Express Review Guide - Spelling_06 pot

Posttest 225 54. selling/sold/sold. Sell is an irregular verb that has the same past tense and past participle forms. 55. stealing/stole/stolen. Steal is an irregular verb with unique past tense and past participle forms. 56. losing/lost/lost. Lost is an irregular verb that has the same past tense and past participle forms. 57. riling/riled/riled. Rile is a regular verb. Remember to drop the silent e when adding suffi xes that begin with vowels to regular verbs. 58. leading/led/led. Lead is an irregular verb with the same past tense and past participle forms. Be careful to remember that read and lead conjugate differently; the past tense and past participle of read are both read, while the past tense and past participles of lead are both led. 59. becoming/became/become. Become is an irregular verb with unique past tense and past participle forms. 60. ringing/rang/rung. Ring is an irregular verb with unique past tense and past participle forms. 6493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 2256493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 225 2/12/09 4:02:29 PM2/12/09 4:02:29 PM 6493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 2266493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 226 2/12/09 4:02:29 PM2/12/09 4:02:29 PM This list contains all of the spelling words and terms that have been featured in this book. A abandon absence abundance accept acceptable access accessible accidentally accommodate accomplish account achieve achievement acquaintance acquire across action adapt address Appendix A Master Word List 6493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 2276493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 227 2/12/09 4:02:29 PM2/12/09 4:02:29 PM Express Review Guides: SPELLING 228 adjective adopt adverb affect affection affi x afi cionado again aggravate all ready all right allege allowed aloud already alveolar always amazement amiable amigo among analysis anecdote annoyance annual apparent appearance application archetype argument ascend asks assure attendance auction audible 6493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 2286493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 228 2/12/09 4:02:29 PM2/12/09 4:02:29 PM Appendix A— Master Word List 229 authority awareness B balance bandwidth bankrupt bare bargain base basically bear bearable beat beet beige believe benefi cial benefi ts beside besides between bilabial biscuit blasé blog blogosphere board boastful boisterous bored bough bought boundary bourgeois bow 6493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 2296493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 229 2/12/09 4:02:29 PM2/12/09 4:02:29 PM Express Review Guides: SPELLING 230 boxes brake branding bravo breadth break breath breathe broke broken browser buffaloes bulletin business C calendar canceled candidate capital capitol category ceaselessly cell cemetery changeable children chronic cite cliché climax climbs clothes coarse coincidence collectible 6493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 2306493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 230 2/12/09 4:02:29 PM2/12/09 4:02:29 PM Appendix A— Master Word List 231 colonel column comfortable comforting commitment committed committee communicate compatible complement compliment composed compound conceive concerned concierge confi de congratulations conjugate connoisseur conscience conscientious conscious consistent consistently consonant consonant blends content conveyer cooperatively corporation correspondence council counsel counterpart coup de grâce 6493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 2316493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 231 2/12/09 4:02:30 PM2/12/09 4:02:30 PM Express Review Guides: SPELLING 232 course courteous courtesy credible credit critiques crowd crwth crypt cursor cwm D database daughter dear debt debut decay declined deer defendant defi nite déjà vu department dependent descend desperate destructive development die digestible digital digraph diphthong disposing 6493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 2326493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 232 2/12/09 4:02:30 PM2/12/09 4:02:30 PM Appendix A— Master Word List 233 disable disastrous discipline discrepancy disinterested dissatisfi ed diversity download drawing draws driving dropped drought drunk dual duel dumbbell dye dynamic E earmuffs easels easily eating ecstasy edible effect eighth elicit eligible embarrass employer enjoyable ensure enthralled 6493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 2336493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 233 2/12/09 4:02:30 PM2/12/09 4:02:30 PM Express Review Guides: SPELLING 234 entrepreneur envelop envelope envious environment equipment exceed except excess excusable executive exercise exhilarate existence experience exposition extraordinary extremely F facade fair familiar fare farther fashionable fatten feasible feat February feet fi ery fi fth fi gurative fi nd fi ned 6493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 2346493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 234 2/12/09 4:02:30 PM2/12/09 4:02:30 PM [...]