accede: stick to agreement
exceed: surpass | accept: receive
except: exclude | adapt: adjust
adept: proficient |
adverse: opposed
averse: not interested | affect: change, influence
effect: (v) to bring about (n) result, impression | all right: all right
alright: outdated usage |
allude: refer to indirectly
elude: avoid |
allusion: insinuation
illusion: apparition |
already: previously
all ready: everything prepared |
altar: place of worship
alter: to change |
appraise: value
apprise: inform, notify |
assistants: helpers
assistance: help |
capital:seat of government; money
capitol: building where legislative body meets |
cease: stop
seize: apprehend |
cite: speak of
sight: vision
site: location |
complement: collection
compliment: praise |
continual: happens frequently in time: close
succession
continuous: uninterrupted |
council: praise
consul: ambassador
console: comfort
counsel: advice |
descent: decline
dissent: disagree |
disapprove: condemn
disprove: discredit |
elicit: extract
illicit: illegal |
eligible: qualified
illegible: indecipherable |
emigration: moving from a country
immigration: moving to a country |
eminent: outstanding, revered
imminent: threatening to happen soon |
farther: forward
further: additionally |
floe: large sheet of floating ice
flow: move, run freely, circulate |
formally: in a dignified way
formerly: previously |
imply: speaker implies (suggests)
infer: hearer infers (perceives) |
incidence: occurrence
incidents: situations |
lay: to set down, to place or put an item down
lie: to recline |
passed: go by
past: earlier |
principal: first in authority; main participant;
amount of a debt less interest
principle: basic truth or assumption |
pray: to ask for by prayer or supplication
prey: animal hunted or caught for food; victim |
residence: dwelling
residents: occupants |
right: correct
rite: ceremony
wright: worker
write: compose |
their: posessive form of “them”
they're: they are
there: at that place |
stationary: not moving: fixed
stationery: writing material: letterhead, envelopes, etc. |
suit: a set of clothes; legal action
suite: number of items making up a set, series, or sequence |
waiver: the giving up of a claim
waver: to hesitate; also tremble or quaver |
through: by way of
threw: tossed |
whose: of or relating to whom
who's: who is |
your: of or relating to you
you're: you are |
