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    Những từ dễ bị nhầm lẫn !!!!!!!!

    Mấy you thử phân biệt các từ sau xem....

    Adapt / Adopt
    Decent / Descent
    Disinterested / Uninterested
    Desert / Dessert
    Medal / Metal
    Naval / Navel
    Principal / Principle
    Stationary / Stationery


    Hi guys...
    Please, listen...
    Listen.....
    Hey Punks, SHUT UP and LISTEN
    Good !!!
    tranthuminh thích bài này.
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    All About Homonyms
    A
    a: very short little insignificant English word
    eh an interrogative utterance

    acts things done
    ax chopping tool

    ad short for advertisement
    add short for ad***ion

    adds performs ad***ions
    ads more than one advertisement
    adze axe-like tool

    ade fruit beverage
    aid to assist
    aide an assistant

    aerie eagle's nest
    airy breezy

    aero of aircraft
    arrow slender, pointed shaft

    affect to change
    effect result

    ail sick
    ale beer

    air stuff we breathe
    are 1/100th of a hectare
    e'er contraction of "ever"
    ere eventually
    err to make a mistake
    heir one who will inherit

    aisle walkway
    I'll contraction of "I will"
    isle island

    all everything
    awl pointed scriber

    allowed permitted
    aloud spoken

    altar raised center of worship
    alter to change

    an a single instance
    Ann a woman's name

    ant insect
    aunt parent's sister

    ante preliminary bet
    auntie sister of a parent

    arc portion of a circle
    ark vessel

    ascent the climb
    assent to agree

    ate past tense of eat
    eight the number base of octal

    auger a drill
    augur foretell

    aught anything
    ought should

    aural of hearing
    oral of the mouth

    auricle external part of the ear
    oracle seer

    away distant
    aweigh just clear of the bottom

    awed in a state of wonder
    odd not usual

    aweful filled with awe
    awful really bad
    offal butchered entrails

    aye naval affirmative
    eye ocular organ
    I oneself

    B
    bail bucket handle
    bale bundle of hay

    bailed pumping water out of a boat
    baled to gather into a bale

    bailee a person to whom goods are committed for custody or repair
    bailey the outer wall of a castle
    bailie a municipal officer in Scotland

    bailer one who bails (water)
    bailor a person that entrusts goods to a bailee
    baler one who bales (hay)

    bailing pumping water out of a boat
    baling wire used to tie bales

    bait to torment
    bate to lessen

    baited past tense of bait
    bated past tense of bate

    baiting tormenting
    bating lessening

    baize green felt
    bays one or more enclosed arms of the ocean
    beys one or more Turkish officials

    bald hairless
    balled carnal knowledge
    bawled cried aloud

    ball playful orb
    bawl to cry

    band a group
    banned forbidden

    bard a poet
    barred enclosed by poles

    bare naked
    bear wild ursine

    bark outer sheath of a tree
    barque square-rigged sailing ship

    baron minor royalty
    barren unable to bear children

    Barry a man's name
    berry small fruit
    bury to take under

    basal forming the base
    basil an herb

    base the bottom support for anything
    bass the lowest musical pitch or range

    based supported
    baste to swab with liquid during cooking

    bases what baseball players like to steal
    basis principal constituent of anything
    basses many four-stringed guitars

    bask to warm oneself pleasantly
    basque tightfitting bodice or tunic (or, people of the Pyrenees)

    bat a blind, flying rodent
    batt a flat pad

    baud bits per second
    bawd brothel manager

    bay an enclosed arm of the ocean
    bey a Turkish official

    be to exist
    bee pollinating buzzer

    beach where i want to be
    beech a type of tree

    bean a legume
    been past tense of be

    beat to hit
    beet edible red root

    beau male friend
    bow a curve or bend; double-slipped reef knot

    beaut slang for beauty, beautiful
    butte steep sided hill

    been past tense of be
    bin a box or container

    beer universally brewed comfort food
    bier a temporary frame for a coffin

    bel indian thorn tree
    Bel Babylonian god
    bell ding ding
    belle beautiful woman

    berth anchorage
    birth your method of arrival

    besot to get drunk
    besought past tense of beseech

    better superior
    bettor one who bets

    bight middle of a rope
    bite a mouthful
    byte eight bits

    billed has a bill
    build to construct

    bit past tense of bite
    bitt large cleat for tying up ships

    blew past tense of blow
    blue color of California sky

    bloc an alliance
    block square object

    boar wild pig
    Boer a South African of Dutch descent
    boor tasteless buffoon
    bore not interesting

    board a plank
    bored not interested

    boarder lodger who gets meals, too
    border perimeter

    bode an omen
    bowed curved

    bold brave
    bowled knocked over

    bolder more courageous
    boulder large rock

    bole trunk
    boll round seed pod
    bowl dish

    boos disparaging sounds from fans
    booze whiskey

    born brought into life
    borne past participle of bear
    bourn a small stream or boundary

