A few of these I just saw for the first time in in a single old SOL story:
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click - a sound made by two hard objects coming into contact quickly
clique - a small group of people with shared interests
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rode - past tense of verb 'ride'
road - a wide path leading from a place to another, particularly for vehicles
staid - sedate, unadventurous (adjective)
stayed - past tense of verb 'stay'
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stealing - present participle of verb 'steal' - taking without permission; departing surreptitiously (as in, 'stealing away in the dead of night)
steeling - present participle of verb 'steel' - preparing to face difficulty
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threw - past tense of verb 'throw'
through - preposition, adverb - in one side and out the other; continuing in time
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surreptitious - kept secret, particularly is socially unacceptable
suspicious - cautious distrust
As in, 'I was suspicious that they were having a surreptitious affair.'