Commonly Misspelled Words: List 6

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

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  1. acknowledge
    express recognition of the presence or existence of
  2. anoint
    administer an oil or ointment to, often ceremonially
  3. calendar
    a tabular array of the days, usually for one year
  4. cartilage
    tough elastic tissue, mostly converted to bone in adults
  5. congratulations
    an expression of approval and commendation
  6. defendant
    someone against whom an action is brought in a court of law
  7. development
    a process in which something passes to a different stage
  8. disastrous
    having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences
  9. dying
    in the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
  10. exercise
    the activity of exerting muscles to keep fit
  11. fulfill
    meet a want or need
  12. hypocrisy
    pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not have
  13. irresistible
    impossible to withstand; overpowering
  14. lieutenant
    a commissioned military officer
  15. misspell
    write the letters of incorrectly
  16. parallel
    being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
  17. pistachio
    nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel
  18. pursue
    follow in an effort to capture
  19. ridiculous
    incongruous or absurd
  20. surprise
    come upon or take unawares
Created on Tue Jul 12 16:39:16 EDT 2022 (updated Thu Jul 14 09:20:40 EDT 2022)

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