    borough township
    burrow dig into the ground

    bough tree branch
    bow front of a ship; respectful bend

    bouy navigational aid
    boy male child

    bra brassiere
    braw well-groomed

    braid a weave of three strands
    brayed a donkey cried

    braise cook with oil and water
    brays loud, harsh cry

    brake stopping device
    break to split apart

    breach to break through
    breech the back part

    bread a loaf
    bred past tense of breed

    brewed fermented
    brood family

    brews more than one beer
    bruise a contusion

    bridal pertaining to brides
    bridle horse's headgear

    broach to raise a subject
    brooch an ornament fastened to clothes

    brows multiple foreheads
    browse grazing

    bundt type of cake
    bunt hit a pitch without swinging

    burger meat sandwich
    burgher merchant

    bus large multi-passenger vehicle
    buss a kiss

    bussed kissed
    bust head and shoulders sculpture

    but excepting
    butt the thick end

    buy to purchase
    by near
    bye farewell

    buyer one who purchases
    byre a cow barn

    C
    cache hidden storage
    cash legal tender

    cached hidden away
    cashed converted to legal tender

    calendar chart of days
    calender paper press

    call *****mmon
    caul amnionic membrane
    col a mountain pass

    caller one who calls
    collar my cat has collar ID

    can't contraction of "can not"
    cant a bevel

    cannon big gun
    canon body of law

    canter a moderate gallop
    cantor singer

    canvas rough cloth
    canvass to examine thoroughly

    capital most important
    capitol center of government

    carat unit of weight for precious stones, equal to 200 milligrams
    caret proofreader's insertion mark
    carrot edible orange root
    karat one 24th part of otherwise pure gold

    carol Christmas song
    carrel study enclosure

    carpal a bone of the carpus
    carpel a pistil

    cast to throw
    caste a social class

    caster one who throws
    castor beaver's smelly gland

    cause generative force
    caws sounds of crows

    cay a low island
    key opens locks
    quay a wharf

    cedar an evergreen tree
    seeder one who broadcasts seeds

    cede to give
    seed part of a plant from which a new one grows

    ceding giving
    seeding planting

    ceiling top of the room
    sealing to close a package or envelope

    cell a small room
    sell to exchange for money

    cellar under a house
    seller one who sells

    censer incense dish
    censor bad people who fear knowledge
    sensor a device which detects

    census numbering
    senses faculties

    cent one hundredth of a dollar
    scent an aroma
    sent dispatched

    cents hundredths of a dollar
    scents many things to smell
    sense detection equipment

    cere waxy fleshy covering at the base of the upper beak in some birds
    sear to scorch
    seer a prophet
    sere natural succession of plant or animal communities

    cereal grains
    serial numbers in sequence

    Ceres Roman Goddess of agriculture
    series a sequence of things

    cession giving up
    session a group sitting

    chalk calcareous earthy substance
    chock wedge to keep wheels from rolling

    chance happenstance
    chants more than one litany

    chard spinach-like vegetable
    charred burnt

    chased quickly followed
    chaste virginal

    check a tic mark
    Czech from Czechoslovakia

    chews masticating
    choose to select

    Chile a South American country
    chili dried pod of red pepper
    chilly uncomfortably cool

    choir church singers
    quire the twentieth part of a ream of paper

    choler yellow bile
    collar around your neck

    choral by a chorus
    coral marine polyp skeleton

    chorale a choir
    corral a pen for horses

    chord three tones in harmony
    cord very light rope
    cored divested of its central part

    chute inclined trough
    shoot to project an object

    cite to refer to
    sight vision
    site a location

    cited referenced
    sighted visually identified
    sited located

    cites past tense of cite
    sights tourist rationale
    sites more than one location

    clack a chattering sound
    claque a group hired to applaud, sycophants

    Claus fat, jolly guy with presents
    clause contractual unit
    claws big fingernails

    clew sheet cringle on a sail
    clue a hint

    click ticking noise
    clique exclusive group

    climb ascending
    clime climate

    close to shut
    clothes garments

    coal black mineral
    cole plants in the crucifer family

    coaled supplied with coal
    cold not supplied with coal

    coarse rough
    course path of travel

    coat wear it for warmth
    cote small animal shed

    coax persuade
    cokes more than one soft drink

    ****s more than one male bird
    cox a coxswain
    Cox a variety of eating apple

    coddling tenderly treating
    codling small, unripe apple

    coffer a strongbox; decorative, sunken ceiling panels
    cougher one who coughs

    coin money
    quoin corner stone

    colonel military officer
    kernel seed

    complacence self-satisfaction
    complaisance willingness to please

    complacent self-satified
    complaisant willing to please

    complement allotment
    compliment encomium

    conch marine mollusk
    conk blow to the head

    coo a soft murmuring sound
    coup a successful stroke

    copes gets along with adversity
    copse a stand of trees

    copped swiped
    copt a native Egyptian to a Roman

    cops police officers
    copse a small wood

    core inner part
    corps body

    cosign to sign in ad***ion
    cosine sine of the complement

    council group of leaders
    counsel advisor

    craft a manual occupation
    kraft a strong paper made from wood pulp

    crater impact hole
    krater ancient Greek jar

    Crays more than one supercomputer
    craze sensation needed to buy more than one supercomputer

