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- amateuramateur, meaning one who does something as a pastime instead of a profession
- ancestorancestor, as in, my great great great grandmother is my ancestor.
- announcementannouncement, as in, I made an announcement to the crowd gathered
- answeredanswered, as in, when the phone rang I answered it
- appleapple, as in, I can bring my teacher an apple
- ArcticArctic, as in, the arctic ocean
- askedasked, as in, I asked to speak to the management
- beckonbeckon, meaning to signal or summon.
- behaviorbehavior, as in, bad behavior should not be tolerated
- biscuitbiscuit, as in, I had a biscuit with my tee.
- blewblew, as in, I blew bubbles at the picnic.
- blueblue, as in, my favorite color for a computer is blue.
- blurtedblurted, as in, he blurted out the answer without raising his hand.
- braidingbraiding, as in, I like braiding my friend's hair.
- bringbring, as in, don't forget to bring your lunch to school.
- cafeteriacafeteria, as in, lets get lunch at the cafeteria
- campcamp, as in, during the summer I go to camp
- chancechance, as in, there is a chance it might snow today.
- charactercharacter, as in, mickey mouse is an animated character.
- charitycharity, as in, my family gives money to charity.
- cleaningcleaning, as in, we do our house cleaning on saturday morning.
- clinicclinic, as in, we took the sick dog to the animal clinic.
- clubclub, as in, the chess club won another tournament.
- coachcoach, as in, the basketball coach told us to run 20 laps.
- complimentcompliment, meaning a formal expression of esteem
- computercomputer, as in, this spelling program runs on a fine computer.
- counselorcounselor, meaning one who provides guidance
- cousincousin, as in, I only have one cousin and his name is jack.
- crackcrack, as in, a rock hit the windsheild and made a crack
- custodiancustodian, meaning one who has charge of something.
- dangerdanger, as in, there is danger in playing with matches.
- dimmingdimming, as in, they are dimming the lights so we can watch the movie.
- duskdusk, as in, it is dusk just before it is completely night.
- dustdust, as in, the dust made me sneeze.
- echoecho, as in, I heard my echo in the tunnel
- elementaryelementary, meaning basic
- emblememblem, as in, the emblem of the united states is the bald eagle.
- energeticenergetic, as in, the energetic little boy was very silly.
- enteringentering, as in, when entering the freeway, be careful merging
- fashionfashion, as in, I cannot keep up with the latest fashion
- foliagefoliage, as in, we were surrounded by foliage in the jungle
- fortunatefortunate, as in, I am fortunate to know all my spelling words.
- gelatingelatin, meaning the dessert
- gentlegentle, as in, Be gentle when handling the kitten.
- gettinggetting, as in, It's getting cold outside.
- groanedgroaned, as in, the monster under the bridge groaned at the children that were crossing.
- gymnasiumgymnasium, as in, We will work out in the gymnasium.
- handwritinghandwriting, as in, Julie has beautiful handwriting.
- healthhealth, as in cigarette smoking is hazardous to your health.
- hinderhinder, meaning to make difficult.
- imagineimagine, meaning the act of forming a mental picture
- includedincluded, as in, batteries not included.
- includingincluding, as in, 75 cents including tax.
- inquireinquire, meaning to question.
- javelinjavelin, as in, johnny threw the javelin the farthest
- knottingknotting, as in, the kite string started knotting after the kite got stuck in the tree
- languagelanguage, as in, do you know another language besides English?
- librarianlibrarian, meaning someone who manages a library.
- majormajor, as in, cleaning your room can be a major task.
- mathematicsmathematics, as in, arithmetic is simple mathematics
- mechanicmechanic, meaning someone who repairs machinery
- messagemessage, as in, I left you a message because you weren't home.
- mischiefmischief, as in, stay out of mischief.
- monarchmonarch, meaning a single ruler.
- muchmuch, as in, you should not eat so much.
- nursenurse, as in, the nurse is coming to bring you more medicine.
- occupationoccupation, as in, making french fries for fast food restaurants is a terriffic occupation.
- occupyoccupy, meaning to take up space.
- orangeorange, as in, florida orange jewse is my favorite
- paddockpaddock, meaning the enclosure that keeps horses from cheating before the race starts.
- pairpair, as in, a pair of shoes.
- parepare, meaning to trim away a surface.
- pearpear, as in, pear jewse may drip down your chin, if you eat a fresh pear
- perfectingperfecting, as in, hopefully you are perfecting your spelling.
- peskypesky, as in, those pesky kids should quit throwing erasers at the teacher.
- picnicpicnic, as in, ants just love a good picnic.
- picturepicture, as in, I have a picture of my mom in my room
- pitcherpitcher, as in, he poured the fruit punch from a pitcher.
- plaidplaid, as in, the golfer was wearing plaid pants.
- plannedplanned, as in, I got an eh on my spelling test just as I planned.
- plasticplastic, as in, my sandwich was wrapped in plastic wrap.
- polishingpolishing, as in, polishing my shoes.
- ponderponder, meaning to think about.
- principalprincipal, meaning the most important
- principleprinciple, meaning basic truth or law
- purchasepurchase, as in, your mom should purchase you that toy.
- pushedpushed, as in, that woman pushed his car off a cliff.
- qualifyingqualifying, as in, qualifying for the spelling bee took lots of work
- quarterquarter, as in, we had a quarter moon last night
- quickquick, as in, the rabbit was quick.
- quietquiet, as in, if you want me to be quiet, turn down the volume
- quiltquilt, meaning the cover you sleep under.
- quitquit, as in, I can quit Master Spell once I've mastered these words
- quitequite, as in, this is quite amusing.
- reachreach, as in, I can reach in my pockets and pull out my change
- recessrea-cess, meaning the time you go out to play.
- recitedrecited, as in, she recited the verse perfectly.
- regrettedregretted, as in, he regretted stealing the chalk.
- restrainedrestrained, as in, the violent criminal who stole the chalk had to be restrained.
- ritualritual, as in, the ritual of putting up a christmas tree for christmas is performed by many.
- salvagesalvage, as in, he managed to salvage a toilet seat from the burned out house.
- satisfiedsatisfied, as in, I was very satisfied with the ten-or of the opera
- satisfyingsatisfying, as in, chocolate chip cookies are very satisfying.
- schoolschool, as in, you can learn quite a bit at school.
- sciencescience, as in, my favorite science class was physics
- scramblescramble, as in, it is very unwise to scramble your brain.
- secretarysecretary, meaning one employed to handle correspondence
- shuffledshuffled, as in, the cards were poorly shuffled.
- social studiessocial studies, as in, I learned about china in my social studies class.
- spellingspelling, as in, you are running this program to improve your spelling.
- spongesponge, as in, roger cleaned up the spilled milk with a sponge.
- subjectsubject, as in, history is my favorite subject.
- teacherteacher, meaning the person you learn stuff from in class.
- theirtheir, as in, don't steal their french fries.
- therethere, as in, your french fries are right there
- they'rethey're, as in, they're going to steal your french fries.
- tournamenttournament, meaning a series of contests
- twisttwist, as in, you have to twist off the cap to get to the orange jewse.
- umpireumpire, as in, the coach yelled at the umpire at yesterdays baseball game.
- voyagevoyage, as in, I went on a ten day voyage in search of the wild geese.
- welcomewelcome, as in, welcome back stranger.
- windbreakwindbreak, meaning something that serves to break the flow of wind such as hedges or a fence
- winningwinning, as in, you always route for the winning team.
- wonderedwondered, as in, I always wondered why my toys didn't come to life like they did in the movies.
- woodchuckwoodchuck, meaning the furry animal that likes to chew up wood
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