List of Commonly Confused Homonyms

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List of commonly confused homonyms

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This is a list of commonly confused Quick Facts about: homonym

Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way buthave different meaningshomonyms including both homophones words whichhave the same pronunciation and homographs words which are spelled thesame.

English

accept: tolerateexcept: everything but

add: put together withad: short for "advertisement"

allowed: permittedaloud: Quick Facts about: audiblyQuick Summary not found for this subjectaudibly

allot: to distribute, allocatea lot: much; many (a lot of)

Quick Facts about: allusionPassing reference or indirect mentionallusion: indirect referenceelusion: evasionelution: separation by washingQuick Facts about: illusionSomething many people believe that is falseillusion: a distortion of sensoryperception

bare: Quick Facts about: nakedQuick Summary not found for this subjectnaked, exposed; very little (barenecessities)

bear: as a noun, a large Quick Facts about: mammalAny warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair;young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourishedwith milkmammal (e.g. Quick Facts about: American Black BearBrown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brownbearAmerican Black Bear); as a verb, to carry something ("to bear Quick Factsabout: armsWeapons considered collectivelyarms"), to endure ("I can't bear it"), or to give
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birth to (bear fruit)

Quick Facts about: boyA friendly informal reference to a grown manboy: a male adolescent or child; anexclamation "oh boy"

Quick Facts about: buoyBright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in aharbor or underwater hazardsbuoy: (noun) a floating marker in the sea; (verb,often "buoy up") to keep afloat, to sustain or encourage (the soldiers werebuoyed up by letters from home) (pronounced boy in the UK, but in the US iseither homophonous with "boy" or pronounced with two syllables to rhyme with"chewy")bhoy: a house servant for families in Quick Facts about: India

A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populouscountry in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in1947India (borrowed from the English word "boy")

bow: (rhymes with 'cow'): The front section of a ship or boat; a gesturemade by bending forward at the waistbough: (rhymes with 'cow') A tree branch, especially a large or main branch.bow: (rhymes with 'go'): A weapon made of a curved stick whose ends areconnected by a string, used for shooting arrows; a type of knot with two loops

bridal: pertaining to a Quick Facts about: brideA woman who has recently been marriedbride(bridal gown, bridal suite)bridle: (noun) part of a horse's Quick Facts about: tack

A short nail with a sharp point and a large headtack around its neck and head;(verb) to appear offended or proud

capital: punishable by death (capital crime); upper-case letter; theprincipal town or city (Paris is the capital of France); wealth, money (Quick Factsabout: capital gains tax

A tax on capital gainscapital gains tax), as an exclamation: "excellent"Capitol: the home of the US Congress and some otherQuick Facts about:legislaturePersons who make or amend or repeal lawslegislatures

Quick Facts about: chordA combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when soundedtogetherchord: group of musical notes; anything that can be "struck" (It struck asensitive chord)Quick Facts about: cord

A line made of twisted fibers or threadscord: Quick Facts about: ropeA strong linerope; long electrical line; vertebral column
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cored: having the inside cut out, like an apple

cawed: past tense of "to caw" - to make a raucous noise

choux (pronounced as shoe): plural ofchou, as used in choux pastry

Quick Facts about: shoeFootwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leatheror plastic and a sole and heel of heavier materialshoe: footwearshoo: exclamation used for scaring things away

compliment: a praising or flattering remark given to someone; to givesuch a remarkQuick Facts about: complementNumber needed to make up whole forcecomplement: something that completessomething else; to complete (something)

discreet: means tactful or diplomaticQuick Facts about: discreteQuick Summary not found for this subjectdiscrete: means separate or distinct

Quick Facts about: doThe syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmizationdo:conduct or carry out somethingdo (to rhyme with doe) / doh: the first note of the Quick Facts about: solfege

A voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllablesolfegescaleQuick Facts about: doeMature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'doe: a Quick Factsabout: deerDistinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlersdeer(afemale deer); also female of various other species (by extension)Quick Facts about: doh!Quick Summary not found for this subjectd'oh!: an annoyed gruntQuick Facts about: dough

