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moral vs. morale : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - A moral is the lesson of a story. Add an
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Commonly confused words - Personal and personnel can be confused if the writer is not diligent, especially as both can be used as a noun and an adjective.
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exercise vs. exorcise : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - While both words can refer to ways to get rid of something — belly fat, Satan — that's where the similarities end. Exercise is...
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empathy vs. sympathy : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Empathy is heartbreaking — you experience other people’s pain and joy. Sympathy is easier because you just have to feel sorry for...
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allude vs. elude : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Allude is coy, to allude is to refer to something in an indirect manner. But elude's favorite thing to do is hide from the cops; it...
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sensual vs. sensuous : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - The words sensual and sensuous are often used interchangeably, but careful writers would do well to think before using one or the...
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muscle vs. mussel : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - A muscle is a type of body tissue that contracts when stimulated to produce motion. Muscles help people and animals do things — like...
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desert vs. dessert : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - A desert is a hot and dry place like the Sahara, but add an s and some whipped cream and you have a dessert, a sweet treat to eat....
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instant vs. instance : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Around the Vocabulary.com office, we might like an instance of tea, but we vehemently oppose instant tea.
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exalt vs. exult : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - To exalt, means to glorify or elevate something, but to exult is to rejoice. Exalt your favorite pro-wrestler, Jesus, or your status...
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expedient vs. expeditious : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Something expedient is helpful to you. If you vote your friend in for student body president just because you know she'll hook you up...
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persecute vs. prosecute : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - What is it about pursuing legal action that makes people think of harassing someone? Although we're not sure, it turns out that...
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wreck vs. wreak vs. reek : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - What happens when wild chimpanzees go to a party? They wreck the furniture, wreak havoc, and make the whole house reek. To wreck is...
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currant vs. current : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Simply, a currant is a dried fruit used in cooking. It is either a small raisin or a red berry. On the other hand, current has a few...
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conceptional vs. conceptual vs. contextual : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - If something is conceptual, it has to do with underlying ideas or thoughts, while the meaning of something contextual depends on its...
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vain vs. vein vs. vane : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Vain people love mirrors. A vein, though, moves blood through your body. And a vane is a big metal rooster on a rooftop showing which...
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broach vs. brooch : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - To broach a subject is to bring it up. A brooch is a decorative pin. These words sound exactly the same! They rhyme with
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faze vs. phase : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - To faze is to disturb, bother, or embarrass, but a phase is a stage or step. It could faze your family if your princess phase lasts...
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callus vs. callous : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - These words sound the same, but they're not. A callus is a rough patch of skin. Add an
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pretentious vs. portentous : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Fake mobsters in suits and spats are pretentious. But a horse head in your bed? That's portentous. And also, call the police.
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morbid vs. moribund : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Morbid describes something gruesome, like smallpox or Frankenstein's monster. Moribund refers to the act of dying. Goths love both....
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precedent vs. president : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - How has the United States affected this word pair, precedent and president? Let's find out.
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ingenious vs. ingenuous : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Anything ingenious is smart and clever, but ingenuous means innocent and naive. The ingenious villain in your favorite comic book...
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climactic vs. climatic : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Climactic describes the high point, the most intense part of a movie, play, song, or, well, anything. Climatic refers to the climate,...
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base vs. bass : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - A base is the lowest part or bottom of something. Think base of a statue, base of a triangle, or base camp below Mount Everest. The...
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gambit vs. gamut : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - A gambit is a kind of sacrifice, while a gamut is a range. Your offer to do more chores might be a gambit to get a higher allowance —...
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allot vs. a lot : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - To allot is to divvy up. You might allot a few hours of your day to study for a test. The words a lot refer to a large amount. If...
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bare vs. bear : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Bare means naked, but to bear is to carry something. A bear is also a brown furry animal, but most people keep that one straight.
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elusive vs. illusive : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - An elusive fairy is one you can't catch, but an illusive one was never really there at all. It was just an illusion!
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imply vs. infer : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Imply and infer are opposites, like a throw and a catch. To imply is to hint at something, but to infer is to make an educated guess....
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ado vs. adieu : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - An ado is a fuss, and adieu is French for farewell. They sound similar but aren't exactly twins. Ado sounds like
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amicable vs. amiable : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Amicable refers to a friendliness or goodwill between people or groups. Amiable refers to one person's friendly disposition. A group...
