How do I clear ifstream!?

I am trying to write a simple spell checking program but no matter what I do it will only read through the word list once and all other times it just thinks it is the end of the file and does a check for the first word I put in...

Here is the code:

Code:

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while (repeat==true) {
        word_list.clear();
        word_list.seekg(0, ios::beg);
        cout << "\n\nType word here (lowercase): ";
        cin  >> input;
        system("clear");
            while (!word_list.eof()) {
                word_list >> read;
                cout << "\nTrying: " << read;
                if (read==input) {
                    system("clear");
                    cout << " is a word!\n\n";
                    repeat=true;
                    //word_list.close();
                    word_list.clear();
                    word_list.seekg(0, ios::beg);
                    break;
                }
                else{
                    check0=1;
                }
            }
            if (read!=input) {
                system("clear");
                //word_list.close();
                word_list.clear();
                word_list.seekg(0, ios::beg);
                cout << "\n\n" << input << " is not a word!\n\n";
            }
           
        }

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EDIT: Resolved: removing word_list.close() fixed the issue
I attached the full cpp file for reference...

You are actually closing the file at various places in your code (when a word is matched, or when it is not). Any subsequent operation (seekg, reading, testing eof) will indicate an error condition.

Thank you, I see that it was stupid to close the files without re-opening them. I just got rid of the close() operators and it works perfectly now. Once again thanks...