A flour mixture stiff enough to knead or rolldough: a moistened mass ofQuickFacts about: flourFine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cerealgrainflourused to make Quick Facts about: breadFood made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or bakingpowder and then bakedbread; slang term for Quick Facts about: moneyThe most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tendermoney

Quick Facts about: dyeA usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hairdyeing:artificially coloring
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formally (These are not homonyms to most speakers of English, but arehomonyms in some non-rhotic dialects, including "Quick Facts about: ReceivedPronunciationQuick Summary not found for this subjectReceived Pronunciation".)

Quick Facts about: hairDense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head);helps prevent heat losshair: an outgrowth of the Quick Facts about: epidermisThe outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface ofvertebratesepidermis in mammals (e.g. human Quick Facts about: facial hairQuick Summary not found for this subjectfacial hair); similar structures on plantsQuick Facts about: hareSwift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip andlong hind legs; young born furred and with open eyeshare: (noun) a swift, long-eared mammal which, along with Quick Facts about: rabbit

Any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and

short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or foodrabbits, forms thefamily Quick Facts about: LeporidaeHares and rabbitsLeporidae; (verb) to dash or sprint ("I hared around thekitchen")Herr: the title meaning "Mr." for a man from Quick Facts about: Germany

A republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany afterWorld War II and reunited in 1990Germany orQuick Facts about: Austria

A mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918)Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader inEuropean politics until the 19th centuryAustria

Quick Facts about: hayGrass mowed and cured for use as fodderhay: grass cut and dried for animalfeedhay: the choke of an Quick Facts about: artichoke

A thistle-like flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heartartichokehey: an exclamation used to draw attention, "Hey! Over here!"; a greetinghey or hay: a kind of country danceheigh: in the phrase "heigh-ho" expressing weariness or disappointmentHay: the surname of William Howard Hay, creator of the Hay diet; a place inQuick Facts about: New South Wales

An Australian state in southeastern AustraliaNew South WalesHaye: a place in Cornwall

hei: as in hei-tiki

Quick Facts about: hereThe present location; this placehere: this place (opposed to there)hear: sense with the Quick Facts about: earThe sense organ for hearing and equilibriumears; also in the phrase "Hear!
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Hear!" for strong agreement

high: opposite of low; elevated, far above the ground; under the influenceof drugshi: a greeting; shortened from "high" as part of hi-fi or el-hi

hie: to speed or hurry somewhere, "hie thee to France"hi or heigh: part of the phrase "hi-ho" in the song "Hi Ho Silver Lining", or "heigh-ho" in the movie lyric "heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to work we go"

jai: as in Quick Facts about:jai alaiA Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerworkracketjai alai

hoard: to accumulate and store up as much of something as one canhorde: large group ofQuick Facts about: warriorSomeone engaged in or experienced in warfarewarriors, Quick Facts about: mob

A disorderly crowd of peoplemobhoared: old, mouldy, fustywhored: past tense of "to whore" - to act as a prostitute

imminentimanent (Some speakers (perhaps 10%) of USA-English also pronounceeminentlike these two.)

its: belonging to it (analogous to my, your, his, her, our, their)it's: Quick Facts about: contraction(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle ormuscle fiber)contraction for "it is" (analogous to I'm, you're, he's, she's, we're,they're) or "it has" (analogous to I've, you've, he's, she's, we've, they've)

key: instrument used to open Quick Facts about: locksA fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closedlocks; a guide tosymbols, especially on Quick Facts about: map

A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)maps; theessential element "the key to his success"; a range of musical notes "try it in alowerQuick Facts about: key

A lever that actuates a mechanism when depressedkey"; a button or lever on

piano or computerQuick Facts about: keyboardDevice consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesettingmachine or computer or the likekeyboardskey: a low island or sandbank, the Quick Facts about: Florida Keys

