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rice - Force (cooked potatoes or other vegetables) through a sieve or ricer.
itch - An uncomfortable sensation on the skin that causes a desire to scratch.
hire - Employ (someone) for wages.
cite - Quote (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work.
etch - Engrave (metal, glass, or stone) by coating it with a protective layer, drawing on it with a needle, and then covering it with acid to attack the parts the needle has exposed, especially in order to produce prints from it.
tier - A row or level of a structure, typically one of a series of rows placed one above the other and successively receding or diminishing in size.
rich - Having a great deal of money or assets; wealthy.
etic - Relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture that is general, nonstructural, and objective in its perspective.
rite - A religious or other solemn ceremony or act.
heir - A person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
ethic - A set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct.
hit - Bring one's hand or a tool or weapon into contact with (someone or something) quickly and forcefully.
the - Denoting one or more people or things already mentioned or assumed to be common knowledge.
tic - A habitual spasmodic contraction of the muscles, most often in the face.
tire - Feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep.
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chi - The twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (Χ, χ), transliterated in the traditional Latin style as ‘ch’ (as in Christ) or in the modern style as ‘kh’ (as in Khaniá and in the etymologies of this dictionary).
ice - Decorate (a cake) with icing.
ire - Anger.
chert - A hard, dark, opaque rock composed of silica (chalcedony) with an amorphous or microscopically fine-grained texture. It occurs as nodules (flint) or, less often, in massive beds.
thrice - Three times.
tech - Technology.
retch - Make the sound and movement of vomiting.
rec - Recreation.
tie - Attach or fasten (someone or something) with string or similar cord.
hie - Go quickly.
their - Belonging to or associated with the people or things previously mentioned or easily identified.
her - Used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a female person or animal previously mentioned or easily identified.