    creak to squeak
    creek small stream

    crewed served by a crew
    crude coarse

    crewel embroidery yarn
    cruel merciless

    crews more than one crew
    cruise a sea journey

    cue a signal
    Kew home of the famous English gardens
    queue a waiting line (another famous English-ism)

    currant small berry
    current of the present

    curser one who swears
    cursor on-screen positional indicator

    cygnet a young swan
    signet an authenticating seal

    cymbal percussive brass dish
    symbol a representation

    D
    dam holds back water
    damn a curse

    dammed prevented from flowing
    damned cursed

    darn to mend
    darne a fish steak

    days more than one day
    daze to bewilder

    dear beloved
    deer Bambi

    dew morning condensation
    do to perform
    due payable

    die to become dead
    dye coloring agent

    died passed away
    dyed colored

    dies passing away
    dyes colors

    dine to eat
    dyne unit of energy

    dire desperate
    dyer one who dyes

    disc a phonograph record
    disk a round, plate-shaped object

    discreet confidential
    discrete individual

    discussed talked about
    disgust sickening

    do first note of diatonic scale
    doe a female deer
    dough uncooked bread

    doc a physician
    dock where a boat is kept

    does several female deer
    doughs several uncooked breads
    doze to nap

    done completed
    dun demand money

    dos opposite of don'ts
    dues membership payments

    draft a preliminary written version
    draught a gust of wind; depth of water needed to float a ship

    dual two things
    duel a fight between two over honor

    E
    e'er, see: air
    e'er, see: air
    earl British nobleman
    URL Internet address

    earn to come to deserve
    urn a jar

    effect, see: affect
    eh, see: a
    eight, see: ate
    elicit to draw out
    illicit unlawful

    elude to escape from
    illude to deceive

    epic a narrative poem or story
    epoch a noteworthy period in history

    ere, see: air
    err, see: air
    eunuchs men unable to serve all of humanity
    Unix operating system unable to serve all of humanity

    ewe female sheep
    yew a type of tree
    you the second person

    ewes more than one female sheep
    use to apply
    yews more than one yew tree

    eye, see: aye
    eyelet small hole for laces
    islet small island

    F
    facts objective things
    fax obsolete, but widespread, image transmission technology

    fain willing
    feign pretend to be affected

    faint pass out
    feint a weak, misdirected attack to confuse the enemy

    fair even-handed
    fare payment

    fairing streamlining
    faring the state of progress

    fairy imaginary magic person
    ferry river-crossing boat

    faker a deceiver
    fakir a Hindu ascetic

    farrow a litter of pigs
    pharoah Egyptian king

    faux fake
    foe enemy

    fay a fairy
    Faye a woman's name
    fey strange and otherwordly

    fays more than one fairy
    faze to disconcert

    faze to stun
    phase a part of the sequence

    fazed stunned
    phased done in sequential parts

    feat an accomplishment
    feet look down

    ferrate a salt containing iron and oxygen
    ferret a domesticated polecat

    feted celebrated
    fetid stinking

    few not many
    phew expression of relief

    file a folder for holding papers
    phial a small glass bottle

    fills plural of fill
    fils one one-thousandth of an Iraqi dinar

    filter keep the bad stuff from passing through
    philter a love potion

    find to locate
    fined to have to pay a parking ticket

    finish to complete
    Finnish from Finland

    fir evergreen tree
    fur animal hair
    furr to separate with strips of wood

    fisher one who fishes
    fissure a crack

    flair verve
    flare to spread

    flea parasitic insect
    flee to run away

    flecks many tiny specks
    flex to bend

    flew past tense of fly
    flu short for influenza
    flue chimney pipe

    Flo a girl's name
    floe sheet of floating ice
    flow to glide along

    flocks more than one group of birds
    phlox a scented plant

    floes sheets of floating ice
    flows glides along

    floor what one walks on
    fluor something that glows

    flour powdered grain
    flower a bloom

    for in place of
    fore in front
    four number after three

    forego to precede
    forgo to abstain from

    foreword introduction to a book
    forward the facing direction

    fort a fortification
    forte a person's strong point

    forth a direction
    fourth following the third

    foul grossly offensive to the senses
    fowl domestic hen or rooster

    frees releasing
    freeze very cold
    frieze a wall decoration

    friar a monk
    fryer small chicken

    G
    gaff a barbed spear
    gaffe a mistake

    gage a pledge or security deposit
    gauge instrument for measuring

    gait a manner of walking or running
    gate fence door

    gaited describing a walking horse
    gated having a gate

    galley ship's kitchen
    gally to frighten or terrify

    gallop horse's fastest gait
    galop a round dance

    gays a frisky gathering
    gaze a languid look

    gene a chromosome
    jean cotton twill

    gild to coat with gold
    gilled having gills
    guild a craft society

    gilt gold-plated
    guilt culpable

    gin alcoholic beverage
    jinn plural of jinni, a Muslim spirit or demon

    gnawed chewed
    nod head tilting

    gneiss coarse-grained metamorphic rock of feldspar, quartz and mica
    nice pleasant

