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Frequently Confused Words
送交者: Cheetah 2004年10月04日16:23:01 於 [海 二 代] 發送悄悄話

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abjure to reject solemnly
adjure to command


abrogate to nullify
arrogate to claim


abstruse hard to understand
obtuse dull, slow


accede to agree
exceed to go beyond


accent to emphasize
ascent climb
assent to agree to something


access right or ability to enter
excess intemperance


ad advertisement
add to join to something; to find a sum


adapt to adjust to something
adept highly skilled
adopt to take as one's child; to take up


addenda additional items
agenda list of things to be done


addition part added
edition publication


adjoin to be next to
adjourn to suspend a session
adjure to command


adverse unfavorable
averse disinclined


advert to refer
avert to avoid
overt unconcealed


advice counsel or in????ation
advise to give advice


affect to act upon or influence
effect resu?? to bring about


agenda see addenda


alimentary relating to nourishment
elementary simple or basic


allude to refer indirectly
elude to evade


allusion indirect reference
illusion misleading image


amenable accountable, agreeable
amendable modifiable


amend to alter in writing
emend to correct


ante- prior to or earlier than
anti- opposite or against


anymore any longer, now
any more more


appraise to set a value on
apprise to give notice of
apprize to appreciate or value


arraign to bring before a court
arrange to come to an agreement


arrogate see abrogate


ascent see accent


assay to test for valuable content
essay to try tentatively


assent see accent


assure to give confidence to
ensure to make certain
insure to guarantee against loss


aural relating to the ear or hearing
oral relating to the mouth, spoken


averse see adverse


avert see advert


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B

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bail security given
bale bundle of goods


base bottom
bass fish; deep voice


biannual usually twice a year; sometimes every two years
biennial every two years


bloc group working together
block tract of land


born produced by birth
borne carried


breadth width
breath breathed air
breathe to draw in air


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C

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callous hardened
callus hard area on skin


canvas strong cloth; oil painting
canvass to solicit votes or opinions


capital city that is the seat of government
capitol state legislature building
Capitol U.S. Congress building


casual not planned
causal relating to or being a cause


casually by chance or accident
casualty one injured or killed


censor to examine for improper content
censure to express disapproval of


cession a yielding
session meeting


cite to summon; to quote
sight payable on presentation
site piece of land


collaborate to work or act jointly
corroborate to confirm


collision act of colliding
collusion secret cooperation for deceit


complacent self-satisfied
complaisant amiable


complement remainder
compliment admiring remark


concert to act in harmony or conjunction
consort to keep company


consul diplomatic official
council administrative body
counsel legal representative; to give advice


corespondent joint respondent
correspondent one who communicates


corroborate see collaborate


council see consul


councilor member of a council
counselor lawyer


counsel see consul


credible worthy of being believed
creditable worthy of praise
credulous gullible


currant raisin-like fruit
current stream; belonging to the present


cynosure one that attracts
sinecure easy job


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D

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decent good or satisfactory
descent downward movement
dissent difference of opinion


decree official order
degree extent or scope


defuse to make less harmful
diffuse to pour out or spread widely


deluded misled or confused
diluted weakened in consistency


demur to protest
demure shy


deposition testimony
disposition personality; outcome


depraved corrupted
deprived divested or stripped


deprecate to disapprove of
depreciate to lower the worth of


descent see decent


desperate having lost hope
disparate distinct


detract to disparage or reduce
distract to draw attention away


device piece of equipment or tool
devise to invent, to plot


diffuse see defuse


diluted see deluded


disassemble to take apart
dissemble to disguise feelings or intentions


disburse to pay out
disperse to scatter


discreet capable of keeping a secret
discrete individually distinct


disparate see desperate


disperse see disburse


disposition see deposition


dissemble see disassemble


dissent see decent


distract see detract


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E

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edition see addition


effect see affect


e.g. for example
i.e. that is


elementary see alimentary


elicit to draw or bring out
illicit not lawful


eligible qualified to have
illegible not readable


elude see allude


emanate to come out from a source
eminent standing above others
immanent inherent
imminent ready to take place


emend see amend


emigrate to leave a country
immigrate to come into a place


eminence prominence or superiority
immanence restriction to one domain
imminence state of being imminent


ensure see assure


envelop to surround
envelope letter container


equable free from unpleasant extremes
equitable fair


erasable removable by erasing
irascible hot-tempered


essay see assay


every day each day
everyday ordinary


exceed see accede


excess see access


extant currently existing
extent size, degree, or measure


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F

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flaunt to display ostentatiously
flout to scorn


flounder to struggle
founder to sink


forego to precede
forgo to give up


????ally in a ????al manner
????erly at an earlier time


forth forward, out of
fourth 4th


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G

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gage security deposit
gauge to measure


gait manner of walking
gate opening in a wall or fence


generic general
genetic relating to the genes


gibe to tease or mock
jibe to agree
jive foolish talk


guarantee to promise to be responsible for
guaranty something given as a security


