Stories of USA Today
Materials for Reading & Listening Practice
Quick Access Resources:
Print PDF Quiz/Test Online Study
 Group (O P) - Spelling Practices
Word List   Previous   Next    
Read [Esc] (1)
v. Syn. force; compel; coerce
(обязать) force; bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; do a service or favor for


Spelling Word: oblige
Read [Esc] (2)
v. Syn. happen
(происходят) take place; be found to exist ; come to one's mind


Spelling Word: occur
Read [Esc] (3)
a. Syn. optimum; ideal
(оптимального) most advantageous; optimum; ideal


Spelling Word: optimal
Read [Esc] (4)
v.
(подслушать) hear more of anything than was intended to be heard; hear again


Spelling Word: overhear
Read [Esc] (5)
v. Syn. eternalize
(увековечить) make something last; preserve from extinction


Spelling Word: perpetuate
Read [Esc] (6)
a. Syn. destructive
(чумной) tending to produce infectious disease; destructive


Spelling Word: pestilential
Read [Esc] (7)
n. Syn. coloring; dye
(пигмента) substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter


Spelling Word: pigment
Read [Esc] (8)
n. Syn. plateau; prairie
(простой) without elevations or depressions; flat; smooth; not rich; simple; without beauty; not handsome


Spelling Word: plain
Read [Esc] (9)
n.
(дикобразы) relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur


Spelling Word: porcupine
Read [Esc] (10)
n. Syn. placard
(плакат) sign posted in public place as an advertisement


Spelling Word: poster