    gnu African antelope
    knew past tense of know
    new not old

    gnus several antelope
    news timely information

    gored pierced by an animal's horns
    gourd fleshy fruit with hard skin

    gorilla large ape
    guerrilla irregular soldier

    grade a slope
    grayed turned gray

    graft to attach
    graphed plotted

    grate a lattice
    great extremely good

    grays more than one shade of black
    graze to eat grass while wandering

    grease lubricant
    Greece Me***erranean country

    greave leg armor
    grieve to mourn

    greaves more than one greave
    grieves to mourn

    grill to sear cook
    grille an iron gate or door

    groan reaction to hearing a pun
    grown has gotten larger

    guessed past tense of guess
    guest a visitor

    guide one who shows the way
    guyed secured with a rope or wire

    guise appearance
    guys Garrison Keillor's obsession

    gunnel small, eel-shaped marine fish; butterfish
    gunwale upper part of sides of a boat

    gym sports room
    Jim nickname for James

    H
    hail frozen rain
    hale robust health

    hair grows from your head
    hare rabbit

    hairy having much hair
    Harry a man's name
    harry to harass or hunt

    hall a large room
    haul to carry

    halve break in two
    have to hold in possession

    halves more than one half
    haves those who possess

    hammock rope bed
    hummock low, rounded hill

    hangar garage for airplanes
    hanger from which things hang

    Harold a man's name
    herald a horn blower

    hart a stag
    heart blood pump

    haut high, as in "haut couture"
    ho an expression of admiration or surprise
    hoe garden tool

    hay grass
    hey a shout

    hays more than one type of hay
    haze atmospheric obscuration due to water or dust

    he'd contraction of "he would"
    heed to pay attention

    he'll contraction of "he will"
    heal to make well

    he'll contraction of "he will"
    hill smaller than a mountain

    heal to cure of disease
    heel hind part of foot

    hear to listen
    here at this location

    heard listened to
    herd a group of ruminants

    heigh an exclamation
    hi a greeting
    hie to go quickly
    high way up

    heir, see: air
    heroin narcotic
    heroine female hero

    hew to chop
    hue a color
    Hugh a man's name

    hide animal skin
    hied hurried

    higher farther up
    hire to employ

    him pronoun
    hymn religious song

    hoar a white frost
    whore a prostitute

    hoard a great stash
    horde a great many people
    whored prostituted

    hoarse rough voice
    horse equine

    hoes more than one garden weeding tool
    hose tube for watering garden weeds

    hold to grip
    holed full of holes

    hole round opening
    whole entirety

    holey perforated
    holy with religious significance
    wholly completely

    hostel inexpensive lodging for travelers
    hostile unfriendly

    hour sixty minutes
    our possessed by us

    hours time measurement
    ours belonging to us

    humerus funny bone
    humorous funny

    I
    I, see: aye
    I'll, see: aisle
    I'll, see: aisle
    idle not working
    idol object of worship
    idyl paradise

    illicit, see: elicit
    illude, see: elude
    in expressing inclusion
    inn hotel

    inc short for incorporated
    ink writing fluid

    incite to provoke
    insight understanding

    innocence a state without guilt
    innocents more than one innocent

    inns hotels
    ins those on the inside

    isle, see: aisle
    islet, see: eyelet
    it's contraction of "it is"
    its possessive pronoun

    J
    jam to smash together
    jamb side post of a doorway

    jean, see: gene
    jewel precious stone
    joule unit of energy measure

    Jim, see: gym
    jinn, see: gin
    juggler one who juggles
    jugular artery to head

    K
    karat, see: carat
    kernel, see: colonel
    Kew, see: cue
    key, see: cay
    knap crest of a hill; break with a hammer
    nap a short sleep

    knead working bread dough
    need must have

    knew, see: gnu
    knickers woman's underwear
    nickers those who nick

    knight chivalrous man
    night darkness

    knit interlocking loops of yarn
    nit louse egg

    knits verb form of knit
    nits louse eggs

    knob handle
    nob rich person

    knock to rap
    nock a notch in an arrow

    knot fastening in cord
    naught nothing
    not negation

    know to possess knowledge
    no negation

    knows "Only the shadow knows..."
    noes "The noes have it..."
    nose "Plain as the nose on your face..."

    kraft, see: craft
    krater, see: crater
    L
    lacks does not have
    lax loose discipline

    lain past tense of lay
    lane narrow road

    lam headlong flight
    lamb baby sheep

    lay to recline
    lei a flower necklace

    lays to recline
    laze to recline with extreme prejudice
    leis several flower necklaces

    lea a meadow
    lee downwind
    li about one-third of a mile in China

    leach washing action
    leech sucking parasite

    lead heavy metal
    led guided

    leak accidental escape of liquid
    leek variety of onion

    lean angle of repose
    lien a claim on property

    leas more than one meadow
    lees the dregs

    leased rented
    least the minimum

    lends allows to borrow
    lens convex glass

    lessen to reduce
    lesson a segment of learning

    liar tells falsehoods
    lyre stringed instrument

    lichen a fungus among us
    liken to compare

    lie an untruth
    lye a caustic

    lieu instead
    loo British toilet
    Lou short for Louis

    lightening removing weight or darkness
    lightning static electricity from the sky