A coral reef off the southern coast of FloridaFlorida Keysquay: pronounced as key in the UK, as key, kay or kway in the US; a Quick Factsabout: wharf

A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles;
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provides access to ships and boatswharf, a structure built out into water for theease of loading and unloading vesselsQuick Facts about: cay

A coral reef off the southern coast of Floridacay: a West Indian word for anisland, as in the novel Quick Facts about: The Cay

Quick Summary not found for this subjectThe Cayki: another name for the Hawai'ian plant Quick Facts about: tiShrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching andclothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australiaand Hawaiiti

lam: US slang: "on the lam" means "on the run"Quick Facts about: lambYoung sheeplamb: a young Quick Facts about: sheepWoolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goatsheep

Quick Facts about: lamaLlamaslama: priest (for example the Quick Facts about: Dalai LamaChief lama and once ruler of TibetDalai Lama)Quick Facts about: llamaWild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels butsmaller and lacking a humpllama: camelid mammal

Quick Facts about: lawThe collection of rules imposed by authoritylaw: legal ruleQuick Facts about: lore

Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdotelore: old story often not writtendown

lead: pronounced to rhyme with "seed", to guide or serve as the head ofQuick Facts about: lead

A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut buttarnishes readily to dull graylead: pronounced to rhyme with "head", a QuickFacts about: heavy metal

A metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about 5) or of highrelative atomic weightheavy metalled: the past tense of "lead"leed: a copper kettle; a cauldron

lede: the opening in a piece ofQuick Facts about:journalistA writer for newspapers and magazinesjournalist's copy (also spelled "lead")

Quick Facts about: leekRelated to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leavesleek: avegetable of the Quick Facts about: onion
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An aromatic flavorful bulbonion family which is the Quick Facts about: nationalemblemQuick Summary not found for this subjectnational emblem of Quick Facts about:WalesOne of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as CambriaWalesleak: a hole which allows a Quick Facts about: gasA fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume andbeing able to expand indefinitelygas orQuick Facts about: liquid

A substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressureliquid to escape;confidential information sent to Quick Facts about:journalist

A writer for newspapers and magazinesjournalists to expose some issue (theleak came from within the White House itself); Quick Facts about: slangInformal language consisting of words and expressions that are not consideredappropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgarslang forQuickFacts about: urination

The discharge of urineurinationLeek: places in Quick Facts about: EnglandA division of the United KingdomEngland and the Quick Facts about:Netherlands

A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; achievedindependence from Spain in 1579; half the country lies below sealevelNetherlands

Quick Facts about: lockA fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closedlock: a mechanicaldevice for securing doors or canals; also the act of using such a device (verb); a

tuft of human hairLok: alternative name for Quick Facts about: Loki(Norse mythology) trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death ofBalder and was overcome by ThorLoki, the Quick Facts about: Norse godQuick Summary not found for this subjectNorse god of mischiefLocke: the surname of early liberal philosopherQuick Facts about: John LockeEnglish empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived fromsensory experience (1632-1704)John Locke

Quick Facts about: mailThe bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service mail:items sent through the postal service; armorQuick Facts about: male

A person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babiesmale: opposite of QuickFacts about: female

A person who belongs to the sex that can have babiesfemale

Quick Facts about: mantle
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The layer of the earth between the crust and the coremantle: one of the layers ofthe Earth; a Quick Facts about: cloak

A loose outer garmentcloak (by metaphorical extension, special position or roleheld)mantel: over the fireplace

Quick Facts about: medalAn award for winning a championship or commemorating some othereventmedal: an award to be strung around the neckmeddle: stick one's nose into others' affairsQuick Facts about: metal

Any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heator electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.metal: shiny, malleable elementor alloy like silver, gold, iron, zinc, tin, copper, bronze or brassmettle: toughness, gutsNote that the first two of these are only homonyms of the second two in North

American accents.

me: personal pronounQuick Facts about: me

A state in New Englandme: a concept in Sumerian mythologyme / Quick Facts about: miThe syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmizationmi:the third note of the Quick Facts about: solfege

A voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllablesolfegescale

morning: the time between midnight and middaymourning: period of grieving after the death of a relative, friend or public figure,clothing worn at this time (e.g. Quick Facts about: mourning doveWild dove of the United States having a mournful callmourning dove)

Quick Facts about: muscleOne of the contractile organs of the bodymuscle: one of the parts of the bodyused to moveQuick Facts about: musselMarine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.mussel: abivalve popular as seafood

past: time before now (past, present and future); beyond; after the hour(three past nine = 9:03); former (in her past life)passed: past tense of "to pass"

parse: to break down into component parts (e.g. for Quick Facts about:analysis
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The abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study theparts and their relationsanalysis)pars: the acts of scoring aparin Quick Facts about: golf

A game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use asfew strokes as possible in playing all the holesgolf; also plural of "par"

parrs: plural of "parr" - a young Quick Facts about: salmonidSoft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waterssalmonid Quick Facts about: fishAny of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales andbreathing through gillsfish

piece: portionQuick Facts about: peaceThe state prevailing during the absence of warpeace: opposite ofQuick Factsabout: warThe waging of armed conflict against an enemywar; quietness (peace of mind) orsilence (speak now or forever keep your peace)

peak: tip, height, to reach its highest point, a Quick Facts about:mountain

A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hillmountainpeek: to take a brief look, usually through a thin Quick Facts about: aperture

A natural opening in somethingaperture(sneak peek)pique: fit ofQuick Facts about: anger

A strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposedgrievanceanger; to incite (pique one's interest)

Quick Facts about: pawA clawed foot of an animal especially a quadrupedpaw: a mammal's footpoor: Quick Facts about: impoverishedQuick Summary not found for this subjectimpoverished; also, to be pitied (PoorPeter!), also Quick Facts about: badThat which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decencybad (poorquality)Quick Facts about: pore

Any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animalpore: a hole in theskin; to go over with great focus (pore over)pour: to run out (said ofQuick Facts about: liquid

A substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressureliquid); to rain heavily

Quick Facts about: principalThe educator who has executive authority for a schoolprincipal: can be a noun oran adjective, a person of primary importanceprinciple: a noun: it cannot be an adjective, a fundamental rule or Quick Factsabout: lawThe collection of rules imposed by authoritylaw
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Quick Facts about: rackFramework for holding objectsrack: a long, open container with a rectangularframe (spice rack); one's upper body; to torture (verb) or an instrument of QuickFacts about: torture

The act of torturing someonetorture(noun)wrack: to destroy, a shipwreck, commonly found in the phrase "to go to wrackand ruin"Note: In Quick Facts about: British EnglishQuick Summary not found for this subjectBritish English, only the first spellingshould be used in the phrase "to rack one's brains"; in Quick Facts about:

American EnglishThe English language as used in the United StatesAmerican English the secondspelling is also acceptable in this context; the meaning of "rack" in this phrase isrelated to the Quick Facts about: rackFramework for holding objectsrackas an instrument of torture

Quick Facts about: rainWater falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphererain: water fallingfrom the skyQuick Facts about: reignRoyal authority; the dominion of a monarchreign: to rule; hold the position asmonarchrein: the strip used to control a horse; anything that restrains; to restrain anythingby pulling in its irrational exuberance (pull the reins in on)Quick Facts about: RayneQuick Summary not found for this subjectRayne: a city in Quick Facts about:Louisiana

A state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederatestates during the American Civil WarLouisiana

raise: to increaseraze: to destroy, to obliterate: "the town was razed to the ground by the fire"rays: beams of light or energy (Quick Facts about: sun

A typical star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solarsystemsun's rays, Quick Facts about: X-rayQuick Summary not found for this subjectX-rays, Quick Facts about: gamma ray

Electromagnetic radiation emitted during radioactive decay and having anextremely short wavelengthgamma rays, etc.); Quick Facts about: cartilaginousfishesQuick Summary not found for this subjectcartilaginous fishesReyes: as in Quick Facts about: Point ReyesQuick Summary not found for this subjectPoint Reyes

