Part1 Flashcards

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Affected,Effected

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-Influenced
-Brought about

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2
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Based, Baste

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Founded
To pour juices or melted fat over food while cooking

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3
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Bow, Beau

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To bend forward or to tie a ribbon
A boyfriend, male sweetheart

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4
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Bow, Bough

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-a large tree branch

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5
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CACHE, cash

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A hidden storage place for valuables

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6
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Cannon/Canon

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-a large, heavy piece of artillery
-a general rule or a collection of works

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7
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Capital/Capitol

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-a city where government or wealth is based
-a building where a legislative assembly meets

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Carat/carrot/caret/karat

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-a unit weight for gemstones
-an orange root vegetable
-a symbol used in writing or editing
-a meausure of purity of gold

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9
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Chord/Cord/Cored

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-group of musical notes played together
-a thin flexible wire or string
-remove the core of something

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10
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Chute/Shoot

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-A sloping channel or slide
-to propel something forward

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11
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Complacent/complaisant

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-self satisfied and unaware of potential dangers
-willing to please others

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Complement/compliment

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-something that completes or goes well with something else
-a polite expression of praise or admiration

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13
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Coolie/coulee

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-an offensive term for laborer, particularly in Asia
-A deep ravine or hollow created by erosion

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14
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Coral/choral

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-a marine organism that forms reefs
-relating to a choir or singing group

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15
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-creak
-creek

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-a squeaking sound
-a small stream of water

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16
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Cygnet/signet

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-a young swan
-a seal to sign documents

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17
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Dam/Damn

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-barrier to hold back water
-t condemn or express annoyance

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18
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Dane/Deign

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-person from Denmark
-to do something beneath ones dignity

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19
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Defused/Diffused

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-Made less tense or dangerous
-spread out of scattered widely

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20
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Disburse/disperse

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-to pay out or distribute money
-to spread out or scatter

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21
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Discreet /discrete

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-careful or prudent speech or actions
-separate or distinct

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22
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Doze/does

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-to nap or sleep lightly
-female deer

23
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Earn/urn

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-to receive payment for work
-a decorative vase often used for ashes

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Elicit/illicit

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-to draw out a response or answer
-forbidden by law or rules

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Exceed/Accede
-To go beyond a limit -to agree to a request
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Ewe/you/yew
-female sheep -person being addressed -type of tree
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Exceed-Accede
-to go beyond a limit -to agree to a request or demand
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Except/accept
-To exclude -to receive or agree to something
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Feat/feet
-an impressive achievement -plural of feet
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Fete/fate
A celebration or a festival -the développement of events beyond one control
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Fisher/fissure
-person who catches fish -a narrow opening or crack
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Flu/flue/flew
-viral illness -duct for smoke I a chimney -past tense of fly
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Fowl/foul
-bird -offensive
34
Franc/Frank
-a former currency in France -honest
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Frees/freeze/frieze
-release from confinement -to turn into ice -a decorative band on a wall
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Fryer/friar
-A young chicken suitable for flying -A member of a religious order
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Fur/Fir
-soft thick hair -a type of evergreen tree
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Gate/Gait
-a movable barrier for an entrance -a manner of walking
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Gorilla/Guerilla
-A large ape -A member of a small independent group foghting against larger forces
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Guild/Gild
An association of craftsmen or merchant To cover with gold
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Hangar/Hanger
-building for storing aircraft -an object used for hanging clothes
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Hoard/Horde
-stockpile of value able supplies -a large group of
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Ladder/Latter
A tool flor climbing up or down -referring to the second of two things mentioned
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Leach/leech
To drain liquid away A type worm that feeds on blood
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Leak Leek
-An unintended hole that lets liquid or gas escape -a vegetable similar to an onion
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Liar/Lier/Lyre
A person who lies A person who lies down (rare) A musical instrument
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Manner/Manor
A way of doing something A large country house with lands
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Principal/principle
The head of school organization A fundamental truth or belief
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Sighted/cited/sided
-Having vision -Referenced or mentioned -Having sides
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Skull/Scull
Bone structure of head Type of small boat or rowing tool
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Soar/Sore
To fly high in the air Painful or aching
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Threw/Trough
Past tense of throw From one end to the other
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Vice/Vise
-immoral behaviour or a flaw -a tool used to hold an object in place
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Write/right/rite
-to form letter or words on a surface -a correct way or opposite of left -a ceremonial act or procedure