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a lota lot, as in, there are a lot of people in the world acceptacksept, meaning to receive acceptableacceptable, as in, is your appearance acceptable? accessibleaccessible, as in, is the apartment handicapped accessible? accommodateaccomodate, as in, I could not accomodate your cheating acknowledgment/acknowledgementacknowledgment, as in, Master Spell deserves an acknowledgment acquittedacquitted, past tense, meaning to clear from a charge adherentadhere ent, meaning supporter adjacentadjaycent, meaning next too admissibleadmissible, meaning can be accepted adviceadd-vice, meaning recommendation regarding a decision advisableaddviezible, as in, it is addviezible to use your windsheild wipers in the rain adviseaddvise, meaning to give information or notice affectaffect, as in, the road construction will affect traffic this summer. aisleaisle, as in, which aisle at the grocery store has the coffee all readyall ready, meaning prepared all rightall right, as in, the answers were all right all togetherall together, as in, the players were all together on the field alludeallude, meaning to refer to indirectly allusionallusion, meaning to refer to indirectly alreadyalready, meaning by this time altogetheraltogether, as in the answer was altogether unacceptable announcementannouncement, as in, I made an announcement to the crowd gathered annualannual, meaning once yearly appalledappalled, as in i am appalled at your poor command of english apparatusapparatus, meaning a device for a particular purpose appropriateappropriate, as in, it is not appropreette to call a police officer a pig argumentargument, as in, it is not good to start an argument with a police officer arrangementarrangement, as in, that is a beautiful flower arrangement ascendascend, as in, the balloon will ascend with hot air ascentascent, as in, the balloon made an ascent with hot air atheistatheist, meaning one who denies the existance of God attendancea ttendance, as in, good a ttendance at school makes learning easier autumnautum, as in, autum leaves fall from the trees awkwardawkward, as in, it is awkward to walk around wearing only one shoe bachelorbatchilure, as in, I earned a batchilure in arts degree in spelling bankruptcybankruptcy, meaning the state of being declared bankrupt baronbaron, meaning a noble min barrenbarren, meaning incape a bul of offspring barrennessbarrenness, meaning the quality of being incape a bul of offspring basicallybasically, as in, macs are basically better than pee cees beggarbegger, meaning one who solicits for a living beneficialbehneficial, as in, I hope Master Spell is behneficial to you benefitbenefit, as in, you will benefit from your improved spelling boundaryboundary, as in I crossed the boundary of no reet turn burialburial, as in, it is illeegal to sell burial spots at Arlington National Cemetery businessbusiness, as in, a good business is reespohnsive to its customers calendarcalendar, as in, you can find today's day and date on the calendar calibercaliber, as in that is an impressive caliber weapon you have there canceledcanceled, as in your car insurance is cancelled cancellationcancellation, meaning the act or instance of cancelling capitalcapital, meaning the seat of a government capitolcapitol, meaning the building where a legislature meets careercareer, as in, robbing banks is a very wrong career choice caterpillarcaterpillar, meaning that worm-like animal with legs cemeterycemetery, meaning a place for burying the dead centennialcentennial, meaning one hundred years cheerfulnesscheerfulness, meaning the quality of being full of cheer chiefchief, as in editor in chief chieflychiefly, meaning mainly choosechoose, as in, you did not choose the words I gave you in this test chosechose, as in, I chose this word for you to spell chosenchosen, as in, you have chosen to improve your spelling coconutcoconut, meaning the fruit of a coconut palm tree coedcoed, meaning an educational system with both men and women coincidencecoincidence, as in, your improved spelling isn't just a coincidence columncolumn, meaning a supporting pillar commissioncommission, as in, the park and planning commission committedcommitted, as in, they were committed to follow orders committeecommittee, meaning a group of people officially delegated to perform an action comparablecomparable, meaning equivalent in some way for comparison comparativelycomparatively, as in, Macintosh computers are comparatively superior to PeeCees compatiblecompatible, as in, Master Spell is not Windows compatible, and neither is its author competencecompetence, as in, a pilot ought to pass a competence test competentcompetent, meaning properly or sufficiently quollified complementcomplement, meaning something that fills up, completes, makes perfect complimentcompliment, meaning a formal expression of esteem conceivableconceivable, as in, it is conceivable that once a pattern is established it will continue conceiveconceive, meaning to form or develop in the mind conscienceconscience, meaning moral goodness consciousconscious, meaning awake consequentlyconsequently, as in, he consequently went to jail for