Word Often Confuses Flashcards

Question

Earthly/Earthy

Answer 1

Earthly - relating to the earth or human life. Earthy - resembling or suggestive of earth or soil

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Elicit - evoke or draw out(a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone. Illicit - forbidden by law, rules, or custom

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Eminent - Standing above others in quality or position Imminent - About to occur

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Every day - each day Everyday - Found in the ordinary course of events

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Expand - Become larger(in size, quantity, volume) Expend - Use up

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Fair - Treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination Fare - The money paid for a journey on public transport

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Fate - An event that will inevitabily happen in the future Fete - honour or entertain(someone) lavishly

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Flounder - To struggle mentally or walk with great difficulty Founder - Someone that establishes something(often a business)

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Forebear - An ancestor Forbear - Politely or patiently restrain an impulse to do something

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Foul - Very disagreeable or unpleasant Fowl - A domestic cock or hen

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Gait - manner of walking Gate - A movable barrier in a fence or wall

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Hoard - A secret store of valuables or money Horde - A vast multitude

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Impinge - Have an effect, especially a negative one Infringe - Actively break the terms of (a law, agreement, etc.)

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Imply - Express or state indirectly Infer - Establish by deduction

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Inane - Devoid of intelligence Insane - Very foolish

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Insight - A clear perception of the situation Incite - Provoke or stir up

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Inveigh - Complain bitterly Inveigle - Persuade(someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery

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Jealous - Feeling or showing an envious resentment of someone or their achievements, possessions, or perceived advantages Zealous - having or showing zeal

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Knock - Deliver a sharp blow or push Nock - Notch at the end of the arrow into which the bowstring fits

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Knotty - Highly complex and occasionally devious Naughty - Badly behaved

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Lay - Put into a certain place or abstract location Lie - Tell something that is not true

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Lead - (Noun) A soft grey malleable chemical element Led - (Verb) showed a person or an animal the way by going in front of them or with them

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Liable - At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant Libel - A false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person

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Livid - Furiously angry Vivid - Producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind.

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Loath - Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom Loathe - Find repugnant

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Magnate - A very wealthy or powerful businessman . Magnet - A device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field

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Manner - How something is done or how it happens Manor - The mansion of a lord or wealthy person

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Moral - Concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles. Morale - A state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose

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Pail - A roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top Pale - Dim or feeble

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Perquisites - Perks Prerequisites - Something that is required in advance

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Persecute - Cause to suffer Prosecute - Institute or conduct legal proceedings against (a person or organization)

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Personal - Concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality Personnel - Group of people willing to obey orders

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Peruse - Examine or consider with attention and in detail Pursue - Be involved in

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Practise(v) - Perform an activity daily to gain or maintain proficiency in it Practice(n) - The actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method, as opposed to theories relating to it

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Prescribe - Issue commands or orders to Proscribe - Command against

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Principal - Most important element or the title of the headmaster of a school (US) Principle - A basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

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Reverend - Used as a title or form of address to members of the clergy. Reverent - Feeling or showing deep and solemn respect.

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Seam - A line where two pieces of fabric are sewn together in a garment or other article Seem - Give a certain expression

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Stationary - Standing still Stationery - Paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters

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Throes - Violent pangs of suffering. Throws - Propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand

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Tortuous - Full of twists and turns. Torturous - Characterized by, involving, or causing pain or suffering

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Urbane - Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience. Urban - Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area

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Vane - Mechanical device attached to an elevated structure. Vain - Of no use or further consequences

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Vice - An immoral or wicked personal characteristic Wise - Having or prompted by wisdom or discernment

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Wary - Marked by keen caution and watchful prudence Weary - Physically and mentally fatigued

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Ferment- Commotion (perturbed) Fervent -Passion (Ardent)

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Hectic -full of incessant or frantic activity Heretic-holding unorthodox belief

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Haphazard-by chance,random Hazardous - dangerous

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Hospitality - friendly Hostility - disliking unfriendly

Answer 50

• pyada • girvi

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Emancipate -liberal Emaciate -thin and wasted

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Inept- incompetent Inapt- unsuitable

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Adverse - unfavourable, hostile Averse - unwilling or repelled

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Adapt -adjust Adept- skill Adopt - to accept as your own

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Aid- help ,assistance Aide - person who helps

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Airs- snobbish or artificial behaviour Heirs- person who will inherit as estate or title of their family

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Allusion - subtle reference Illusion - deception,mirage or a wild idea

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Ambiguous- something unclear Ambivalent - uncertain and having conflicted feelings

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Amiable - person who is friendly good natured (adj) •Amicable -agreements or relationship (for situation)

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Amoral - having no principles at all no good or bad Immoral - lacking good morals

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Amused - something entertaining Bemused -bewilder,lost in thought

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Annual-yearly Annul -invalid

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Appraise - estimate the worth of Apprise to inform

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Arcane - to things of known and understood by few people Archaic - very old and outdated

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Ascent -upward movement Assent -to agree to

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Ascetic - renounce all materialistic comfort and living sage life Aesthetic philosophy of beauty

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Ascribe - to attribute (regards something as caused by) Describe

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Aspersion - defamation, damaging remark ,slander Dispersion scatter

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Flair - A natural talent Flare - A shape that spreads outward or a sudden burst of light or a device for producing a bright flame

Answer 70

•hidden •lethargic

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