Spelling Words (28th May)

4. Resembling without being identical.
9. Failing to take proper care in doing something.
11. A deep or seemingly bottomless chasm.
15. The dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background, esp. in dim light.
16. Make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction.
17. To mention or allude to.
18. First in order of importance; main.
21. A sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, esp. sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and drink.

1. The charging of real (or personal) property by a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt (esp. one incurred by the purchase of the property), on the condition that it shall be returned on payment of the debt within a certain period.
2. Used to emphasize emotional sincerity or seriousness.
3. The sweet course eaten at the end of a meal.
5. A written or printed statement acknowledging that something has been paid for or that goods have been received.
6. A place where someone or something is located or has been put.
7. The action or process of transporting someone or something from one place to another.
8. Conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, esp. through cleanliness.
10. Demanding someone's total attention and love.
12. Very great or intense.
13. A thing intended to simulate or copy something else.
14. Visually descriptive or figurative language, esp. in a literary work.
19. Closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand.
20. A heavy object attached to a rope or chain and used to moor a vessel to the sea bottom.