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118 Cards in this Set
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accept
except |
to take willingly
other than |
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ad
add |
advertisement
to total |
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ail
ale |
have pain
a liquor |
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air
ere err heir |
atmosphere
before to make a mistake inheritor |
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aisle
I'll isle |
passage
I will small island |
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allowed
aloud |
permitted
with noise |
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all ready
already |
all prepared
by this time; before |
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altar
alter |
place of worship
to change |
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assent
ascent |
consent
act of rising |
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attendance
attendants |
act of attending; presence
those who attend |
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ask
axe |
request
chopping tool (they do not sound exactly alike)!! |
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banned
band |
prohibited
stripe, musical group |
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bare
bear |
naked
an animal; to endure |
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base
bass |
bottom; inferior
low tone in music |
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beat
beet |
to strike; to defeat
a vegetable |
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board
bored |
plank of wood
pierced; uninterested |
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bolder
boulder |
more daring
large rock |
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border
boarder |
outer edge
one who pays for room and meals |
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brake
break |
to stop a wheel
separate, shatter, rest/stop |
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browse
brows |
inspect casually
hair over the eyes |
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bruise
brews |
superficial injury
makes beer, coffee, tea and more |
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but
butt |
however, yet
to push with the head; slang for gluteus maximus |
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buy
by bye |
to purchase
at; near exit greeting |
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capital
capitol |
chief city; large letter
building in which a legislature meets (the capitol is in the capital) |
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caret
carat karat carrot |
proofreading mark (upside down V means insert)
unit of weight (usually diamonds, and other jewels) unit of weight (usually gold, silver, other metals) vegetable |
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census
senses |
official count
faculties |
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cent
scent sent |
coin
odor caused to go |
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cereal
serial |
grain
in order |
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cheap
cheep |
inexpensive
sound of birds |
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cite
sight site |
to summon; to quote
vision; view location |
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close
clothes |
to shut
garments |
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coarse
course |
rough; not fine
route;class |
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council
counsel |
assembly
to advise |
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coward
cowered |
one without courage
cringed |
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creak
creek |
squeaking sound
stream |
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damn
dam |
to curse or doom
wall to hold back water |
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dependence
dependents |
reliance
those who rely upon someone |
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desert
dessert |
abandon
sweet food |
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dew
do due |
moisture
act owe |
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dissent
descent |
disagreement
act of descending |
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duel
dual |
combat between two people
relating to two |
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dyeing
dying |
coloring
expiring |
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elicit
illicit |
to draw out
unlawful |
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fair
fare |
beautiful; just
price;food |
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feat
feet |
deed
plural of foot |
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faze
phase |
to bother
stage |
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flair
flare |
talent
light |
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flea
flee |
insect
to run away |
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for
fore four |
because; directed to
front a number |
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forth
fourth |
toward
4th |
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foul
fowl |
unclean; unfair
a bird |
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genes
jeans |
hereditary units on chromosomes
denim |
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gnu
knew new |
an animal
understood not old |
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heal
heel |
to cure
part of the foot; bottom/last part |
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hear
here |
listen
in this place |
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heard
herd |
listened; did hear
a group of animals |
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hem
him hymn |
edge of material
that man sacred song |
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hoarse
horse |
rough voice
animal |
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hole
whole |
cavity
all; entire |
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holy
holey wholly |
sacred
with holes completely |
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I
aye eye |
myself
yes organ of sight |
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idol
idle |
image that is worshiped
not busy |
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incite
insight |
to urge (inCITE)
discernment (INsight) |
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it's
its |
it is
belonging to it |
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kernel
colonel |
seed; core
officer |
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know
no |
understand
no so; negative |
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laps
lapse |
drinks with the tongue; stage of race
interval; decline |
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lax
lacks |
not strict
does not have |
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lead
led |
a metal
guided |
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leased
least |
rented
smallest |
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lessen
lesson |
to diminish
something to be learned; instruction |
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lie
lye |
falsehood; recline
chemical |
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lightening
lightning |
making lighter
electricity from clouds |
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loan
lone |
to lend
solitary |
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main
mane |
principle
hair on the back of the neck |
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mall
maul |
group of inside stores; public walk
to beat and bruise |
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manner
manor |
method
estate |
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medal
meddle |
award
interfere; bother with |
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miner
minor |
work in mines
lesser; underage person |
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morn
mourn |
early in the day
to grieve |
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mourning
morning |
grief
before noon |
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mustard
mustered |
plant
assembled; gathered together |
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not
knot |
a word of refusal
to fasten by tying |
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o'er
oar or ore |
over
paddle conjunction indicating choice mineral |
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pain
pane |
ache
sheet of glass; section of a window |
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pair
pare pear |
couple; two
to peel a fruit |
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peace
piece |
absence of war
a part |
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personal
personnel |
individual
members of a staff |
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pour
pore |
to make flow
very small opening in the skin |
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pray
prey |
to entreat, ask
to hunt for food, victim |
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principal
principle |
chief
basic element; rule |
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profit
prophet |
gain
a foreteller |
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rain
reign rein |
water from the atmosphere
rule bridle (part of horse's hook up) |
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raise
rays raze |
to lift
beams to demolish |
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residents
residence |
occupants
home |
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review
revue |
to look over; survey
a musical entertainment |
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right
rite write |
correct; opposite of left
ceremony to form letters |
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road
rode rowed |
street
did ride did row |
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scene
seen |
view; setting
past tense of "see" |
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seas
sees seize |
bodies
looks to take hold of |
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sew
so sow |
to stitch
in this manner to plant |
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soared
sword |
rose high
weapon |
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sole
soul |
part of the foot
spirit of a person |
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stair
stare |
step
look intently |
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stationary
stationery |
motionless
writing paper |
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steak
stake |
slice of meat
a post; wager |
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suede
swayed |
a leather
moved back and forth |
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suite
sweet |
group of rooms
sugary; not sour |
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their
there they're |
belonging to them
in that place they are |
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threw
through |
hurled
from end to end; finished |
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to
two too |
toward
number 2 also, very, more than enough |
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vain
vane vein |
conceited, not successful
weather bird blood vessel |
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wait
weight |
to stay, pause
heaviness |
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waive
wave |
to give up voluntarily
to move the hand; sea movements |
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ware
wear where |
merchandise
to put on, erode in what place? |
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weather
whether |
climate
if, either |
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who's
whose |
who is
possessive |
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your
you're yore |
belonging to you
you are time lost past |
