Frequently Confused Words
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
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capital
capitol -
major city, money
government building -
choose
chose -
to pick
past tense of choose -
cite
sight
site -
to point out cite sources
vision
to place -
coarse
course -
rough
path, series of lectures -
insure
ensure -
buy or give insurance
guarantee, protect -
its
it's -
possesive form ot it
contraction for it is -
lead
led -
heavy metal substance (noun); to guide (verb)
past tense of lead -
lightning
lightening -
storm-related electricity
making lighter -
loose
lose -
unbound, not tightly fastened
to misplace -
patience
patients -
forbearance
people under medical care -
peace
piece -
absence of fighting
part of a whole, musical arrangement -
complement
compliment -
something that completes
praise, flattery -
conscience
conscious -
sense of morality
awake, aware -
council
counsel -
governing body
advice (noun); to advise (verb) -
desert
dessert -
To abandon (verb); dry, usually sandy area (noun)
Final sweet course in a meal -
dominant
dominate -
commanding, controlling
to control -
elicit
illicit -
to draw out
illegal -
eminent
immanent
imminent -
prominent
living within; inherent
about to happen -
formally
formerly -
conventionally, with ceremony
previously -
gorilla
guerrilla -
animal in ape family
soldier conducting surprise attacks -
personal
personnel -
intimate
employees -
precede
proceed -
to come before
to continue -
presence
presents -
being at hand; attendance at a place or in something
gifts -
principal
principle -
foremost (adjective); school head (noun)
moral convictions, basic truth -
quiet
quite -
silent, calm
very -
rain
reign
rein -
water that falls to earth(noun); to fall like rain (verb)
to rule
strap to guide or control an animal (noun); to guide or control (verb) -
raise
raze -
to lift up
to tear down -
respectfully
respectively -
with respect
in that order -
road
rode -
path
past tense of ride -
sense
since -
perception, understanding
measurment of past time, because