capital
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a seat of governmentexamples:Berlíncapital of Germany located in eastern GermanyBruselasthe capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationParísthe capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commercepapel de estrazathe capital and largest city of the Philippines; located on southern LuzonAtlantastate capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil Warcharlestónstate capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha rivertypes:capital de provinciathe capital city of a province
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assets available for use in the production of further assets
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the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculatedtype of:deudamoney or goods or services owed by one person to another
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Vocabulary lists containing capital
Words that sound the same but are spelled differently (a type of homonym) can be stumbling blocks in comprehension or when trying to communicate something in writing. If you know that there's "peek" "peak" and "pique," which one do you use to describe what your character did at the window? If you use the wrong one, then your character has reached the heights (peak) or is having a fit if anger (pique) by the window. Is that what you mean? Is the character simply looking through that window (peek)? As you can see, all these words sound the same but suggest very different things. Here are 32 vocabulary words that are often confused.
There may not be an “i” in team, but there are a ton of great words in professional team names! Whether or not you're a sports fan, if you learn these words your vocabulary will be in competition condition. For more, check out Name On: Pro Sports Team Names, Part 2
Learn the correct meanings and usages of these commonly confused words for fifth-grade students.