WHICH WORD?
Words that sound or look alike often have meanings that are not alike at all
Debide which of the two word choices on the night is the correct one to
corespond with the word or phrase on the len, and then circle
1. Dey land
desert/dessert
2. Reno, Nevada
capital/capitol
Complete
through thorough
4. In any case
any way/anyway
SA result
afedtdefter
6. Ta hint or suggest
implynfer
%. Second in a series of two
latewitter
8. A heavenly body
angeltangle
9. Unlawful
attioltellet
10. To prove something is false
disapprove/disprove
11. Writing paper
stationary/stationery
12. "To take that which is offered
accept/except
13. To go forward
precede/proceed
14. A part of speech
preposition/proposition
15 To stop
Answers
Answer:
: arid land with usually sparse vegetation
especially : such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of sporadic rainfall annually
2: an area of water apparently devoid of life
3: a desolate or forbidding area
lost in a desert of doubt
4archaic : a wild uninhabited and uncultivated tract
Definition of desert (Entry 2 of 4)
1: desolate and sparsely occupied or unoccupied
a desert island
2: of or relating to a desert (see DESERT entry 1)
3archaic : FORSAKEN
desert verb
deserted; deserting; deserts
Definition of desert (Entry 3 of 4)
transitive verb
1: to withdraw from or leave usually without intent to return
desert a town
2a: to leave in the lurch
desert a friend in trouble
b: to abandon (military service) without leave
intransitive verb
: to quit one's post, allegiance, or service without leave or justification
especially : to abandon military duty without leave and without intent to return
desert noun (2)
Definition of desert (Entry 4 of 4)
1: deserved reward or punishment —usually used in plural
got their just deserts
2: the quality or fact of meriting reward or punishment
3: EXCELLENCE, WORTH