holding up the bank considerableconsiderable, as in, computer programming requires a considerable effort contemptcontempt, as in, the judge held the obnoxious lawyer in contempt of court controlledcontrolled, meaning to exercise a dominating influence over controversialcon-truvershul, meaning marked by controversy convenienceconvenience, meaning the quality of being suitable to one's comfort convenientconvenient, meaning suitted to one's comfort coollycoolly, as in, that cat strolled coolly down the alley councilcouncil, meaning an assembly or meeting for consultation counselcounsel, meaning advice given as a result of consultation counterfeitcounterfeit, as in, counterfeit money is illeegal curiositycuriosittee, as in, curiosittee killed the cat deceitdeseete, meaning deceiving deceivedeceive, as in, don't let lying politicians deceive you deductibledeductible, meaning that which can be deducted defendantdef fen dent, meaning the party against which an action is brought defensibledefensible, meaning capable of being defended definitelydefinitely, as in, winter at the north pole is definitely cold deitydeeitty, meaning a god desirabledesirable, as in, it is desirable to achieve 100% in Master Spell despairdespair, as in, do not despair, Master Spell will help you spell better desperatedesperate, as in, poor spellers are in desperate need of Master Spell desperatelydesperetly, as in, good spellers are desperetly needed disappointdisappoint, as in, do not disappoint me by getting a low score disapprovedisapprove, as in, I disapprove of quitting in the middle of a test disciplinediscipline, as in, all parents should discipline their children dissatisfieddissatisfied, as in, not sattisfied disservicedisservice, meaning you do yourself and others a disservice by not washing yourself dissipatedissipate, as in, the rainstorm will dissipate into a drizzle dissociatedissociate, meaning to no longer a so cee ate divisivedivisive, as in, stay away from those who are divisive among you droughtdrought, meaning long period of dry weather dumbfoundeddumbfounded, meaning clueless durabledurable, as in, titanium is a durable metal elicitelicit, meaning to bring out eloquentlyelo-quently, as in, the speech was given elo-quently eludeelude, meaning to avoid emperoremperor, meaning a ruler of an empire emphasizeemphasize, as in, I often emphasize the importance of good spelling enormousenormous, meaning great in size especiallyespecially, as in, it is especially helpful to know how to spell when writing eventuallyeventually, as in, keep this up and you will eventually master spelling everybodyeverybody, as in, everybody loves ice cream evidentlyevidently, as in, the wallet was evidently stolen exceedexceed, as in, don't exceed the speed limit excusableexcusable, meaning able to be excused exerciseexercise, meaning an activity that requires exertion exhibitexhibit, as in, we all enjoyed the museum exhibit exhibitionexhibition, as in, I saw many new products at the exhibition existenceexistence, as in, the existence of water is essential for all life extravagantextravagant, as in, the rich folks put on an extravagant dinner party exuberantexuberant, as in, cheerleaders are usually exuberant fallacyfallacy, as in, his argument had a fallacy of logic fascinatefascinayte, meaning allorring a strong interest fascinatingfascinating, as in, the power of the volcanic eruption was fascinating feasiblefeasible, meaning possible fiercefierce, as in were fierce were feminnists and were in your face fire truckfire truck, meaning the truck the fire men drive firefighter/fire fighterfire fighter, meaning one who fights fires forcibleforcible, as in, he made a forcible attempt to break the door forciblyforcibly, as in, he forcibly broke down the door formallyformally, meaning conventionally formerlyformerly, meaning in the past fortyforty, meaning one more than thirty-nine fraternityfraternity, meaning a brutherhood fulfill/fulfilfulfill, meaning complete fulfilledfulfilled, past tense meaning completed gallopedgahlluped, as in, the horse gahlluped to the finish line. gaudygaudy, meaning showy in a distaysteful way gentlemengentlemen, plural form, as in, ladies and gentlemen genuinegenuine, as in, when a person is honest he is genuine gloriousglorious, as in, the glorious revolution of 16 88 goodbye/good-byegoodbye, an expression of farewell gorgeousgorgeous, as in, the view of the falls was gorgeous from the river bed governorgovernor, as in, he was elected governor of Illinois grievancegrievance, meaning a solidly held complaint handicappedhandicapped, meaning disabled happilyhappily, as in, they were happily married heirair, as in air to the throne helpfulhelpful, as in, a store clerk should be helpful, not mean hitchhikerhitchhiker, meaning one who solicits free rides on the road homicidehom icide, meaning murder hopelessnesshope-lessness, meaning the condition of being hopeless humoroushumorous, meaning funny Hungaryhunggary, meaning the central european nation hungryhungry, meaning having an urge to eat hystericalhysterical, meaning oh verwhelmingly funny illegiblyillegibly, meaning un de cife er ibul illegitimateillejitimate, meaning