MacWorld 1999 January

home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search

/ MacWorld 1999 January - Disc 2 / Macworld (1999-01) (Disk 2).dmg / Shareware World / Education / Master Spell / Tests / Basic Words < prev next >

Wrap

Text File | 1998-10-22 | 19KB | 319 lines

absenceabsence, as in, you're absence is worse than your tardiness absolutelyabsolutely, as in, you must absolutely pay your taxes abundanceabundance, meaning plentiful academicacademic, as in, learning to spell is an academic excersise accomplishmentaccomplishment, as in, getting 100% for 50 words would be a great accomplishment accordingaccording, as in, the clock strikes according to the hour accuracyaccuracy, as in, I will grade this test with great accuracy accurateaccurate, as in, an atomic clock is very accurate accuseaccuse, as in, I can not accuse you of cheating acrossacross, as in to drive across a bridge activitiesactivities, as in, at camp I participate in many activities actualactual, as in, airplane models are rarely built to actual size actuallyactually, as in, I actually like giving spelling tests addressaddress, as in, my e mail address is jay@mac in mind dot com admirationadmiration, as in, I have a great admiration for war veterans advantageadvantage, as in, some basket-ball players have an advantage because of their height afraidafraid, as in, are you afraid of the dark? againstagainst, as in, I'm against those who have no respect for spelling aggressoraggressor, meaning one that engages in aggression allowanceallowance, as in, do you get a weekly allowance from your parents almostalmost, as in, an almost correctly spelled word is incorrect althoughalthough, as in, although you have spell checkers, you can still misspell words AmericanAmerican, as in, who is your favorite american president amongamong, as in, And the Word became flesh and [[inpt PHON]]_dw1/>EH/ltt_2UX\>m>UXN_AXs[[inpt TEXT]] amountamount, as in, the man wrote a check in the amount of $15 answeranswer, as in, the answer to a question apartmentapartment, as in, I live in a two-bedroom apartment apologyapology, as in, if you hurt someone, you owe them an apology arrestarrest, as in, the police are going to arrest you articlearticle, as in, I have written an article about the dangers of rela-tih-vism athleteathlete, as in, you don't have to be an athlete in order to spell athleticathletic, as in, bike riding is an athletic pasttime attackattack, as in, the attack on pearl harbor attitudeattitude, as in, attitude problems are not well received by police officers authorauthor, as in, the author of into the wardrobe is c s lewis autobiographyauto-buyography, meaning the life story of the author availableavailable, as in, the accused politician was not available for comment averageaverage, as in, I will average your test results as a percentage barebare, meaning naked bargainbargain, as in, considering the advantages of good spelling, master spell is a bargain bearbear, meaning to carry, or an animal beautifulbeautiful, as in, it is a beautiful day today beautybeauty, as in, sleeping beauty becomingbecoming, as in, you are becoming a better speller beliefbelief, as in he had a strong belief believebelieve, as in they strongly believe it believingbelieving, as in, seeing is believing boardboard, meaning a plank of wood boredbored, meaning uninterested brakebrake, meaning stop breakbreak, meaning smash buybuy, meaning purchase byby, meaning next to carryingcarrying, as in is that a gun you're carrying catalogcaddalog, meaning a publication of items categorycategorrey, meaning belonging to a classification celebratecelebreight, as in, improved spelling is a reason to celebreight centralcentral, meaning middle centurycentury, meaning a period of one hundred years certaincertain, as in, you can be certain that I'm always right challengechallenge, as in, a challenge can be a struggle changingchanging, as in, the changing of seasons can be beautiful climbedclimbed, as in Jack climbed the beanstawk clothesclothes, meaning the stuff you wear in order not to be naked coarsecoarse, meaning ruff comingcoming, as in, the police are coming to get you commercialcommercial, meaning of, or relating to commerce completelycompletely, as in, that's completely insane compositioncomposition, as in, Brohm's piano conchertoe #2 is a beautiful composition concentrateconcentrate, meaning to direct or draw toward a common center concernconcern, as in, eating right is a health concern confidentconfident, meaning marked by assurance continuallycontinually, as in, it continually snows in chicago during the winter continuouscontinuous, meaning un interrupted in time contributioncontribution, meaning a donation coursecourse, meaning a class at school