Spelling list: Words ending in re

Another way of spelling the weak vowel ending is with the letters re. Please note: these words have the British English spelling.

calibre	We will only be interviewing applicant's of the highest calibre.
centre	There were lots of people in the city centre on Saturday. *
centimetre	I need to shorten my jeans by one centimetre.
metre	One hundred centimetres make a metre.
millimetre	The car was a millimetre away from hitting the wall. *
litre	This flask holds one litre of juice.
fibre	We need fibre for a healthy diet.
lustre	Her hair was losing its lustre.
manoeuvre	I tried to manoeuvre around the parked cars.
meagre	They exist on a meagre diet of rice.
sabre	A sabre is a curved sword.
sceptre	The king raised his sceptre.
sombre	The mood at the funeral was sombre.
spectre	They believed a spectre haunted the house.