much ridicule, he left the team roommateroommate, as in, my roommate at college snored rosyrowzey, as in, he painted a rowzey picture sacrilegioussacrilegious, meaning grossly irreverent sanatoriumsanatorium, meaning an institution for the treatment of chronic diseases sanitariumsanitarium, meaning an institution for the treatment of chronic diseases satiricalsatirical, as in, her satirical commentary left me laughing scarcityscarcity, meaning in short supply sergeantsergeant, meaning the rank in the military shepherdshepherd, as in, a parent is a shepherd to his children shriekshriek, as in, she gave a loud shriek when the mouse jumped out sievesieve, meaning a you tensil for straining silhouettesilhouette, meaning an out line skullduggery/skulduggeryskullduggery, meaning crafty deception soliloquyso liliquwee, meaning to speak to one self sovereignsovereign, meaning self-governing sovereigntysovereignty, meaning, supreme authority specimenspecimen, as in, he collects all specimens of insects spectaclespectacle,as in,the fire was a spectacle to behold stenographerstenographer, as in, court was dismissed as the stenographer was absent stupefystupefy, meaning to dull the senses subpoenasubpoena, meaning a writtten order requiring appearance in court to testify substantiatesubstantiate, as in, can you substantiate your conclusion? succeedingsucceeding, as in, succeeding in your chosen field can be satisfying suddennesssuddenness, as in, the suddeness of the storm caught us by surprise summarizesummarize, as in, could you summerize your results for our committee? supersedesupersede, meaning to displace as inferior suppresssuppress, meaning subdue surveillancesurveillance, as in, the surveillance cameras caught you stealing syllablesyllable, as in, be sure to pronounce every syllable symmetricalsymmetrical, meaning, balanced on both sides of a center line symmetrysymmetry, meaning proportionately tactfulnesstactfulness, as in, her tactfulness won her the respect of her peers tarifftariff, meaning duties imposed on imported or exported goods temperatetemperate, as in, southern california has a temperate climate temporarilytemporarily, as in, the station was temporarily out of gas tenanttenant, as in, he was a good tenant who paid his rent on time tenementtenement, as in, the tenement project proved to be a success for the city tentaclestentacles, as in, the octapus has 8 tentacles thirtieththirtieth, as in, dinner was planned for her parents thirtieth anniversary thresholdthreshold, as in, the groom carried the bride over the threshold tilltill, as in, the farmer will till the field toboggantoe-boggan, meaning a runnerless sled trespasstress pass, as in, if you tress pass on our property we will have to shoot you tumultuoustumultchewis, meaning noisy and disorderly tyrannoustyrannous, meaning characterized by tyranny tyrannytyranny, meaning government ruled by one with absolute power unmanageableunmanageable, as in, the pup was unmanageable and destroyed the house unnecessaryunnecessary, meaning not necessary vacillatevacil late, meaning oscillate vaudevillevaudville, as in, his corny jokes reminded me of a vaudville act veneerveneer, meaning a thin layer ventilateventil-ate, as in, one should ventil-ate a freshly painted room verbatimverbatim, as in, she repeated the instructions back to me verbatim verifiablevairif eyeable, meaning able to verify vernacularvernacular, as in, his cayjun vernacular was amusing to us versatileversatile, as in, being versatile on many instruments made her an asset to us victualsvictuals, meaning food fit for human consumption vilifyvilify, meaning to make de-fama-tory remarks about villainousvillainous, as in, his villainous smile betrayed his intentions voyeurvoyure, meaning an ub-sessive observer of sensual subjects waivewaive, as in, the judge will waive your fine being its your first traffic offense wieldwield, meaning to handle a weapon with ease wienerweener, meaning a hawtdawg wintrywintry, as in, on a hot day I picture a wintry scene wirywiry, meaning resembling wire withalwithal, as in, even though we've come this far today, withal we must go on withholdwithhold, meaning to keep from giving witticismwitticism, meaning a witty remark X-ray/x-rayx-ray, as in, x-ray goggles are a fraud to comic book readers yachtyacht, as in, Ted Turner has a nice yacht YiddishYiddish, as in, my Yiddish is a bit rusty as no one speaks it at home zanyzany, meaning comical zealotzelet, as in, he was a zelet in his campaining for the president zigzagzigzag, as in, the dear ran in a zigzag pattern eluding the hunter zinczink, as in, the iron was coated with zink zucchinizewkeenee, meaning the vegetable