He wanted to PEDAL, PEDDLE magazine subscriptions to put himself through college.
PEDAL
PEDDLE
The PENULTIMATE month of the year is NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
The prosecutor tried to PERSUADE, CONVINCE her to change her story.
PERSUADE
CONVINCE
Listening to the evidence, I became PERSUADED, CONVINCED that she was innocent.
PERSUADE
CONVINCE
He stood on the PODIUM, LECTURN and spoke to the crowd.
PODIUM
LECTURN
As he spoke, he hit the PODIUM, LECTURN so hard with his fist that it wobbled.
PODIUM
LECTURN
PORE, POUR yourself another cup of chamomile tea.
PORE
POUR
He could hardly wait to get home from the bookstore and PORE, POUR over his new textbooks.
PORE
POUR
The mountain path ended abruptly at a PRECIPITATE, PRECIPITOUS cliff.
PRECIPITATE
PRECIPITOUS
With his fake British accent, his curled moustache and his bowler hat, he struck some of the audience as a PORTENTIOUS, PRETENTIOUS fop.
PORTENTIOUS
PRETENTIOUS
The prisoner gave the witness a PORTENTIOUS, PRETENTIOUS look, dripping with the threat of retribution.
PORTENTIOUS
PRETENTIOUS
Her friendliness was all PRETENSE, PRETEXT. Once she had what she wanted, she treated me coldly.
PRETENSE
PRETEXT
Her questions about my family were a PRETENSE, PRETEXT for finding out if my brother was still unmarried.
PRETENSE
PRETEXT
The controversial high school PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPLE was questioned by the school board.
PRINCIPAL
PRINCIPLE
She opposes war on PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPLE.
PRINCIPAL
PRINCIPLE
The internet is the PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPLE medium of instruction in some courses.
PRINCIPAL
PRINCIPLE
He was sent to PRISON/JAIL for a week for failing to pay parking tickets.
PRISON
JAIL
After being convicted of embezzlement, she was sentenced to five years in PRISON, JAIL.
PRISON
JAIL
I lay PRONE, SUPINE with my face on the floor.
PRONE
SUPINE
I lay PRONE, SUPINE on the grass, watching the clouds.
PRONE
SUPINE
The president's PROSTATE, PROSTRATE operation brought national attention to male health problems.
PROSTATE
PROSTRATE
Prisoners were forced to PROSTATE, PROSTRATE themselves before their captors.
PROSTATE
PROSTRATE
The general sent tanks to QUELL, QUENCH the protest.
QUELL
QUENCH
Tanker planes dropped loads of water in an attempt to QUELL, QUENCH the wildfire.
QUELL
QUENCH
I had to RACK, WRACK my brain to remember where I had left the keys.
RACK
WRACK
In his most oratorical tones, he declaimed, "We are all going to RACK, WRACK and ruin!"
RACK
WRACK
John Rosemond writes an advice column on how to RAISE, REAR, RAZE children.
RAISE
REAR
RAZE
As a child, she used to RAISE, REAR, RAZE chickens.
RAISE
REAR
RAZE
The demolition crew arrived to RAISE, REAR, RAZE the condemned building.
RAISE
REAR
RAZE
Hurricanes periodically RAVAGE, RAVISH the crowded islands.
RAVAGE
RAVISH
After sacking Troy, the Greek soldiers RAVAGED, RAVISHED the Trojan women.
RAVAGED
RAVISHED
He was RELUCTANT, RETICENT to take advantage of his opponent's weakness.
RELUCTANT
RETICENT
Though talkative among friends, he was RELUCTANT, RETICENT in public.
RELUCTANT
RETICENT
At the outdoor fair, the unexpected sounds, exotic foods, and profusion of flowers provided a SENSUOUS, SENSUAL experience.
SENSUOUS
SENSUAL
Some ascetics argue that the only alternative to a strict life of self-denial is a life of surrendering to SENSUOUS, SENSUAL excesses.
SENSUOUS
SENSUAL
Every student reporter should write about the city SEWAGE, SEWERAGE system.
SEWERAGE
SEWAGE
The pipe burst and released raw SEWAGE, SEWERAGE into a nearby pond.
SEWAGE
SEWERAGE
SINCE, BECAUSE it was raining, we postponed our walk.
SINCE
BECAUSE
SINCE, BECAUSE I was last here, it has rained three times.
SINCE
BECAUSE
The old motel had one slightly larger room that it called the Royal SUIT, SUITE.
SUIT
SUITE
An experienced traveler, he packed only one SUIT, SUITE for the trip.
SUIT
SUITE
The TEMPERATURE, WEATHER dropped 20 degrees.
TEMPERATURE
WEATHER
The TEMPERATURE, WEATHER grew unseasonably warm.
TEMPERATURE
WEATHER
The car ____________ was running yesterday, will not start today. (In considering this sentence, imagine that we have only one car, and it won't start.)
THAT
, WHICH [comma before]
The car THAT, WHICH was running yesterday will not start today. (In considering this sentence, imagine that we have ten cars. Only one of them ran yesterday. Today it does not start.)
THAT
WHICH
THEIR, THERE, THEY'RE about to start the contest.
THEIR
THERE
THEY'RE
I miss Paris. I wish I could be THEIR, THERE, THEY'RE now.