illeegal imitationimitation, meaning a copy immigrantimmigrant, meaning a person who permanently moves from one country to another inadmissibleinadmissible, meaning cannot be presented individuallyindividually, meaning solefully inevitableinevitable, meaning unavoidable inevitablyinevitably, meaing unavoidably inflammationinflammation, meaning the act of inflaming inherentinherent, meaning intrinsic inseparableinseperible, meaning unable to separate interpretinterpret, meaning translate interpretationinterpretation, as in, there's little room for interpretation of the ten ca-mandments interruptioninterruption, as in, with a small child around, it's hard to get work done without interruption intoleranceintolerance, as in, intolerance of lying is a virtue irreligiousirreligios, meaning lacking religion irresistibleirresistible, meaning quality of inability to resist irreverentirreverent, meaning disrespectful irritableirritable, meaning easily irritated it'sits, as in, its a pleasure to help your spelling itsits, as in, one problem with a pee cee is its inability to establish a standard for speech jewelryjewlry, meaning wearable ornaments keennesskeen ness, meaning the quality of being keen knowledgeableknowledgeable, meaning the quality of possessing great knowledge leisurelyleesurely, as in, there are many who drive leesurely on Sunday lengtheninglengththening, as in, lengththening hair is not accomplished by pulling on it licenselicense, meaning authorization lighteninglightening, meaning to make lighter lightninglightning, as in, lightning is present in a thunderstorm lovablelovable, as in, it's hard not to find a newborn baby lovable lusciousluscious, meaning delicious luxuriesluxuries, as in, hot baths and chocolate chip cookies are small luxuries magnificentmagnificent, as in, the magnificent mile is part of Michigan avenue in downtown Chicago malignmal ine, meaning to make harmful statements about manageablemanageable, meaning the ability to be managed managingmanaging, as in, for some, managing a stock portfolio is fun marshalmarshal, meaning to prepare medieval/mediaevalmedieval, meaning dark ages menswear/men's wearmens wear, meaning mens clothing mentalitymentality, as in, windows and mac users often differ in mentality merchandisemerchandise, as in, if you break the merchandise, you must buy it metallicmetallic, meaning having the quality of metal minerminer, meaning one who mines as a profession miniatureminiature, meaning very small version minorminer, meaning under age misspelledmisspelled, meaning when I say, that's incorrect moralmoral, meaning that which is good moralemorale, meaning condition of attitude multiplicationmultiplication, as in, do you know your multiplication tables? narrativenarrative, meaning a story nationalitiesnahtionalities, as in, many different nahtionalities are present at the olympics naturallynaturally,meaning by a natural manner nieceniece, meaning female of nephew noticeablenoticeable, meaning easily noticed o'clocko clock, as in, five o clock is quitting time observerobserver, meaning one who watches obstacleob stickle, meaning one of those things that get in the way occurrenceoccurrence, meaning the instance of occurring offeredoffered, past tense meaning presented omissionomission, meaning left out opposeoppose, as in, I oppose those who oppose me oppressiveo ppressiv, meaning difficult to bear optimismoptimism, as in, it's difficult to succeed without optimism optimisticoptimist-tic, meaning inclined to expect a favorable outcome overruleoverrule, meaning to use authority over previous authority panickypanicky, as in don't get panicky, its only a gun parallelparallel, as in, a divided highway is two parallel roads parliamentaryparliamentary, meaning relating to parliament passedpassed, as in, we passed each other without saying a word pastpast, as in, we can all learn from the past peaceablepeacible, meaning able to accomplish peace peculiaritiespeculiarities, meaning strange or unusual qualities peculiarlypeculiarly, as in, I speak peculiarly perjuryperjury, meaning to lie under oath permissiblepermissible, meaning allowable persistentpersisttent, as in, a good speller requires persistent practice personnelpersonnel, meaning employees persuadepersuade, meaning convincing persuasionpersuasion, meaning the act of persuading plaqueplack, meaning that wood thing with your name on it pollpole, meaning sur vey possessionpozession, as in, mine, all mine predecessorpredecessor, meaning one that came before predominantpredominant, as in, green was the predominant color in the forest preferredpreferred, meaning past tense of prefer presumptuouspresumptchuous, meaning excessively forward prevalencepreh-vellence, as in, there is a heavy preh-vellence of the flew this year prevalentprevalent, meaning widely preh zent principalprincipal, meaning the most important principleprinciple, meaning basic truth or law privilegeprivilege, as in, driving is a privilege not a right professorprofessor, meaning a teacher profitprofit, as in, lemonade stands barely make a profit psychologypsychology, meaning science that deals with mental processes publiclypublicly, meaning in a public manner