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especially vs. specially : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - The words especially and specially, have just a hair's breadth of difference between them. Both can be used to mean
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optimistic vs. pessimistic : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - An optimistic person expects all the best things to happen! Is it raining money yet? A pessimistic person is a downer. Who cares if...
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peak vs. peek vs. pique : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Let's look at three homophones: peak, peek, and pique. Peak is a topmost point, such as a mountain peak, or to reach that point.
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appraise vs. apprise : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - To appraise is to estimate the value of something, but remove the second
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epitaph vs. epithet : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - An epitaph is written on a tombstone. An epithet is a nickname or a description of someone. Halloween graves often combine them:...
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levee vs. levy : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - A levee is an embankment built to prevent a river or another body of water from overflowing. A levy is a fee or tax collected by the...
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that vs. which : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - The words that and which point to something — which one? That one! Before a clause or phrase, a that clause goes with the flow, but a...
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formerly vs. formally : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Formerly is something that happened before, like when a pop star changed his name to a squiggle, he became known as The Artist...
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wave vs. waive : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - To wave is to move to and fro, like when you wave your hand. Hello there! To waive, with a sneaky
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than vs. then : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Than compares things, but then is all about time. They sound similar and were even spelled the same until the 1700s. Not anymore!...
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prophecy vs. prophesy : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - One letter separates prophecy from prophesy, and the close relationship is derived from a shared word history.
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border vs. boarder : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - A border is an outer edge around something like a puzzle or a country. Add an
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correlation vs. corollary : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - A correlation is exactly what it sounds like: a co-relation, or relationship — like the correlation between early birds waking up and...
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hone vs. home : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - To hone is to sharpen a knife or perfect a skill. Home is where you live, where your stuff is, is where the heart is, and all that.
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pitiable vs. pitiful vs. piteous vs. pitiless : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - We don't often look at four words that can be easily confused for each other, but this pack is an exception.
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cereal vs. serial : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Cereal is a grain used for food, what you can eat for breakfast with milk. Serial describes something that happens on a regular...
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unconscionable vs. unconscious : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - These two words look and sound similar. In fact, if you think too hard about them together, you might find your tongue tripping over...
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connote vs. denote : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Don't let the rhyme fool you — to connote is to imply a meaning or condition, and to denote is to define exactly. Connote is like...
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your vs. you're : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - You're is short for
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disperse vs. disburse : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - To disperse is to scatter, and to disburse is to pay. Don't get them mixed up — you don't want your money to disperse!
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disillusion vs. dissolution : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - To disillusion someone is to rid her of an illusion, like lifting up the curtain to show that the wizard is just a man. Dissolution,...
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premier vs. premiere : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - A premiere is the first public performance of something. If you're looking for an adjective meaning
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fictional vs. fictitious vs. fictive : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Fictional, fictive, and fictitious all branch off the
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mantle vs. mantel : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - A mantle is a covering, like a robe. But a mantel is a ledge over a fireplace. If Little Red Riding Hood tosses her cloak on the...
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who vs. whom : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - To Whom It May Concern: who is a subject and whom is an object. Who acts and whom receives. Say what? Who is like
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assure vs. ensure vs. insure : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Although these three often show up at the same party, giving hugs, they're not the same, thank you very much. To assure is to tell...
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dual vs. duel : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Seeing double? Not quite! Dual is two, or double, but a duel is a fight. If you’re getting sick of your fair-weather friend’s dual...
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formidable vs. formative : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Formidable describes a foe you're slightly afraid of, but formative describes what formed you. Perhaps a formidable gym teacher told...
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aural vs. oral vs. verbal : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Aural refers to the ear or hearing, and oral to the mouth or speaking. Something verbal is expressed in words, either spoken or...
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aver vs. avow : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - To aver is to affirm and to avow is to openly declare. There's some overlap with these words because when people want to aver...
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hew vs. hue : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - An ax and a chisel are tools used to hew — that is, to chop or shape a material such as wood or stone. But a paintbrush and a palette...
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introvert vs. extrovert : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - These two personality types are opposites — introverts focus inward, into their own thoughts, and extroverts focus outward, into the...
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marital vs. martial : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Marital and martial look almost alike, but the only time they overlap is when you declare war on your spouse. Marital has to do with...