Quick Facts about: ray
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Cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglikepectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoralfinsray: a beam ofQuick Facts about: light(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensationlightray: a type ofQuick Facts about: fish

Any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales andbreathing through gillsfishray / re: the second note of the Quick Facts about: solfege

A voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllablesolfegescalere: with reference toQuick Facts about: ReThe syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale insolmizationRe / Ra(h): an Egyptian god.rah: a short form of "hurrah"

reek: to stink

wreak: to bring about (wreak havoc)reak: a Quick Facts about: rushGrasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollowstemsrush (plant), or a prank

rest: sit down without doing anything active; the remainderwrest: to struggle to extricate something (wrest it out of his hands)

retch: to vomitwretch: a person in a miserable condition; a person of bad character

Quick Facts about: rightAn abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law ortradition or natureright: the direction opposite to left; correct; something a personmust have his/her choice to do respected (the right to life, liberty and the pursuitof happiness); straight or directly (went right to his heart)write: to put down in letters; send a letter to (Write me soon!)Quick Facts about: rite

An established ceremony prescribed by a religionrite: ritual, ceremony (rites ofpassage)wright: connected with other words to mean someone who constructs (QuickFacts about: playwrightSomeone who writes playsplaywright, scenewright, wheelwright)

Quick Facts about: ringJewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn onthe fingerring: piece of jewelry; make a sound like a Quick Facts about: bell

A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struckbell or
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telephone, or Quick Facts about: tinnitusA ringing or booming sensation in one or both ears; a symptom of an earinfection or Meniere's diseasetinnitus in the ears; anything shaped like a circle orQuick Facts about: torusCommonly the lowest molding at the base of a columntorus (like the rings in a

bathtub); sound familiarly like (that rings of fascism)wring: strangle (wring his neck), squeeze and twist (wring the water out oflaundry)

row (rhymes with "go"): to pull a boat through the water with oarsrow (rhymes with "cow"): a fuss or a fightroe: fish eggs (such as Quick Facts about: caviarSalted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an horsd'oeuvrecaviar); a deer (the roebuck)Roe: Quick Facts about: pseudonym

A fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social

rolepseudonym used in court cases for women having or seeking Quick Factsabout: abortionTermination of pregnancyabortions (most famously in Quick Facts about: Roe v.WadeQuick Summary not found for this subjectRoe v. Wade)Quick Facts about: rhoThe 17th letter of the Greek alphabetrho: letter of the Greek alphabet equivalentto RQuick Facts about: Ro

An artificial language for international use that rejects all existing words and isbased instead on an abstract analysis of ideasRo: a Quick Facts about:

constructed languageQuick Summary not found for this subjectconstructed languagebased oncategorization

seem: appear toseam: a join; a line of stitches that holds two pieces together

shear: trim, remove; strainsheer: absolute, very steep; swerve

sight: Quick Facts about: visionA vivid mental imagevisionsite: place, grounds; place in Quick Facts about: cyberspace

A computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks thatuse the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission andexchangecyberspaceQuick Facts about: citeQuick Summary not found for this subjectcite: quote or make a reference to; write
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a ticket

so: likewise; therefore; to such a degreeso or soh: the fifth note of the Quick Facts about: solfege

A voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllablesolfegescale

sow (pronounced as so): to scatter seedssew (pronounced as so): join together or stitchsew (pronounced as sue): to drain (as the root ofQuick Facts about: sewageWaste matter carried away in sewers or drainssewage)Sioux (pronounced as sue): Quick Facts about: Native American

Any member of the peoples living in North or South America before theEuropeans arrivedNative American tribesou (pronounced as sue): a Quick Facts about: FrenchThe Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized byFranceFrench five-Quick Facts about: centime

A fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium

and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo andGabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Moroccoand Niger and Rwanda and Senegal acentime coin; any small amount of moneysous (pronounced as sue): French for under, as in sous-chef - a subordinateQuick Facts about: chef