    limb tree branch
    limn delineate

    limbs arms or legs
    limns to illuminate, as in a manuscript

    links pieces of chain
    lynx feral cat

    literal taking words in their primary sense
    littoral having to do with the shore

    lo interjection
    low not high

    load cargo
    lode mineral vein

    load what is carried
    lowed a cow mooed

    loan allow to borrow
    lone by itself

    loch a lake
    lock a security device

    lochs more than one lake
    locks more than one security device
    lox salmon jerky

    loon a water fowl
    lune a crescent shape

    loop a circular pattern
    loupe a jeweler's monocular magnifier

    loos several British toilets
    lose fail to win

    loot ill-gotten gains
    lute stringed instrument

    lumbar lower back
    lumber dimensional wood

    M
    mach speed of sound
    mock parody

    made accomplished
    maid young woman

    mail postal delivery
    male masculine person

    main primary
    mane back hair

    maize corn
    maze puzzle

    mall hallway
    maul shred
    moll gangster's girlfriend

    manner method
    manor lord's house

    marc coarse brandy
    mark a sign
    marque a license to privateer; a brand

    marquee a rooflike projection over a theatre entrance
    marquis a nobleman ranking between a duke and a count

    marry to join in matrimony
    merry happy

    marshal to gather
    martial warlike

    massed grouped together
    mast sail pole

    Mays several spring months
    maze a labyrinth

    me myself
    mi musical note

    mean average
    mein manner

    meat animal flesh
    meet to connect
    mete a boundary

    medal an award
    meddle to interfere

    men's owned by males
    mends to repair

    metal ductile element
    mettle moxie

    mewl to whimper
    mule offspring of female horse and male donkey

    mews stables
    muse creative inspiration

    might possible
    mite tiny creature

    mince chop finely
    mints aromatic candies

    mind thinking unit
    mined looked for ore

    miner one who digs
    minor small

    missal hymn book
    missile projectile

    missed not hit
    mist fog

    misses young ladies
    Mrs. married lady

    moan to groan
    mown the lawn is freshly cut

    moat water around a castle
    mote a speck

    mode con***ion
    mowed a lawn in a well-trimmed con***ion

    moiré optical illusion
    moray eel

    mood emotional state
    mooed what the loquacious cow did

    moor swampy coastland; to anchor
    more ad***ional

    moose a large elk
    mousse dessert of whipped cream and eggs

    moral a social imperative
    morel a mushroom

    morn AM
    mourn remember the dead

    morning AM
    mourning remembering the dead

    muscle fibrous, contracting tissue
    mussel a bivalve mollusc

    muscles more than one muscle
    mussels more than one mussel

    mussed made messy
    must required

    mustard spicy yellow sauce
    mustered assembled for roll call

    N
    nap, see: knap
    naught, see: knot
    naval pertaining to ships and the sea
    navel pertaining to the belly button

    nay no
    neigh a horse's cry

    nays votes against
    neighs a horse vocalizes

    neap the lowest tide
    neep a turnip

    need, see: knead
    new, see: gnu
    news, see: gnus
    nice, see: gneiss
    nickers, see: knickers
    night, see: knight
    nit, see: knit
    nits, see: knits
    no, see: know
    nob, see: knob
    nock, see: knock
    nod, see: gnawed
    noes, see: knows
    none not one
    nun woman of God

    nose, see: knows
    not, see: knot
    O
    oar boat propulsion system
    or boolean deathtrap
    ore mineral-laden dirt

    odd, see: awed
    offal, see: aweful
    oh interjection
    owe to be indebted

    ohs more than one letter "O"
    owes in debt

    one singularity
    won victorious

    oohs as in "oohs and ahs"
    ooze slime

    oracle, see: auricle
    oral, see: aural
    ordinance a decree
    ordnance artillery

    ought, see: aught
    our, see: hour
    ours, see: hours
    overdo carried to excess
    overdue past time for payment

    P
    paced measured by footsteps
    paste thick glue

    packed placed in a container
    pact agreement

    pail bucket
    pale light colored

    pain it hurts
    pane a single panel of glass

    pair a set of two
    pare cutting down
    pear bottom-heavy fruit

    palate taste
    pallet a platform for transporting goods; bed
    pallette a selection of paint

    pall to become wearisome
    Paul barefoot Beatle
    pawl locks a ratchet

    passed approved; moved on
    past before now

    patience being willing to wait
    patients being willing to wait

    pause to hesitate
    paws cat transportation

    pea round, green legume
    pee piss

    peace what hippies want
    piece what hippies want

    peak mountain top
    peek secret look
    pique ruffled pride

    peal ringing sound
    peel fruit wrapping

    pealed rang with sound
    peeled ready to eat

    pearl round, luminescent gem from an oyster
    purl to edge with a chain of small loops

    pearl something of value made from an irritant
    Perl something of value made from an irritant

    pedal foot control
    peddle to sell

    peer an equal (a captain at sea has no peer)
    pier wharf (a captain at sea has no pier)

