# Richard Shiao
# CS198-Python
# 2003-02-09

# Craft 3, Part 4
import re
true = 1
dictfile = open(file)
dict = {}
for line in dictfile:
    pat = re.compile('(\n)')
    entry = pat.sub('',line)
    dict[entry] = true

def checkword(word):
    """Returns true (1) if the single word is spelled correctly."""
    return dict.get(word)