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- - - - Cite is a verb to mean to quote, to summon officially, to mention formally, or even to compliment. It's also the noun form of the same things: a formal summons, or an official mention. You have to cite your sources when you write a paper, but it's also a nod to wherever you got your idea.
        
        Check out what cite can do:
        
        The band, formed in Ohio 10 years ago, cite numerous influences in different genres from hip-hop to rock and blues. (Reuters)
        
        He was taken to his residence in Bellevue, cited and released. (Seattle Times)
    - - A site is a specified place, such as a building site, but it's also short for Website, which is a collection of Web pages that are found within the same URL. Either way it's somewhere you can go:
        
        It's taken nearly nine years, but large-scale commercial redevelopment of the World Trade Center site is tantalizingly close to taking off. (New York Post)
        
        The death also was reported on the singer's web site. (Seattle Times)
    - - Sight, of course, is vision or something that can be seen. If something is outta sight then it's fabulous whether you can see it or not. Here's an example of sight:
        
        Visually impaired servers who have some sight wear blindfolds. (New York Times)
- - - - The Fed said economic conditions will likely warrant "exceptionally low" interest rates through at least mid-2013. (Business Week)
      - Some slowing is expected in 2012 because of global economic woes. (New York Times)
  - - - Electric lights are economical, clean, and give more light than gas. (Rose Buhlig)
      - If you want an adjective related to the economy, economic is your word. If you want a word to describe something that saves money, like buying used textbooks, use economical.
- - - - A medal is a disc made of metal with an inscription or image. It is generally used as an award or a commemoration of an event:
        
        Maplewood Officers Receive Medal Of Valor
        
        Special Olympics duo wins gold medal in golf‎
      - Mettle
        
        mettle is a quality or qualities that help a person in a difficult situation. Those qualities might include courage, ardor, and stamina:
        
        Madison native tests his mettle in "Hell's Kitchen"
        
        Test of mettle: How the Steelers can win without Roethlisberger
        
        If you don't speak American, you might be wondering why mettle makes this list. In American, when a t appears in an unstressed syllable between two vowels—or between a vowel and an l, as is the case here—that t is said with a flap of the tongue similar to how we say d. Linguists call it a "medial flap." The same thing happens in betting, metal, noted, writing and many other words.
    - - To meddle is to interfere with someone or something:
        
        Belarus will not let any other country meddle in its December presidential election.
        
        Politicians meddle with existing taxation arrangements at their peril.