    pencil writing implement
    pensil thin, swallowtail flag

    per for each
    purr endearing cat hum

    pharoah, see: farrow
    phase, see: faze
    phased, see: fazed
    phew, see: few
    phew, see: few
    phial, see: file
    philter, see: filter
    phlox, see: flocks
    pi 3.1416
    pie good eating

    picnic outdoor meal
    pyknic physiological type with thick neck, large abdomen and short limbs

    pieced assembled from pieces
    piste a ski run of compacted snow

    pincer claw-like gripping action
    pincher one who pinches
    pinscher terrier

    pistil seed-bearing organ of a flower
    pistol hand gun

    place a location
    plaice a flounder

    plain not fancy
    plane a surface

    plait braid
    plate a dish

    planar flat
    planer one who planes

    pleas crys for help
    please good manners

    pleural related to lungs
    plural more than one

    plum purple fruit
    plumb straight up and down

    polar relating to the North or South poles
    poler one who uses a pole

    Pole a person from Poland
    pole big stick
    poll a voting

    poled a pole was used
    polled lacking horns

    pone the dealer's opponent in two-handed card games
    pony a small horse

    poor no money
    pore careful study; microscopic hole
    pour to flow freely

    popery a disparaging term for Catholics
    potpourri a miscellaneous collection

    praise to commend
    prays worships God
    preys hunts

    pray worship God
    prey hunt

    precedence priority
    precedents established course of action
    presidents commanders-in-chief

    presence the state of being present
    presents what Santa brings

    pride ego
    pryed opened

    pries wedging open
    prize the reward

    prince son of the King
    prints impressions

    principal head of school
    principle causative force

    profit money earned
    prophet seer

    pros multiple experts
    prose ordinary language

    psi twenty-third letter of Greek alphabet
    sigh sad and weary breath
    xi fourteenth letter of Greek alphabet

    Q
    quarts several fourths-of-gallons
    quartz crystalline rock

    quay, see: cay
    queue, see: cue
    quince small, round fruit
    quints multiple quintuplets

    quire, see: choir
    quoin, see: coin
    R
    rabbet a groove cut in a board
    rabbit small mammal

    rack shelf
    wrack wreckage

    racket illegal moneymaking scheme
    racquet woven bat for tennis

    rain precipitation
    reign sovereign rule
    rein horse's steering wheel

    raise elevate
    rays thin beams of light
    raze to tear down completely

    "raise" is the antonym of "raze" rap a sharp knock
    wrap to encase in cloth

    rapped knocked sharply
    rapt spellbound
    wrapped encased in cloth

    ray arrow of light
    re musical note

    read having knowledge from reading
    red a primary color

    read to get the meaning by looking
    rede advice
    reed tall, thin water plant

    reading what you are doing now
    reeding a small semicylindrical moulding or ornamentation

    reads gets the meaning by looking
    reeds more than one aquatic plant

    real authentic
    reel armature for winding

    recede to move backward
    reseed to plant again

    reck to care
    wreck a ruin

    reek smells bad
    wreak to inflict

    resinate to impregnate with resin
    resonate sympathetic vibration

    resisters protesters
    resistors electrical restrictors

    rest stop working
    wrest take away

    retch call Ralph on the porcelain telephone
    wretch a ragamuffin

    review a general survey or assessment
    revue a series of theatrical sketches or songs

    rheum watery discharge of mucous
    room partitioned space

    rheumy having a watery discharge of mucous
    roomie colloquialism for "roommate"
    roomy lots of space

    rho seventeenth letter of Greek alphabet
    roe fish eggs
    row aisle; pull an oar

    rhumb a constant compass direction
    rum liquor distilled from sugar cane

    rhyme a verse with regular recurrence of sounds
    rime frost

    rigger one who rigs
    rigor discipline

    right correct
    rite ritual
    wright a maker
    write to inscribe

    ring circle around your finger
    wring twisting

    rise to stand up
    ryes varieties of grain

    road a broad trail
    rode past tense of ride
    rowed to propel a boat by oars

    roam to wander
    Rome Italian capital

    roil to make turbid
    royal worthy of a king or queen

    role part to play
    roll rotate

    rood a cross
    rude coarse

    roomer a tenant
    rumor gossip

    root subterranean part of a plant
    route path of travel

    rose pretty flower
    rows linear arrangement

    rot decay
    wrought made

    rote by memory
    wrote has written

    rough coarse
    ruff pleated collar

    rout to force out
    route path of travel

    roux cooked butter and flour
    rue regret

    rude impolite
    rued regretted

    rye grain
    wry twisted

    S
    sachet a small bag containing perfumed powder
    sashay to strut or flounce

    sacks bags
    sax short for saxophone

    sail wind powered water travel
    sale the act of selling

    sane mentally normal
    seine fishing net

    saner more mentally normal than others
    seiner one who fishes with a net

    saver one who saves
    savor to relish a taste

    sawed cut timber
    sod turf

    scene visual location
    seen past tense of saw

    scent, see: cent
    scents, see: cents
    scull rowing motion
    skull head bone

