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Question
Fill in the blanks with suitable homophones or confusables.
| wallet | ______ | hoard | ______ |
| fairy | ______ | desert | ______ |
| medal | ______ | night | ______ |
| wait | ______ | sweet | ______ |
| yoke | ______ | plain | ______ |
| grown | ______ | might | ______ |
| earn | ______ | quite | ______ |
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Solution
| wallet | valet | hoard | horde |
| fairy | ferry | desert | dessert |
| medal | meddle | night | knight |
| wait | weight | sweet | sweat |
| yoke | yolk | plain | plane |
| grown | groan | might | mite |
| earn | yearn | quite | quiet |
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