Week 9 Word Study

a boat with a flat bottom that carries freight, usually on a canal or river

• fare

• barge

• gorge

• snare

to make a hole with a spinning tool or a twisting motion

• carve

• gorge

• bore

• soar

to cut with care; to make something, such as a sculpture, by carefully cutting and shaping a material

• carve

• gorge

• tore

• snare

the money paid by a person to ride on a bus, train, or taxi

• flair

• flare

• snare

• fare

a special ability to do something well

• flair

• flare

• snare

• fare

to burn or glow briefly and with sudden intensity; to become bigger or more intense

• flair

• fare

• flare

• harsh

the bottom surface of a room

• gorge

• floor

• lair

• snare

a long, deep valley surrounded by higher land

• gorge

• lair

• rare

• tore

a type of mammal that is closely related to a rabbit

• harsh

• hare

• lord

• snare

rough, uncomfortable, or difficult to live in

• rare

• sore

• tore

• harsh