Posted by: Jack Henry | June 27, 2013
Editor’s Corner: V is for Valyrian
Good morning, guys and dolls! It seems like an accomplishment to be near the end of the list of Spelling, Vocabulary, and Confusing Words.
Here is one of the last groups of homonyms:
| vain |
excessively concerned about one’s appearance |
| vane |
a blade moved by wind as in weather vane |
| vein |
blood vessel |
| vary |
to change or alter |
| very |
extremely |
| verses |
lines of poetry |
| versus |
as compared to another choice; against |
| vial |
small container for holding liquids |
| vile |
repulsive, depraved |
| vice |
bad habit; immoral practice |
| vise |
device used to hold an object firmly |
From F in Exams, by Richard Benson
Kara Church
Senior Technical Editor
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