Rain, Reign, & Rein
Word 1: Rain (RAYN) Meaning 1. Water falling in drops condensed from vapor in the atmosphere. Example Sentence: It has been raining incessantly for the last three days. Meaning 2: A heavy or abundant fall. Example Sentence: bounties rain in thousands when the time is...
Rack & Wrack
Rack (RAK) Meaning 1: A wind-driven mass of high often broken clouds Example Sentence: The rack of clouds seemed like cotton – wool floating in the sky. Meaning 2: An instrument of torture on which a body is stretched Example Sentence: The night spent out in the open...
Rabble, Rubble, & Ruble
Word 1: Rabble (RAB uhl) Meaning 1: A disorderly crowd of people. Example Sentence: The unruly rabble broke the window panes in the marketplace. Meaning 2: An iron bar used to stir and skim molten iron in a furnace. Example Sentence: The workers at the smelter worked...
Rabbet, Rabbit, & Rabid
Word 1:Rabbet (RAB it) Meaning 1: A cut or groove along or near the edge of a piece of wood that allows another piece to fit into it to form a joint. Example Sentence: The rabbits in the backyard railing were unequal in number. Meaning 2: A joint so made. Example...
Puttee & Putty
Word 1:puttee (puh TEE, PUHT ee) Meaning 1: A cloth strip wrapped around the leg from ankle to knee. Example Sentence: The puttee was worn like a bandage around the shins. Word 2: putty (PUHT ee) Meaning 1: A soft, sticky substance that becomes hard when it dries,...
