Spelling rule: ie/ei

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Remember: "i" goes before "e", except after "c", or when sounded like "ay", as in "neighbor" and "weigh".
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  1. believe
    accept as true; take to be true
  2. belief
    any cognitive content held as true
  3. chief
    the head of a tribe or clan
  4. field
    extensive tract of level open land
  5. grief
    intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one
  6. relief
    the act of reducing something unpleasant
  7. yield
    give or supply
  8. siege
    an action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place
  9. niece
    a daughter of your sibling
  10. friend
    a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
  11. ceiling
    the overhead upper surface of a covered space
  12. deceive
    cause someone to believe an untruth
  13. receive
    get something; come into possession of
  14. receipt
    the act of receiving
  15. eight
    the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
  16. weigh
    have a certain heft
  17. weight
    the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
  18. vein
    a blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart
  19. neighbor
    a person who lives near another
Created on Sun May 05 05:19:15 EDT 2013

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