Hard Words to Spell: Study Tools

a. adequate for the purpose, judged to be in conformity with approved usage

ad. without intention; in an unintentional manner, of a minor or subordinate nature

v. provide with something desired or needed, have room for; hold without crowding

v. to agree or express agreement

v. win something through one's efforts, take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

v. pronounce not guilty of criminal charges, behave in a certain manner

n. an athlete who does not play for pay, engaged in as a pastime

a. appearing as such but not necessarily so, clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

n. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal

v. follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer, judge or regard; look upon; judge

a. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class, belonging to the middle class

n. plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds, branched green undeveloped flower heads

n. a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials

n. a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year, a tabular array of the days

n. a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme, a collection of things sharing a common attribute

a. capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature, subject to change

n. an old breed of tiny short-haired dog with protruding eyes from Mexico held to antedate Aztec civilization

n. a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure, anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

n. conformity to one's own sense of right conduct, motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions

a. knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts, intentionally conceived