accept: To receive (partner: except)
except: Leaving out (partner: accept)
affect: To influence (a verb, usually) (partner: effect)
effect: A result (a noun, usually) (partner: affect)
allowed: Permitted (partner: aloud)
aloud: Out loud (partner: allowed)
altar: A table used in a ceremony (partner: alter)
alter: To change (partner: altar)
assistance: Help (partner: assistants)
assistants: People who help (partner: assistance)
bald: Having no hair (partner: bawled)
bawled: Cried loudly (partner: bald)
band: A group of musicians (partner: banned)
banned: Not allowed (partner: band)
bazaar: A market (partner: bizarre)
bizarre: Very strange (partner: bazaar)
bough: A large branch of a tree (partner: bow)
bow: To bend at the waist (partner: bough)
brake: A device that stops a car (partner: break)
break: To crack or split (partner: brake)
canvas: Heavy cloth (partner: canvass)
canvass: To ask people for votes or opinions (partner: canvas)
capital: A city that is the seat of government (partner: capitol)
capitol: The building where a legislature meets (partner: capital)
cereal: A breakfast food (partner: serial)
serial: Happening in a series (partner: cereal)
cite: To quote as a source (partners: sight, site)
sight: The ability to see (partners: cite, site)
site: A place (partners: cite, sight)
coarse: Rough (partner: course)
course: A path, or a class (partner: coarse)
complement: Something that completes (partner: compliment)
compliment: A kind remark (partner: complement)
council: A group that makes decisions (partner: counsel)
counsel: Advice (partner: council)
creak: A squeaky noise (partner: creek)
creek: A small stream (partner: creak)
desert: A dry sandy place (partner: dessert)
dessert: A sweet treat after a meal (partner: desert)
die: To stop living (partner: dye)
dye: Color for cloth (partner: die)
discreet: Careful with secrets (partner: discrete)
discrete: Separate and distinct (partner: discreet)
draft: A rough version, or a current of air (partner: draught)
elicit: To draw out (partner: illicit)
illicit: Against the law (partner: elicit)
ensure: To make certain (partner: insure)
insure: To buy insurance (partner: ensure)
faint: To pass out, or weak (partner: feint)
feint: A fake move (partner: faint)
flair: A natural talent (partner: flare)
flare: A bright flame or signal (partner: flair)
flew: Past tense of fly (partners: flu, flue)
flu: An illness (partners: flew, flue)
foul: Bad or unfair (partner: fowl)
fowl: A bird such as a chicken (partner: foul)
gorilla: A large ape (partner: guerrilla)
guerrilla: A fighter in a small group (partner: gorilla)
grate: To shred; a metal frame (partner: great)
great: Very good or large (partner: grate)
groan: A low sound of pain (partner: grown)
grown: Got bigger (partner: groan)
hangar: A building for planes (partner: hanger)
hanger: A tool for hanging clothes (partner: hangar)
hoarse: Rough-sounding voice (partner: horse)
horse: A large animal people ride (partner: hoarse)
idle: Not working (partners: idol, idyll)
idol: A person you greatly admire (partner: idle)
lessen: To make smaller (partner: lesson)
lesson: Something you learn in class (partner: lessen)
levee: A wall that holds back a river (partner: levy)
levy: A tax or fee (partner: levee)
loan: Money lent (partner: lone)
lone: Alone (partner: loan)
medal: An award (partners: meddle, metal)
meddle: To butt in (partner: medal)
metal: A hard shiny material (partner: medal)
miner: A person who digs underground (partner: minor)
minor: Younger than an adult, or small in importance (partner: miner)
moral: A lesson about right and wrong (partner: morale)
morale: The spirit of a group (partner: moral)
naval: Of the navy (partner: navel)
navel: The belly button (partner: naval)
pedal: A foot lever on a bike (partner: peddle)
peddle: To sell goods from place to place (partner: pedal)
pore: A tiny hole in the skin (partners: pour, poor)
pour: To make liquid flow (partners: pore, poor)
poor: Having little money (partners: pore, pour)
principal: Head of a school, or main (partner: principle)
principle: A basic rule or belief (partner: principal)
profit: Money gained (partner: prophet)
prophet: A person who foretells the future (partner: profit)
rap: A quick knock, or a kind of music (partner: wrap)
wrap: To cover with paper (partner: rap)
rapped: Knocked quickly (partner: wrapped)
wrapped: Covered (partner: rapped)
raise: To lift up (partners: rays, raze)
rays: Beams of light (partner: raise)
role: A part in a play (partner: roll)
roll: To turn over and over, or a bun (partner: role)
root: The underground part of a plant (partner: route)
route: A way to get somewhere (partner: root)
shear: To cut wool from a sheep (partner: sheer)
sheer: Very thin, or steep (partner: shear)
stationary: Not moving (partner: stationery)
stationery: Paper and envelopes (partner: stationary)
tide: The rise and fall of the sea (partner: tied)
tied: Fastened with a knot (partner: tide)
vain: Too proud of your looks (partners: vane, vein)
vane: A pointer that shows wind direction (partners: vain, vein)
vein: A tube that carries blood (partners: vain, vane)
wail: A long loud cry (partners: whale, wale)
whale: A huge sea mammal (partner: wail)
waist: The middle of your body (partner: waste)
waste: To use badly; garbage (partner: waist)
weather: Conditions in the air outside (partner: whether)
whether: Word that shows a choice (partner: weather)
which: Asks to choose one (partner: witch)
witch: A woman in stories who uses magic (partner: which)
yoke: A wooden frame joining oxen (partners: yolk)
yolk: The yellow part of an egg (partner: yoke)

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