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H

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hail to greet
hale to compel to go; healthy


hearsay rumor
heresy dissent from a dominant theory


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I

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i.e. see e.g.


illegible see eligible


illicit see elicit


illusion see allusion


immanence see eminence


immanent see emanate


immigrate see emigrate


imminence see eminence


imminent see emanate


imply hint, indicate
infer conclude, deduce


impracticable not feasible
impractical not practical


inapt not suitable
inept unfit or foolish


incite to urge on
insight discernment


incredible unbelievable
incredulous disbelieving, astonished


incurable not curable
incurrable capable of being incurred


inept see inapt


inequity lack of equity
iniquity wickedness


infer see imply


ingenious very clever
ingenuous innocent and candid


inherent intrinsic
inherit to receive from an ancestor


iniquity see inequity


insight see incite


install to set up for use
instill to impart gradually


insure see assure


interment burial
internment confinement or impounding


interstate involving more than one state
intestate leaving no valid will
intrastate existing within a state


irascible see erasable


it's it is
its belonging to it


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J

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jibe see gibe


jive see gibe


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K

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L

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lead to guide; heavy metal
led guided


lean to rely on for support
lien legal claim on property


lesser smaller
lessor grantor of a lease


levee embankment to prevent flooding
levy imposition or collection of a tax


liable obligated by law
libel to make libelous statements; false publication


lien see lean


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M

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material having relevance or importance; matter
matériel equipment and supplies


median middle value in a range
medium intermediate; means of communication


meet to come into contact with
mete to allot


meretricious falsely attractive
meritorious deserving reward or honor
meticulous extremely careful about details


militate to have effect
mitigate to make less severe


miner mine worker
minor one of less than legal age; not important or serious


moot having no practical significance
mute a person unable to speak; to tone down or muffle


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N

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naval relating to a navy
navel belly button


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O

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obtuse see abstruse


oral see aural


ordinance law, rule, or decree
ordnance military supplies
ordonnance compilation of laws


overt see advert


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parlay to bet again a stake and its winnings
parley discussion of disputed points


peer one of equal standing
pier bridge support


peremptory ending a right of action, debate or delay
preemptory preemptive


perpetrate to be guilty of
perpetuate to make perpetual


perquisite a right or privilege
prerequisite a necessary preliminary


persecute to harass injuriously
prosecute to proceed against at law


personal relating to a particular person
personnel body of employees


perspective view of things
prospective relating to the future
prospectus introductory de????ion of an enterprise


perspicacious very discerning
perspicuous easily understood


pier see peer


plain ordinary
plane airplane; surface


plaintiff complaining party in litigation
plaintive sorrowful


plat plan of a piece of land
plot small piece of land


pole long slender piece of wood or metal
poll sampling of opinion


pore to read attentively
pour to dispense from a container


practicable feasible
practical capable of being put to use


precede to go or come before
proceed to go to law


precedence priority
precedents previous examples to follow


preemptory see peremptory


preposition part of speech
proposition proposal


prerequisite see perquisite


prescribe to direct to use; to assert a pre????ive right
proscribe to forbid


preview advance view
purview part or scope of a statute


principal main body of an estate; chief person or matter
principle basic rule or assumption


proceed see precede


proposition see preposition


proscribe see prescribe


prosecute see persecute


prospective see perspective


prostate gland
prostrate prone; to reduce to helplessness


purview see preview


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Q

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R

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raise to lift, to increase
raze to destroy or tear down


reality the quality or state of being real
realty real property


rebound to spring back or recover
redound to have an effect


recession ceding back
recision cancellation
rescission act of rescinding or abrogating


respectfully with respect
respectively in order


resume to take up again
résumé summary


role part, function
roll turn


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S

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session see cession


shear to cut off
sheer very thin or transparent


sight see cite


sinecure see cynosure


site see cite


stationary still
stationery writing material


statue piece of sculpture
stature natural height or achieved status
statute law enacted by a legislature


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T

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tack course of action
tact sense of propriety


tenant one who occupies a rental dwelling
tenet principle


therefor for that
therefore thus


tortuous lacking in straightforwardness
torturous very painful or distressing


track path or course
tract stretch of land; system of body organs


trustee one entrusted with something
trusty convict allowed special privileges


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U

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V

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venal open to bribery
venial excusable


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W

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waive to give up voluntarily
wave to motion with the hands


waiver act of waiving a right
waver to be irresolute


who's who is
whose of whom


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X

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Y
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your belonging to you
you're you are


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Z

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