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ballad (BAL uhd)
1. Narrative poem, narrative verse, rhyming story: "He read the class one of the great English ballads."
2. Folk song, song; chanty, carol: "We sat around the campfire, while a folk singer sang ballads."
2. Folk song, song; chanty, carol: "We sat around the campfire, while a folk singer sang ballads."
ballad, ballet, ballot
ballad (BAL uhd) (noun)
1. A narrative poem or a narrative verse: Colby read the class a great English ballad.
2. Folk song, a song: The group sat around the campfire, while a folksinger sang a wonderful ballad.
2. Folk song, a song: The group sat around the campfire, while a folksinger sang a wonderful ballad.
ballet (bal LAY) (noun)
An intricate group dance with pantomime that tells a story: The famous ballet was attended by hundreds of patrons.
ballot (BAL uht) (noun)
An act or method of voting; a ticket, a list of candidates to be voted on: Three candidates for mayor are listed on the ballot.
The ballet was based on a famous ballad about a community that used the ballot to elect law enforcement officers.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group B; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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(Part 1 of 4: The Ballad of Salvation Bill by Robert W. Service and additional capnomania-fumimania information about smoking or addiction to tobacco smoke from the past to the present)
(Part 2 of 4: "The Ballad of Salvation Bill" by Robert Service was based on experiences he had with a compulsive smoker who just had to smoke because smoking was so important in his life)