... (m-ploir) n business or individual for whom an employee works entrepreneur (n-tr-pr-nỹr) n a person who starts his or her own business exposition (ks-p-zsh-n) n the part of the story that sets up the plot facade (f-sọd) n a false front gurative (fgỷr--tv) adj not literal rst person (frst prsn) n the point of view expressed by the words I (singular) or we (plural) scal (fskl) adj nancial gigabyte (gg-bt)... services intemperate (n-tmpr-t) adj unrestrained interjection (n-tr-jkshn) n a word used to express emotion interpret (n-trprt) v to explain the meaning of interview (ntr-vyỷ) n a formal meeting set up between an employer and employee when attempting to be hired for a job irony (rn-) n the use of words to express something different from the literal meaning irregular verb (ợrrg-yỷ-lr vrb) n a verb that... manufactured protagonist (pr-tg-nst) n the main character in a story pun (pn) n play on words 6493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 255 2/12/09 4:02:34 PM 256 Express Review Guides: SPELLING r-controlled vowels (ọr-kn-trld vowlz) n pl vowels that are coupled with the letter r references (rfrn-sz) n a group of people presented by a potential employee to an employer who can report on the potential employees strengths... workers palatal (pl-tl) adj consonant shape made when the front of the tongue touches the hard palate participle (pọrt-spl) n a form of a verb used as an adjective passộ (p-s) adj out of fashion past participle (pst pọrt-spl) n a form of a verb used as an adjective in the past tense past tense (pst tns) adj the expression of action that happened in the past personication (pr-sn-f-k-shn) n the act of... hyphen implement (mpl-mnt) v to put into effect incognito (n-kg-nt) adj or adv with ones identity concealed incredulous (n-krdyỷ-ls) adj amazed; awestruck; disbelieving incur (nkr) v to come into or acquire, usually undesirably innitive (n-fn-tv) n the form of a verb using the word to, as in to jump or to sing input (npt) v the process of entering information into a computer insurance (n-shyỷrns) n a coverage... 6493_LE_Spelling(FIN).indd 253 2/12/09 4:02:33 PM 254 Express Review Guides: SPELLING jargon (jọrgn) n the specialized vocabulary of an industry or group keyword (kwrd) n a word connected to a larger concept used to simplify web searches labiodental (lb--dnt-l) adj consonant shape made when the lower lip presses against the upper teeth laissez-faire (ls-z fõr) n a policy opposing government control of... homographs (hm-grfs) n pl words that have an identical spelling to other words but have different meanings and different pronunciations homonyms (hm-nmz) n pl words that have the same pronunciation but different meanings homophones (hm-fnz) n pl words that are spelled differently but have the same pronunciation and different meanings hyperbole (h-prb-l) n intentional exaggeration hyphenated words (hfn-t-d wrdz)... Difcult Words 251 compatible (km-ptbl) adj able to work together, often used to describe software or computer devices compound words (km-pownd wrdz) n pl words composed of more than one independent words concierge (kn-s-õrzh) n a worker in a hotel who is responsible for assisting hotel guests conjugate (knj-gt) v to recite or display all forms of a verb connoisseur (kn-n-sỹr) n one who knows a lot about... Difficult Words adjective (djkt-v) n the part of speech that modies a noun or pronoun adverb (dvrb) n the part of speech that modies a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a clause, or a sentence afx (fkz) n a group of letters that change or enhance a roots meaning acionado (-sh -- - nọd) n a person who likes, knows about, and is devoted to a particular activity or thing alveolar (l-v-lr) adj consonant shape... input device on the screen database (dt-bs) n an organizational system using tables that helps a computer quickly retrieve pieces of information debt (dt) n money owed by a person or business debut (d-byỷ) n a rst appearance dộj vu (d-zhọ vỹ) n the feeling that one has been in a situation before department (d-pọrtmnt) n a smaller division within a company digital (d-j-tl) adj the description of any electronic . verbs irrelevant irreplaceable irresistible J jargon jealous jewelry judgment juvenile 6493_LE _Spelling( FIN).indd 2376493_LE _Spelling( FIN).indd 237 2/12/09 4:02:31 PM2/12/09 4:02:31 PM Express Review Guides: SPELLING 238 K keyword knives knowledgeable L labiodental laissez-faire laughed lazier lead led leisure length let library license lightning linguadental literal loan loaves login lone loose lose lunches lynx M made maintenance malaise manageable maneuver may. sequitur noticeable noun O obvious occasion occasionally 6493_LE _Spelling( FIN).indd 2396493_LE _Spelling( FIN).indd 239 2/12/09 4:02:31 PM2/12/09 4:02:31 PM Express Review Guides: SPELLING 240 occur occurrence omnipotent omnivore omnivorous online opportunity opposed outrageous outsource ova overdo overdue P pain palatal pane pantries parallel paralyses parentheses participle passé passed past past. blends content conveyer cooperatively corporation correspondence council counsel counterpart coup de grâce 6493_LE _Spelling( FIN).indd 2316493_LE _Spelling( FIN).indd 231 2/12/09 4:02:30 PM2/12/09 4:02:30 PM Express Review Guides: SPELLING 232 course courteous courtesy credible credit critiques crowd crwth crypt cursor cwm D database daughter dear debt debut decay declined deer defendant defi