courteouscurtee-us, as in, a curtee-us man opens a door for a lady courtesycourtesy, meaning polite behavior criticismcriticism, as in, a bad movie ought to get a lot of criticism crown[[inpt PHON]]_kr1_///AW\\_n[[inpt TEXT]], meaning the hat kings wear customercustomer, meaning one who purchases goods or services dangerousdangerous, as in, playing with matches is dangerous dealtdealt, as in, I've dealt with your kind before decidedecide, as in, did you decide to take this test decisiondecision, as in, make a decision between chocolate and vanilla defenselessdefenseless, as in, a baby is defenseless definitiondefinition, meaning a statement conveying the meaning of something democracydemocracy, as in, democracy itself does not innsure freedom demonstrateddemonstrated, as in, windows demonstrated poor system design depressiondepression, meaning feeling sad descriptiondescription, as in a discription of an apple is it is crunchy desperationdesperation, as in, the rabbit struggled in desperation to get free destroydestroy, as in, it is not nice to destroy other peoples work destructiondestruction, as in, the destruction of the Iraqi army occurred during the persian gulf war determinationdehtermination, as in, spelling better requires dehtermination determinedetermine, as in, bad executives determine policy with a magic 8 ball developdevelop, as in, boys and girls develop into men and women developmentdevelopment, as in, the early stages of construction are called development dictionarydictionary, as in, the dictionary always has the correct spelling differencedifference, as in, there is a great difference between cats and dogs difficultydifficulty, as in, I have difficulty defining words diminisheddiminished, as in, the campfire slowly diminished into smoldering ashes dining roomdining room, as in, we had dinner in the dining room disagreedisagree, meaning to not agree discoveriesdiscoveries, meaning things or places that have been found discussdiscuss, as in, we need to discuss your poor grades discussiondiscussion, as in, the professor conducted a discussion on spelling diseasedisease, as in, cancer is a disease distinctiondistinction, as in, you ought to make the distinction between right and wrong distinguisheddistinguished, as in, the apple was easily distinguished from the oranges dividedivide, meaning the math function divinedivine, meaning to refer to god divisiondivision, as in, doctrinal errers caused division amongst christian believers doctordoctor, as in, is there a doctor in the house dominantdominant, as in, the large dog was dominant over the smaller dogs dormitoriesdormmit-tories, meaning the rooms where college students live doughnut/donutdonut, as in, one donut is never enough for a poleece man easilyeasily, as in, if you practice your spelling, you can easily achieve 100% editionedition, as in, the robbery was reported in the weekend edition of the newspaper educationeducation, as in, a good education can get you a better jawb eightyeighty, meaning the number one more than seventy-nine eithereither, as in eyether one is fine elegantelegant, as in, in her prom dress, she looked elegant elementaryelementary, as in, elementary school is known to some as grammar school eliminateeliminate, meaning to get rid of emergencyemergency, as in, you only dial 9 1 1 in an emergency emptinessemptiness, meaning without substance emptyempty, meaning the opposite of full encouragementencouragement, as in, we gave the child encouragement to do well in school enemiesenemies, meaning the opposite of friends enemyenemy, meaning the bad guy enoughenough, as in, I've had enough to drink entertainmententertainment, as in, masterspell is a good learning tool and great entertainment entirelyentirely, meaning completely entranceehntrince, as in, you found thee ehntrince, now can you find the exit? equipmentequipment, as in, the firemen cannot work without their equipment escapeescape, meaning to get free or avoid capture everyevery, as in, you must get every word correct in order to achieve 100% excellentexcellent, meaning exceptionally good expenseexpense, meaning cost experienceexperience, as in, what's your experience with computers experimentexperiment, as in, it is dangerous to experiment with drugs explanationexplanation, as in, you ought to have an explanation if you arrive late extremelyextremely, as in, the sun is extremely hot fantasyfantasy, meaning imaginatively ficticious favoritefavorite, as in, my favorite ice cream flavor is double-fudge chocolate chip fortunatelyfortunately, as in, fortunately Master Spell helps your spelling forwardforward, meaning the opposite of reverse foundationfoundation, as in, learning to spell is a good foundation for writing fourteenfourt-teen, meaing the number