A professional cookchefsue: to prosecute or petition forQuick Facts about: xuQuick Summary not found for this subjectxu(pronounced as sue): a Quick Factsabout: Vietnam

A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence

from France in 1945Vietnamese monetary unit, 1/100 of a Quick Facts about:dongThe basic unit of money in VietnamdongQuick Facts about: sow

An adult female hogsow (to rhyme with cow): a female pig

some: a fewsum: what you get when you add numbers; Quick Facts about: shortThe location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed short forsummarize (sum up)

Quick Facts about: soulA secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and1970ssoul: spirit; mellow African-American music stylesole: single and only; the surface of the bottom of the foot; flat fish like QuickFacts about: flounderFlesh of any of various American and European flatfish flounder, petrale or QuickFacts about: halibut
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Marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfishand one of the largest teleost fisheshalibutQuick Facts about: SeoulThe capital and largest city of South Korea; located in northwestern SouthKoreaSeoul: the capital of Quick Facts about: South Korea

A republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948SouthKoreaQuick Facts about: Sol(Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpartof Greek HeliosSol: the Quick Facts about: solar systemThe sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitationalfieldsolar system we live in

Quick Facts about: tailThe posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated andextending beyond the trunk or main part of the bodytail: appendage of most

mammalstale: a story

Quick Facts about: teaDried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make teatea: a tree and the drinkproduced from its leavestee: a support for the ball in Quick Facts about: golf

A game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use asfew strokes as possible in playing all the holesgolfti / te: the seventh note of the Quick Facts about: solfege

A voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllablesolfegescaleQuick Facts about: tiShrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching andclothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australiaand Hawaiiti: a Polynesian tree similar to the Quick Facts about: taroHerb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and intemperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leavestaro

Quick Facts about: tearThe act of tearingtear(rhymes with fear): a drop of fluid which falls from the eyeswhen weeping or crying

tear (rhymes with fare): rip; to run extremely fast, jolt, bolt, darttare: dry measure of grains; payment in wheat; adjustment to a weighing devicetier: layer or level

their: belonging to themQuick Facts about: there

A location other than here; that placethere: that place (opposed to here); alsoused to start sentences that denote indication of the existence of something
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(There is a casserole in the fridge; There were many problems with her To Kill aMockingbirdessay; There are no anarchists in the White House)they're: contraction for "they are"

therefore: thus, ergo (I think therefore I am)

therefor: for the aforementioned thing or purpose; for that (similar to thereof,thereby, therefrom, thereagainst, etc.)

to: towards or headed for; in order to; used before the Quick Facts about:infinitiveThe uninflected form of the verbinfinitive of verbstoo: also; excessivelytwo: the number 2Quick Facts about: tuiQuick Summary not found for this subjecttui: the parson birdtout: French word meaning "all", as in mange-tout

waste: to use up for something pointless; Quick Facts about: sewageWaste matter carried away in sewers or drainssewage (Quick Facts about: toxicwastePoisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means)toxicwaste)waist: the line that goes across the middle of your bodyweighest: archaic second person singular of the verb "to weigh" (thou weighest)

Quick Facts about: weatherThe meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and

precipitationweather: the meteorological conditions; to survive some wear andtearwhether: if something is so or notwether: a male Quick Facts about: sheepWoolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goatsheep (Thebellwether was the Quick Facts about: ram

A tool for driving or forcing something by impactramwho led the herd, andcarried a bell around his neck to signal the front of the herd coming.)

wet: to dampen; dampwhet: to sharpen (a knife, one's appetite)

whose: belonging to whomwho's: contraction for "who is" or "who has"

your: belonging to you (analogous to my, his, her, its, our, theiryou're: contraction for "you are" (analogous to I'm, he's, she's, it's, we're, they're)
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yore: time long ago, a bygone age ("the days of yore")

yaw: swerve (usually of a ship or a spacecraft)

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