pursuitpursuit, as in, a police officer might say, hot pursuit, giwht giwht giwht, while chasing you quarreling/quarrellingquarreling, meaning fighting quotientquotient, meaning the number resulting from mathematical division rarityrarity, meaning rare or not often rebelledrebelled, as in, he rebelled against his parents recederecede, as in, the water will recede at low tide receiptreceipt, as in, upon receipt of the news you can leave receivablereceivable, as in, he was very receivable to my ideas recognitionrecognition, meaning acknowledgment recommendationrecommendation, as in, her recommendation was highly regarded refereereferee, as in, the referee missed the play and called the play wrong refrigeratorrefrigerator, as in, please put the milk in the refridgerator reinrein, meaning a leather strap used to guide a horse renovationrenovation, as in, the old school is undergoing renovation resistanceresistance, as in, for power computing, resistance was futile responseresponse, as in, the correct response to the question was answer B rhythmrhythm, meaning a regular pattern sacrificesacrifice, as in, it is sometimes a sacrifice to give up something you love salable/saleablesailable, meaning can be sold schemescheme, as in, we enjoyed the color scheme of your living room scholarshipscholarship, as in, the college offered a scholarship for 3 people secessionsecession, meaning the act of seceding semestersemester, as in, at the end of the semester she will graduaite sentencesentence, as in, given the sentence, the crime was not justifyable separateseparate, meaning to put apart severelyseverely, as in, the house was severely in need of repair shiningshining, as in, the star was shining brightly siegesiege, meaning a surrounding of a city in order to capture it similarsimilar, meaning alike soldiersoldier, meaning one who serves in an army soluble[[inpt PHON]]_s1AAl~yUW_bUXl[[inpt TEXT]], meaning able to dissolve solutionsolution, as in, every problem has a solution specificallyspecifically, as in, I specifically told you to stop at the store sponsorsponsor, meaning one who assumes responsibility for another statementstatement,as in, the presidents statement on foreign policy left me confused stubbornstubborn, as in, a stubborn pig is hard to get in a pen subtlesubtle, as in, the subtle detail of the house makes it fascinating subtletysuttelty, as in, a pun is a suttelty of the language subtly[[inpt PHON]]_sUX\tIHlIY[[inpt TEXT]], as in, he [[inpt PHON]]_sUX\tIHlIY[[inpt TEXT]] hinted at a company takeover succeedsucceed, as in, can you succeed in getting 100% for 50 words? superintendentsuperintendent, meaning supervisor superstitioussueperstishus, as in, you are sueperstishus about walking under ladders supervisorsupervisor,as in, your supervisor should have the answer to your question supposesuppose,as in, to suppose you are correct can be a mistake surelysurely, meaning cofidently susceptiblesusceptible, meaning vulnerable techniquetechnique, meaning systematic procedure teepee/tepeeteepee, meaning an indian tent temperamentaltemperamental, meaning moody threwthrew, as in, he threw the aluminum cann away throughthrough, as in, the train went through the tunnel tilltill, as in, no dessert till after you finish dinner transferaltransferal, as in, the transferal of goods from one state to another transferredtransferred, as in, he transferred money from his savings account to his checking account trulytruly, meaning sincerely twelfthtwelfth, as in tenth eleventh twelfth typicaltypical, as in, it was a typical rainy day in may we were having unanimousunanimous, meaning complete agreement unbelievableunbelievable, as in, the elephant's size was unbelievable uncivilizeduncivilized, as in, their manners at the table were uncivilized unconsciousunconscious, as in, the boxer was knocked unconscious uncontrollableun controlubble, as in, an earthquake is un controlubble unforgettableunforgettable, as in, last nights dinner was unforgettable universitiesuniversities, as in, attending universities is getting expensive veteranveteran, as in, the veterans held the knowledge we younger players lacked vicinityvicinity, as in, you'll find us at Mic-don-alds or in the vicinity viciousvicious, as in, China launched a vicious attack on its citizens at teaammin square villainvillin, meaning the evil enemy vinegarvinegar, as in, vinegar and wine is a tasty dressing virtuousvirtuous, as in, virtuous actions can make one feel good visiblevisible, as in, if you get this word wrong, I will make the correct spelling visible warrantedwarranted, as in, her great report card warranted her parents praise wealthiestwealthyest, those who possess knowlege are the wealthyest who'swho's, as in, who's the greatest actor in your opinion wholesalewholesale, as in, did you buy it wholesale or reetail whosewhose, as in, whose hat and scarf are these? wondrouswondrus, meaning wonderful YankeeYankee, as in, I'm a Yankee doodle dandy yieldyield, as in, yield the right of way is a rule of the road you'reyou're, as in, you're the sun shine of my life youryour, as in, give me your tired and your poor zenithzeenith, as in, Veenus was at its zeenith last night