    sea ocean
    see to look

    seal to close
    seel to close someone's eyes

    sealing, see: ceiling
    seam row of stitches
    seem appears

    seamen sailors
    semen male discharge

    seams more than one rows of stitching
    seems it appears to be

    sear scorched
    seer a person who sees

    sear, see: cere
    seas oceans
    sees looks
    seize to grab

    sects religious factions
    *** if you have to ask, you're too young

    seed, see: cede
    seeder, see: cedar
    seeding, see: ceding
    seek to look for
    Sikh Hindu religious sect

    seer, see: cere
    sell, see: cell
    seller, see: cellar
    sense, see: cents
    senses, see: census
    sensor, see: censer
    sent, see: cent
    sere, see: cere
    serf slave
    surf breaking waves

    serge strong twilled fabric
    surge forceful push

    serial, see: cereal
    series, see: Ceres
    session, see: cession
    sew needle and thread
    so in the manner shown
    sol musical note
    sow broadcasting seeds

    sewer one who sews
    sower one who sows

    sewer waste drain
    suer one who sues

    shake vibrate
    sheik Arab prince

    shall is allowed
    shell aquatic exoskeleton

    she'll contraction of "she will"
    shill a decoy

    shear to cut or wrench
    sheer thin; abrupt turn

    shears cuts or wrenches; scissors
    sheers abruptly turns

    sheave pulley
    shiv knife

    shoe footwear
    shoo "go away"

    shoes more than one shoe
    shoos sends away

    shoot, see: chute
    sic to set upon
    sick ill

    sics sets upon
    six whole number

    side lateral
    sighed breathed sorrowfully

    sigh, see: psi
    sighs multiple sad and weary breaths
    size magnitude

    sight, see: cite
    sighted, see: cited
    sights, see: cites
    sign displayed board bearing information
    sine reciprocal of the cosecant

    signet, see: cygnet
    sink *****bmerge
    synch together in time

    Sioux tribe of native Americans
    sou French coin worth five centimes
    sough soft sound
    sue bring civil action

    site, see: cite
    sited, see: cited
    sites, see: cites
    slay kill
    sleigh snow carriage

    sleight cunning skill
    slight not much

    slew past tense of slay
    slough bog
    slue to swing around

    sloe blackthorn berries
    slow not fast

    soar fly
    sore hurt

    soared to have sailed through the air
    sword long fighting blade

    solace comfort
    soulless lacking a soul

    sole only
    soul immortal part of a person

    some a few
    sum result of ad***ion

    son male child
    sun star

    sonny diminutive for male child
    sunny lit by the sun

    soot black residue of burning
    suit clothes

    sordid squalid
    sorted arranged

    spade shovel
    spayed to sterilize a female animal

    spoor trail of an animal
    spore single cell reproductive body

    staid reserved
    stayed remained

    stair a step
    stare look intently

    stake wooden pole
    steak slice of meat

    statice an astringent herb
    status position with regard to law

    stationary not moving
    stationery writing paper

    steal take unlawfully
    steel iron alloy

    step a measure taken
    steppe a level, grassy, unforested plain

    stile narrow passage
    style mode

    stoop a small porch
    stoup a drinking cup

    storey the horizontal divisions of a building
    story a narrative tale

    straight not crooked
    strait narrow waterway

    succor relief
    sucker one who sucks

    suede split leather
    swayed curved; convinced

    suite ensemble
    sweet sugary

    summary precis
    summery like summer

    sundae ice cream with syrup on it
    Sunday first day of the week

    symbol, see: cymbal
    T
    tach short for tachometer
    tack small nail

    tacks small nails
    tax governmental tithe

    tail spinal appendage
    tale story

    tailer one who hauls in on a ship's line
    tailor one who makes clothes

    taper wedge-shaped
    tapir hoglike, Malaysian mammal

    tare allowance for the weight of packing materials
    tear to rip

    taught past tense of teach
    taut stretched tight

    tea herbal infusion
    tee golfball prop
    ti musical note

    team a group working together
    teem to swarm

    teaming a fortuitous pairing
    teeming a swarming

    tear eyeball lubricant
    tier a horizontal row

    teas more than one herbal infusion
    tease tantalize
    tees more than one tee

    tenner English slang for a ten pound note
    tenor tendency

    tense nervous
    tents more than one temporary shelter

    tern a shorebird
    terne alloy of lead and tin
    turn rotate

    Thai from Thailand
    tie a draw

    the denoting persons already mentioned
    thee objective case of thou

    their belonging to them
    there a place
    they're contraction of "they are"

    threw to propel by hand
    through from end to end

    throe a spasm of pain
    throw to discharge through the air

    throes spasms of pain
    throws discharging through the air

    throne the royal seat
    thrown was hurled

    thyme herb
    time natures way of keeping everything from happening at once

    tic twitch
    tick small noise; parasitic bug

    ticks the sounds of a clock
    tics more than one twitch

    tide periodic ebb and flow of oceans
    tied passed tense of tie

    tighten to make tighter
    titan a giant

    timber wood for building
    timbre musical quality

    tire round, rubber things on your car
    tyer one who ties

    to toward
    too also
    two a couple

    toad frog
    toed having toes
    towed pulled ahead

    tocsin an alarm
    toxin a poison

    tocsins more than one alarm
    toxins more than one poisons

    toe forepart of the foot
    tow to pull ahead

    told what was spoken
    tolled a bell was rung

    tole lacquered metalware
    toll a tax or charge

    ton 2000 lbs.
    Tun a large cask

    tongue mouth muscle
    tung Chinese tree and its oil (similar to linseed)