one more than thirt-teen friendfriend, meaning a person you know, like, and trust friendlinessfriendlyness, meaning the quality of being friendly fundamentalfundamental, meaning basic funeralfuneral, as in, many people were crying at the funeral furniturefurniture, as in, kids should not jump up and down on the furniture furtherfurther, as in, the rest stop is only a little bit further up the road gauge/gagegauge, meaning measure glamorous/glamourousglamorous, meaning full of glammor glamour/glamorglamur, meaning alluring charm gogglesgoggles, as in, you wear your goggles to protect your eyes in the lab gorillagorilla, meaning a large primate governmentgovernment, meaning a body that governs grey/graygray, as in, gray is such a gloomy color griefgrief, meaning a painful sorrow guardguard, as in to stand guard healthyhealthy, as in, the wife just had a healthy baby girl hearhear, meaning to perceive by ear heardheard, meaning past tense of, hear heightheight, meaning the vertical measurement herehere, meaning in this place heroesheero's, plural form meaning those who risk their lives to save others hugehuge, as in, the pentium 2 is huge compared to the power pc gee 3 hurryinghurrying, meaning to move rapidly illusionillusion, meaning airroneous belief or perception imaginaryimaginary, meaning that which exists only in the imagination imagineimagine, meaning the act of forming a mental picture incredibleincredible, meaning beyond belief initiateinitiate, meaning starting the first step instructorinstructor, as in, you shouldn't learn to fly without an instructor instrumentinstrument, as in, my favorite musical instrument is the piano insulationinsulation, meaning a barrier that prevents passage integrateintegrate, meaning to add parts to make a whole intelligenceintelligence, meaning the capacity and ability to think interestinterest, meaning opposite of bored introductoryintroductory, as in, before pursuing a field, take an introductory course involvedinvolved, as in, it is not wise to get involved in counterfeiting money JanuaryJanuary, as in, at least in the Chicago area, it's cold in January knowno, meaning too be certain leadled, meaning heavy metal lengthlength, meaning the measurement librarieslibraries, as in, how much would you pay to have all the libraries hooked up to the internet? librarylibrary, meaning a collection of literature literatureliterature, as in, we studied American and English literature in high school looseloose, as in the knot is loose loselose, as in you looz, i win lyinglying, as in lying down magazinemagazine, as in you have a lot of bullets in your magazine materialmaterial, as in, most t-shirts are made from kawton material mathematicsmathematics, as in, arithmetic is simple mathematics meantmeant, as in that's how it was meant to be meatmeat, meaning edible flesh of animals medicinemedicine, meaning the field of ailing sickness meetmeet, meaning encounter minutesminits, meaning the division of 1 sixtieth of an hour mirrormirror, meaning something that reflects modifiedmodified, meaning aulttered monthsmonths, as in, there are twelve months in a year mouthmouth, as in, you eat and talk with your mouth negativenegative, as in, a negative number is a number less than zero neitherneither, as in, neither here nor there ninthninth, as in bey toe ven's ninth symphany nono, meaning the opposite of yes operateoperate, as in, do not operate heavy machinery when taking this medication operationoperation, as in, the secret military operation was a success oppositeopposite, as in, the opposite of correct is incorrect originaloriginal, meaning first, opposite of copy paidpaid, as in i paid too much for this muffler partnerpartner, as in, my bridge partner bid us to game peacepeace, as in, small children allow no peace in the home perceiveperceive, meaning to sense percent%, as in congress spends 25% of our gross domestic product perceptionperception, as in, the false perception is that Macs are irrelevant performanceperformance, as in, the G 3 gives better performance than the pentium 2 permitpermit, as in, the genie will permit me one more wish phasephase, as in, what phase is the moon in physicalphysical, meaning relating to the body physicianphysician, meaning doctor piecepiece,as in, that piece of grandma's pie was delicious pigeonpigeon, meaning that dirty but delicious park bird that burt likes pitifulpitiful, meaning sad planningplanning, as in i am planning to clean my gun pleasantpleasant, as in, a tornado is not a pleasant sight poisonpoison, as in, mr. yuck warns you not to drink poison polepole, as in, the north pole politicianpolitician, as in, the politician pandered to minorities pollutepollute, meaning to make unfit for life by addition of waste