sacks
sax |
large bags
saxophone |
saver
savor |
one who saves
to appreciate a taste |
scene
seen |
a view, a setting
to have viewed with eyes |
| scent |
(see cent) |
sea
see |
a body of salt water
to view with eyes |
seam
seem |
line formed by pieces of fabric sewn together
appear |
sear
seer
sere |
scorch, burn, or char
one who sees (as in the future)
withered, dry |
seas
sees
seize |
bodies of salt water
views with eyes
to grab hold of |
| seed |
(see cede) |
| sell |
(see cell) |
| semiannual |
(see biannual) |
| sensor |
(see censor) |
| sent |
(see cent) |
serf
surf (noun, verb) |
slave
breaking waves; to ride a surfboard |
| serial |
(see cereal) |
set
sit |
one sets a thing
Example: Please set the table.
one sits oneself
Example: Please sit down at the table. |
sew
so
sow |
to stitch
in the manner indicated
to scatter or plant seed |
sewer
suer |
a conduit for carrying off waste
one who sues |
shear
sheer |
to cut
transparent |
shoe
shoo |
foot attire
interjection used to scare away an animal |
| shoot |
(see chute) |
sic
sick |
a Latin term used to indicate that something written is intentionally left in the original form, which may be incorrect.
Example: She wrote, "They made there [sic] beds."
ill |
sics
six |
attacks
a number |
| sight |
(see cite) |
sign
sine |
an indication
a trigonometry term |
| since |
see because |
sink
synch or sync |
to submerge; to descend to a lower level; where you wash dirty clothes
to synchronize, to coincide or match up |
| site |
(see cite) |
slay
sleigh |
kill
snow vehicle, sled |
sleight
slight |
cunning, skill
slender, of little substance |
slew
slough |
past tense of slay
swamp (pronounced slew or slau) |
soar
sore |
to fly at great height
in pain |
soared
sword |
flew at great height
a bladed weapon |
sole
soul |
bottom of foot; lone
the spiritual part of humans |
some
sum |
a certain unspecified number
the total from adding numbers |
son
sun |
male offspring
star that is the central body of the solar system |
sonny
sunny |
diminutive of son
lit or warmed by the sun; cheerful |
spade
spayed |
digging tool
to have removed the ovaries of an animal |
staid
stayed |
solemn, serious
remained, waited |
stair
stare |
step
to look without blinking |
stake
steak |
a pole
cut of meat |
stationary
stationery |
in one place
writing paper |
steal
steel (noun, adjective) |
rob
iron alloy; determined |
step (verb, noun)
steppe |
moving by lifting the foot; degree
vast grasslands |
stile
style |
turnstile, passageway
fashion |
straight
strait |
not curved or bent
narrow passage of water connecting two bodies of water |
succor
sucker |
relief, assistance
fool |
suede
swayed |
leather finished with a soft, napped surface
past tense of sway; persuaded |
suite
sweet |
a connected series of rooms
opposite of sour |
summary
summery |
an abstract or brief account
of the summer |
sundae
Sunday |
ice cream with syrup
day of the week |
| sympathy |
(see empathy) |
tacks
tax |
short nails
percent of earnings paid to the government |
tail
tale |
hindmost animal appendage
story |
| take |
(see bring) |
tare
tear (verb) |
allowance for the weight of packaging
rip, pull apart |
taught
taut |
past tense of teach
tightly stretched |
tea
tee |
a beverage
a peg from which a golf ball is hit |
team
teem |
group playing on the same side in a game
swarm |
tear (noun)
tier |
salt water coming from eyes when sad (pronounced like ear)
a row or layer |
tense
tents |
nervous strain
portable shelters used for camping |
than
then |
used for comparison
indicates time, answers when |
their
there
they're |
possessive pronoun
location
contraction for they are |
threw
through |
past tense of throw
in one end and out the other |
throes
throws |
agonizing struggles
tosses, hurls |
throne
thrown |
royal seat or office
was tossed |
thyme
time |
herb of the mint family
past, present, future sequences of events |
ticks
tics |
parasites; sounds of a clock
facial twitches |
tide
tied |
ebb and flow of the ocean
past tense of tie |
to
too
two |
in the direction of, toward; used with the infinitive form of verbs (to go, to run, to hit)
also, to an extensive degree
Example: It is too hot to jog.
the number after one |
toad
toed
towed |
similar to a frog
having a toe
pulled, hauled |
told
tolled |
said
sounded a bell |
tort
torte |
a breach of contract
a rich cake made with little or no flour |
tracked
tract |
followed
an extended area of land; a political or religious pamphlet |
troop
troupe |
a body of soldiers
a group of traveling performers |
vain
vane
vein |
excessively concerned about one’s appearance
a blade moved by wind as in weather vane
blood vessel |
vary
very |
to change or alter
extremely |
verses
versus |
lines of poetry
as compared to another choice; against |
vial
vile |
small container for holding liquids
repulsive, depraved |
vice
vise |
bad habit; immoral practice
device used to hold an object firmly |
wade
weighed |
to walk through water
to have put on a scale |
wail
whale |
mournful cry
marine mammal |
waist
waste |
narrowest part of the human torso (usually)
to squander or spend uselessly |
wait
weight |
to be available or ready
quantity of heaviness or mass |
waiver
waver |
a relinquishment of some right
to feel indecisive; vary |
warn
worn |
to notify
carried on the body; deteriorated |
warrantee
warranty |
person who is given a written guarantee
written guarantee |
way
weigh |
direction
to measure mass |
weak
week |
lacking strength
seven days starting with Sunday |
wear
where |
to carry on the body
in what place? |
weather
whether |
state of the atmosphere in a location
if |
weave
we've |
to interlace thread or yarn to make a fabric
contraction for we have |
| went |
(see gone) |
were
we're |
past tense of are
contraction for we are |
wheeled
wield |
moved on wheels
to exercise power; to handle a weapon effectively |
which
witch |
what one?
sorceress |
while
wile |
during or in the time that
a trick to fool, trap, or entice |
whine
wine |
complaining cry
fermented grape juice that becomes an alcoholic beverage |
whined
wind
wined |
past tense of whine, complained
what one does to keep a watch ticking on time (pronounced like kind); air current (pronounced like sinned)
to supply with wine |
whirled
world
whorled |
spun rapidly
planet Earth
shaped like a coil |
| whole |
(see hole) |
| wholly |
(see holy) |
who's
whose |
contraction for who is
Example: Who’s at the door?
possessive case of who
Example: Whose coat is this? |
| won |
(see one) |
wont (adjective, noun)
won't |
accustomed; habit
contraction for will not |
wood
would |
tree trunk material
expressing an intention
Example: I would if I could. |
| wrap |
(see rap) |
| wrapped |
(see rapt) |
| wreak |
(see reek) |
| wrest |
(see rest) |
| wretch |
(see retch) |
| wring |
(see ring) |
| write |
(see right) |
| wrote |
(see rote) |
| wrought |
(see rot) |
| wry |
(see rye) |
yoke
yolk |
harness for oxen
yellow center of an egg |
yore
you're
your |
long past
contraction for you are
possessive pronoun |