    toon cartoon personality
    tune song

    tort a sweet cake for lawyers
    torte a sweet cake for kids

    tough difficult
    tuff a stratified, porous rock

    tracked having tracks
    tract a plot of land

    tray a platter
    trey three; Bill Gates' nickname

    troop a company of soldiers
    troup a company of actors

    trooper a private soldier
    trouper a staunch colleague

    troopers several soldiers
    troupers multiple actors

    trussed tied up
    trust faith

    U
    Unix, see: eunuchs
    URL, see: e'er,
    urn, see: earn
    use, see: ewes
    V
    vain worthless
    vane flat piece moving with the air
    vein blood vessel

    vale valley
    veil gauzy fabric

    vary to change
    very extremely

    verses paragraphs
    versus against

    vial narrow glass container
    vile despicable
    viol stringed instrument

    vice bad habit
    vise bench-mounted clamp

    W
    The "W" section is specially dedicated to Lem Bingley. WACs members of the Women's Army Corps
    wax candle stuff
    whacks several blows

    wade walk in shallow water
    weighed weight was measured

    wail a cry
    wale welt; corduroy ridge
    whale large oceanic mammal

    wain a wagon
    wane decrease
    Wayne a man's name

    waist between ribs and hips
    waste make ill use of

    wait remain in readiness
    weight an amount of heaviness

    waive give up rights
    wave undulating motion

    waiver contract for giving up rights
    waver rocking motion

    Wales Western division of UK
    wales corduroy ridges
    whales a pod of ocean mammals

    walk perambulate
    wok Chinese cooking pan

    walks moves by foot
    woks salient feature of a Chinese kitchen

    want desire
    wont accustomed

    war large scale armed conflict
    wore past tense of wear

    ware merchandise
    wear attire
    where a place

    warn to advise of a hazard
    worn displaying evidence of use

    warrantee one who is protected by a guarantee
    warranty a guarantee

    warship naval implement of destruction
    worship revere in a religious manner

    wary cautious
    wherry light row boat

    way path or direction
    weigh to measure weight
    whey watery part of milk

    we us
    wee very small

    we'd contraction of "we would"
    weed like how our flowers won't grow

    we'll contraction of "we will"
    wheel what we keep reinventing

    we're contraction of "we are"
    weir a low dam, or a fence in a river for catching fish

    we're contraction of "we are"
    were past tense plural of "to be"
    whir prolonged swish or buzz

    we've contraction of "we have"
    weave to make cloth

    weak not strong
    week seven days

    weal a skin welt
    wheel what we in Silicon Valley continually reinvent

    weald a rural area
    wheeled having wheels
    wield to apply or use

    weather meteorological con***ions
    wether a castrated ram
    whether if it be the case

    weld to join metal by melting its edges
    welled pouring forth

    wen a benign skin tumor
    when at a specific time

    wet watery
    whet prime

    which selection
    witch broomstick ridin' crones

    whig supporter of American revolution
    wig false hairpiece

    while during
    wile craft

    whiled passing the time
    wild untamed

    whine annoying cry
    wine fermented grape juice

    whined past tense of whine
    wind what you do to a clockwork
    wined drank well of spirits

    whirled rapidly rotated
    world Earth

    whirred made a whizzing or buzzing sound
    word a speech sound

    whit insignificant amount
    wit cleverness; sense of humor

    whither to which place, point, con***ion, etc.?
    wither shrivel up

    who's contraction of "who is"
    whose belonging to whom

    whoa equestrian directive to stop
    woe despair

    whole, see: hole
    wholly, see: holey
    whore, see: hoar
    whored, see: hoard
    why how come?
    wye the shape of the letter "Y"

    won, see: one
    won't contraction of "will not"
    wont accustomed

    wood what trees are made of
    would will do

    worst least best
    wurst sausage

    wrack, see: rack
    wrap, see: rap
    wrapped, see: rapped
    wreak, see: reek
    wreck, see: reck
    wrest, see: rest
    wretch, see: retch
    wright, see: right
    wring, see: ring
    write, see: right
    wrote, see: rote
    wrought, see: rot
    wry, see: rye
    X
    xi, see: psi
    Y
    y'all Southern contraction of "you all"
    yawl two-masted sailboat with mizzenmast abaft the tiller

    yack informal talk
    yak long-haired Tibetan ox

    yew, see: ewe
    yews, see: ewes
    yoke oxen harness
    yolk yellow egg center

    yokes more than one harness
    yolks an omelet

    yore the past
    you're contraction of "you are"
    your belonging to you

    you, see: ewe
    you'll contraction of "you will"
    yule Christmas

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