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med-al, an ancient coin; med-dle, to interpose.
pint, half a quart; point, a sharp end.
rad-ish, a garden vegetable; red-dish, somewhat red. ten-or, course continued; ten-ure, a holding.
talents, ability; talons, claws. val-ley, low land; val-ue, worth.
WORDS SPELLED ALIKE, BUT PRONOUNCED DIFFERENTLY
Au-gust, the eighth month; au-gust, grand.
băss, a tree; a fish; bāss, lowest part in music.
con-jure, to entreat; con-jure, to use magic art.
des-ert, a wilderness; des-sert, fruit, etc., at dinner. gal-lant, brave, gay (happy), gal-lant, a gay (happy) fellow. ġill, the fourth part of a pint; ḡill, part of a fish.
hin-der, to stop; hind-er, further, behind.
in-va-lid, one not in health; in-val-id, not firm or binding. low-er, (ow as in cow), to be dark; lōw-er, not so high.
lĭve, to be or dwell; līve, having life.
rēad, to utter printed words; rĕad [red], past tense of read. rec-ol-lect, to call to mind; re-col-lect, to collect again. re-form, to amend; re-form, to make anew.
rec-re-ate, to refresh; re-cre-ate, to create anew.
rout, defeat; route, a way or course.
slough, a place of mud; slough [sluff], a cast skin.
tär-ry, like tar; tăr-ry, to delay.
tēars, water from the eyes; teârs, [he] rends.
wĭnd, air in motion; wīnd, to turn of twist.
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