Thursday, March 2, 2017

choose your words carefully

abhorrent / aberrant
accept / except
ado / adieu
adopt / adapt
adverse / averse
affect / effect
afflict / inflict
aggravate / irritate
allude / elude
allusion / illusion / delusion
alternate / alternative
ambiguous / ambivalent
amicable / amiable
amoral / immoral
amuse / bemuse
anecdote / antidote
appraise / apprise
assume / presume
assure / ensure / insure
aural / oral / verbal
bare / bear
bazaar / bizarre
breach / breech
bridal / bridle
capital / capitol
censor / censure
cite / site / sight
climactic / climatic
complement / compliment
compose / comprise
concurrent / consecutive
confident / confidant(e)
connotation / denotation
connote / denote
conscious / conscience
contemptible / contemptuous
continual / continuous
correlation / corollary
council / counsel
decent / descent / dissent
definitely / definitively
demur / demure
didactic / pedantic
disassemble / dissemble
discomfit / discomfort
discreet / discrete
disillusion / dissolution
disinterested / uninterested
dual / duel
economic / economical
elusive / illusive
emigrate / immigrate / migrate
eminent / imminent
eminent / imminent / immanent
empathy / sympathy
endemic / epidemic
entitle / title
entomology / etymology
envelop / envelope
envy / jealousy
epigram / epigraph
epitaph / epithet
especially / specially
exalt / exult
exercise / exorcise
expedient / expeditious
extant / extent
facetious / factious / fatuous
farther / further
faze / phase
ferment / foment
fictional / fictitious / fictive
figuratively / literally
flair / flare
flaunt / flout
flounder / founder
formerly / formally
formidable / formative
fortunate / fortuitous
gibe / jibe
gig / jig
gorilla / guerrilla
grisly / gristly / grizzly
hale / hail
healthful / healthy
hero / protagonist
historic / historical
hoard / horde
homonym / homophone / homograph
hone / home
imply / infer
incredible / incredulous
indeterminate / indeterminable
indict / indite
inflammable / inflammatory
ingenious / ingenuous
insidious / invidious
instant / instance
intense / intensive / intent
introvert / extrovert
irony / satire / sarcasm
it's / its
laudable / laudatory
lay / lie
loath / loathe
lose / loose
luxuriant / luxurious
marital / martial
mean / median / average
medal / meddle / mettle
metaphor / simile
moral / morale
morbid / moribund
nauseated / nauseous
naval / navel
objective / subjective
optimistic / pessimistic
palate / palette / pallet
paradox / oxymoron
parameter / perimeter
parody / parity
peak / peek / pique
peddle / pedal / petal
persecute / prosecute
personal / personnel
pitiable / pitiful / piteous / pitiless
pore / pour
practical / practicable
pragmatic / dogmatic
precede / proceed
precedent / president
predominate / predominant
premier / premiere
prescribe / proscribe
pretentious / portentous
principal / principle
prophecy / prophesy
prostate / prostrate
quote / quotation
rebut / refute
regrettably / regretfully
reluctant / reticent
respectfully / respectively
sac / sack
scrimp / skimp
sensual / sensuous
simple / simplistic
stationary / stationery
statue / statute
than / then
that / which
their / there / they're
tortuous / torturous
turbid / turgid
unconscionable / unconscious
unexceptional / unexceptionable
venal / venial
veracious / voracious
wave / waive
weather / whether / wether
who / whom
who's / whose
your / you're
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