Part1 Flashcards
Affected,Effected
-Influenced
-Brought about
Based, Baste
Founded
To pour juices or melted fat over food while cooking
Bow, Beau
To bend forward or to tie a ribbon
A boyfriend, male sweetheart
Bow, Bough
-a large tree branch
CACHE, cash
A hidden storage place for valuables
Cannon/Canon
-a large, heavy piece of artillery
-a general rule or a collection of works
Capital/Capitol
-a city where government or wealth is based
-a building where a legislative assembly meets
Carat/carrot/caret/karat
-a unit weight for gemstones
-an orange root vegetable
-a symbol used in writing or editing
-a meausure of purity of gold
Chord/Cord/Cored
-group of musical notes played together
-a thin flexible wire or string
-remove the core of something
Chute/Shoot
-A sloping channel or slide
-to propel something forward
Complacent/complaisant
-self satisfied and unaware of potential dangers
-willing to please others
Complement/compliment
-something that completes or goes well with something else
-a polite expression of praise or admiration
Coolie/coulee
-an offensive term for laborer, particularly in Asia
-A deep ravine or hollow created by erosion
Coral/choral
-a marine organism that forms reefs
-relating to a choir or singing group
-creak
-creek
-a squeaking sound
-a small stream of water
Cygnet/signet
-a young swan
-a seal to sign documents
Dam/Damn
-barrier to hold back water
-t condemn or express annoyance
Dane/Deign
-person from Denmark
-to do something beneath ones dignity
Defused/Diffused
-Made less tense or dangerous
-spread out of scattered widely
Disburse/disperse
-to pay out or distribute money
-to spread out or scatter
Discreet /discrete
-careful or prudent speech or actions
-separate or distinct
Doze/does
-to nap or sleep lightly
-female deer
Earn/urn
-to receive payment for work
-a decorative vase often used for ashes
Elicit/illicit
-to draw out a response or answer
-forbidden by law or rules