Commonly Misspelled Words: List 3

"I before E except after C." It's weird how often spelling rules like that don't work in English!

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Full list of words from this list:

words only definitions & notes
  1. accomplish
    achieve with effort
  2. acquit
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  3. beginning
    the act of starting something
  4. cantaloupe
    the fruit of a cantaloup vine
  5. coliseum
    an oval large stadium with tiers of seats
  6. criticize
    find fault with; point out real or perceived flaws
  7. desiccate
    lose water or moisture
  8. disappear
    become invisible or unnoticeable
  9. environment
    the totality of surrounding conditions
  10. Fahrenheit
    of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer
  11. grammar
    the branch of linguistics that deals with sentence structure
  12. incredible
    amazing; extraordinarily good or great
  13. kaleidoscope
    an optical toy in a tube
  14. millennium
    a span of 1000 years
  15. occasion
    an event that occurs at a critical time
  16. peninsula
    a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
  17. preferable
    more desirable than another
  18. sandwich
    two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
  19. similar
    having the same or nearly the same characteristics
  20. tragedy
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
Created on July 12, 2022 (updated July 14, 2022)

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