possiblepossible, as in, anything is possible if you try possiblypossibly, meaning capable of happening povertypoverty, meaning condition of being poor practicepractice, as in, practice makes perfect preciousprecious, meaning valuable or cherished preferprefer, as in, I prefer coffee with my breakfast preferencepreference, as in, I like my eggs scrambled, what's your preference? preparationpreparation, as in, using Master Spell is good preparation for your spelling test prepareprepare, as in, I need to prepare for tomorrows spelling test prescriptionprescription, as in, My prescription was filled at Walgreens preventivepreh-ventive, as in, the best prescription is preh-ventive health previousprevious, I hope you spelled the previous word correctly primitiveprimitive, meaning an early basic form probablyprobably, as in, you probably don't remember the talking moose procedureprocedure, as in, a recipe is a procedure processprocess, as in, I'm in the process of giving you a test purposepurpose, as in, my sole purpose is to teach you spelling words quantityquantity, as in, what quantity of apples did you buy quarterquarter, as in, we had a quarter moon last night quietquiet, as in, if you want me to be quiet, turn down the volume rainrain, meaning water falling from the sky realizerealize, as in, do you realize what day it is? reallyreally, as in I really want to be Jay Licktenauer rebelrebel, meaning one who rebels receivereceive, as in, did you receive anything for Christmas recognizerecognize, as in, can you recognize my voice in a crowd? referencereference, as in the dictionary is a reference book regardregard, as in, please regard the rights of others relativerelative, as in, although he was my relative, I cut him out of my will reliefrelief, as in, it's a relief to know the sky isn't falling relieverelieve, meaning to free from pain anxiety or stress repetitiverepetitive, meaning having a tendecy to repeat researchresearch, as in, much research has led us to believe that we are correct responsibilityresponsibility, as in, it's your responsibility to brush your teeth restaurantrestaurant, as in, I have a favorite German restaurant safetysafety, as in, you wear your seatbelt for your safety scheduleschedule, as in, my train is always right on schedule sciencescience, as in, my favorite science class was physics scissorssiszers, as in, the tip for the day is don't run with siszers secretarysecretary, meaning one employed to handle correspondence severalseveral, as in, there are several ways to cook an egg significancesignificance, meaning being significant sizable/sizeable[[inpt PHON]]_sAYzEH/bUXl[[inpt TEXT]], meaning of considerable size skierskeeer, meaning one who skees skillful/skilfulskillful, as in, a carpenter is very skillful with wood sourcesource, meaning origin speakspeak, meaning talk speechspeech, meaning the act of speaking strategystrategy, as in, chess is a game of strategy strengthstrength, meaning the trait of being strong strenuousstrehnuous, meaning requiring great effort stretchstretch, as in, you ought to stretch before excersising strictstrict, as in, I'm on a strict [[inpt PHON]]_d1AYEHt[[inpt TEXT]] of beef, all I eat is stayke strictlystrictly, as in, I strictly forbid cheating on a test studyingstudying, as in, can you get an ay without studying for a test? summarysummary, meaning consice form surprisesurprise, meaning unexpected encounter technicaltechnical, as in, setting up a cellular phone site requires technical knowledge thanthan, as in more than thenthen, as in that was then thoughthough, meaning however togethertogether, as in, the family gets together for the holidays tomorrowtomorrow, meaning the day after today tournamenttournament, meaning a series of contests tragedytragedy, as in, the story of romeo and jewlyet is a tragedy traveler/travellertraveller, meaning one who travels travelled/traveledtravelled, as in, I travelled through the internet to get [[inpt PHON]]_t1UW_2y1UW[[inpt TEXT]] typingtyping, meaning what your doing with the keyboard undergoingundergoing, as in, I'm undergoing writer's block usuallyusually, as in, we usually go to church on Sunday vacancyvacancy, as in, there was no vacancy at the inn volumevolume, as in, if you can't understand what i'm saying, turn up the volume weatherweather, as in rain and snow weirdweeird, meaning strange whereverwherever, as in, if you have a powerbook, you can use Master Spell wherever you want whetherwhether, as in whether or not wholewhole, meaning complete willful/wilfulwillful, meaning voluntary womanwoman, meaning an adult female person womenwomen, plural form meaning adult female people woolen/woollenwoolen, meaning made from sheep writingwriting, as in, knowing how to spell makes writing easier