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prophet vs. profit : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - A prophet is someone who delivers messages of guidance or warning to others based on divine inspiration. The word profit, on the...
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incredible vs. incredulous : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Incredible describes something you can’t believe because it’s so right, like an incredible double rainbow. Incredulous describes how...
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palate vs. palette vs. pallet : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Palette can refer to a range of colors. A platform used for moving things is a pallet. And your preference of flavors in food is your...
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steal vs. steel : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - To steal is to take something from someone else without their consent. Steel is a strong metal alloy made mostly of iron and a small...
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aggravate vs. irritate : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Aggravate means to make something worse, and irritate is to annoy. But if you use aggravate to mean
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discomfit vs. discomfort : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - To discomfit is to embarrass someone. Say it with a Southern accent while sipping sweet tea. Discomfort is a noun meaning...
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council vs. counsel : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - A council is meeting for discussion or advice, but to counsel is a verb meaning to give advice. They sound exactly the same, but the...
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lose vs. loose : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Lose sounds like snooze. If you lose something, you don’t have it anymore. Add an “o” and loose rhymes with goose and describes...
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turbid vs. turgid : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Turbid can refer to something thick with suspended matter, while turgid means swollen or bombastic.
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objective vs. subjective : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Anything objective sticks to the facts, but anything subjective has feelings. Objective and subjective are opposites. Objective: It...
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gibe vs. jibe : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - To gibe is to sneer or heckle, but to jibe is to agree. Funny thing is, though, jibe is an alternate spelling of gibe, so surprise!...
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undo vs. undue : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - If you undo your shoelaces just because the cool kids wear their sneakers unlaced, the popular crowd may have undue influence over...
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amuse vs. bemuse : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - People often use the word bemuse when they mean amuse, but to amuse is to entertain, and to bemuse is to confuse. In Alice in...
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it's vs. its : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - It's a bird! It's a plane! It's is short for
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farther vs. further : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Use the word farther when you mean physical distance, like if you run farther than your friend. Use further for basically everything...
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weather vs. whether vs. wether : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - The weather outside is partly cloudy whether you like it that way or not. A wether, on the other hand, is a castrated sheep. You read...
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prescribe vs. proscribe : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Warning! These similar sounding words have very different meanings. To prescribe is to recommend and to proscribe is to forbid. One...
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paradox vs. oxymoron : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - A paradox is a logical puzzle that seems to contradict itself. No it isn't. Actually, it is. An oxymoron is a figure of speech —...
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Commonly confused words - Don’t bug out! Entomology is the study of insects, but etymology is the study of words. They sound similar and both end in -logy,...
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Commonly confused words - To accept is to receive, and except is to exclude, usually. Both are busy little words skipping around to different meanings, but...
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Commonly confused words - Both are awesome on a first date — complement means to complete something, and a compliment is flattering. If you feel you and your...
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Commonly confused words - To entitle means to give someone a rank or right, like if your perfect attendance entitles you to free ice cream at lunch. A title is...
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Commonly confused words - To flounder is to struggle, but to founder is to sink like a stone and fail. Both are fun as nouns, not so fun as verbs.
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emigrate vs. immigrate vs. migrate : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Going somewhere? Emigrate means to leave one's country to live in another. Immigrate is to come into another country to live...
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overdue vs. overdo : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - If you're overdue for a trip to the gym, be careful not to overdo it on the exercise when you get there — otherwise you'll be sore....
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Commonly confused words - It’s no fun to feel envy or jealousy because both make you feel inadequate. Envy is when you want what someone else has, but jealousy...
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affect vs. effect : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Choosing between affect and effect can be scary. Think of Edgar Allan Poe and his RAVEN: Remember Affect Verb Effect Noun. You can't...
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Commonly confused words - Someone accused of a crime is put in jail to await trial, unless bail is paid to temporarily bail the person out from custody. A bale...
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slight vs. sleight : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Slight and sleight sound the same, but things that are slight are little and light, and sleight means slyness or sneakiness.
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gorilla vs. guerrilla : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - You might see a gorilla in a zoo, but a guerrilla (sometimes spelled with one “r”), is someone who belongs to a group of independent...
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allusion vs. illusion vs. delusion : Commonly confused words | Vocabulary.com
Commonly confused words - Novelists, magicians, and other tricksters keep these words busy. Novelists love an allusion, an indirect reference to something like...
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