Stories of USA Today
Materials for Reading & Listening Practice
Quick Access Resources:
Print PDF Quiz/Test Online Study
 Group (B) - Spelling Practices
Word List   Previous   Next    
Read [Esc] (1)
n. Syn. obstacle; hindrance; hurdle
(барьер) obstacle; structure built to bar passage; boundary or limit


Spelling Word: barrier
Read [Esc] (2)
n.
(млрд.) the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros


Spelling Word: billion
Read [Esc] (3)
n.
(биограф) one who writes a book about somebody's life


Spelling Word: biographer
Read [Esc] (4)
n.
(биография) an account of the series of events making up a person's life; accounts of people's life


Spelling Word: biography
Read [Esc] (5)
n.
(метель) snowstorm; storm


Spelling Word: blizzard
Read [Esc] (6)
n.
(пансион) private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests


Spelling Word: boardinghouse
Read [Esc] (7)
v.
(кипения) be agitated; pass from a liquid to vapor when heated; be excited with passion; heat in water


Spelling Word: boil
Read [Esc] (8)
n. Syn. tedium; dullness
(скука) tedium; dullness; state of being a bore, or the tendency to become tiresome and uninteresting


Spelling Word: boredom
Read [Esc] (9)
n. Syn. limit; constraint
(оценки) tied; held; committed; limit; constraint; leap; jump


Spelling Word: bound
Read [Esc] (10)
n. Syn. kindness; virtue
(щедрость) goodness, kindness; virtue; liberality in giving


Spelling Word: bounty