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| a | use before words beginning with a consonant sound |
| an | use before words beginnig with a vowel sound |
| accept | a verb meaning to receive |
| except | a verb meaning to leave out or a preposition meaning excluding |
| adapt | to change or adjust something in order to make it fit or to make it suitable |
| adopt | to take something and make it one's own |
| affect | to influence or to bring about |
| effect | the result |
| allusion | an indirect refernce to something |
| illusion | a mistaken idea or a misleading appearance |
| alumni | a number of female and male graduates mixed |
| alumnae | a group of female graduates |
| alumnus | a male graduate |
| alumna | a female graduate |
| amount | refers to a singular word indicating how many |
| number | refers to a plural word indicating how many |
| beside | a preposition meaning by the side of or next to |
| besides | means in addition to or except or moreover |
| between | used when referring to only 2 items |
| among | used when referring to more than 2 items |
| bring | to come carrying something |
| take | to go carrying somethin |
| bust | a woman's chest |
| bursted | describes how large or small a woman's chest is |
| burst | the breaking of something |
| credible | believable |
| creditable | praiseworthy |
| credulous | inclined to believe too readily |
| data | plural of datum |
| datum | singular form of data |
| discover | to learn of the existence of something |
| invent | to bring something new into existence |
| emigrate | to leave a country |
| immigrate | to come to a country |
| famous | widely known |
| notorious | widely but unfavorably known |
| fewer | tells how many to modify a plural nous |
| less | tells how much to modify a singular noun |
| imply | to suggest something indirectly |
| infer | to interpret or to get a certain meaning from a remark or an action |
| in | within |
| into | from the outside to the inside |
| learn | to gain knowledge |
| teach | to provide with knowledge |
| leave | to go away |
| let | to permit or to allow |
| likely | expresses simple probability |
| liable | expresses probability with potential harm or misfortune |
| nauseated | sick |
| nauseous | disgusting or sickening |
| persecute | to attack or annoy someone constantly |
| prosecute | to bring legal action against someone for unlawful behavior |
| phenomena | plural form of phenomenon |
| phenomena | singular form for phenomenon |
| than | a conjunction used in comparison |
| then | an adverb telling when |
| all ready | all prepared |
| already | previously |
| all together | everyone in the same place |
| altogether | entirely |
| altar | a table or stand at which religious rites are performed |
| alter | to change |
| born | given birth |
| borne | carried; endured |
| brake | to slow down or stop; a device for slowing down |
| break | to cause to come apart; to shatter; a fracture |
| capital | main city in a state; wealth; punishable by death; of major importance |
| capitol | a building in which a legislature meets |
| clothes | wearing apparel |
| cloths | pieces of fabric |
| coarse | rough;crude |
| course | path of action; part of a meal; series of studies; naturally or certainly |
| complement | something that makes whole or complete; to make whole or complete |
| compliment | praise; a courteous act or expression; to express praise or respect |
| consul | a person appointed by a government to serve its citizens in a foreign country |
| councilor | a member of a council |
| counsel | advice; to advise |
| counselor | one who gives advice |
| desert | a dry region |
| desert | to leave or abandon |
| dessert | the final couse of a meal |
| formally | in a proper or dignified manner, according to strict rules |
| formerly | previously; in the past |
| its | possessive form of it |
| it's | contraction of it is or it has |
| later | more late |
| latter | the second of two |
| lead | to go first; to guide; a heavy metal; graphite in a pencil |
| led | past tense of lead |
| loose | free; not close together; not firmly fastened |
| lose | to suffer loss |
| miner | a worker in a mine |
| minor | a person under legal age; less important |
| moral | good; virtuous; a lesson of conduct |
| morale | spirit; mental condition |
| passed | went beyond |
| past | time gone by; of a former time; beyond |
| peace | clamness |
| piece | a part of something |
| personal | individual; private |
| personnel | a group of people employed in the same work or service |
| plain | not fancy; clear; an area of flat land |
| plane | a flat surface; a tool; an airplane |
| principal | the head of a school; main or most important |
| principle | a rule of conduct; a fact or a general truth |
| quiet | still; silent |
| quite | completely; rather; very |
| stationary | in a fixed position |
| stationery | writing paper |
| their | possessive of they |
| there | at that place |
| they're | they are |
| to | preposition |
| too | also; more than enugh |
| two | totaling one plus one, the number between one and three |
| waist | the midsection of the body |
| waste | unused material; to squander |
| who's | contraction of who is or who has |
| whose | possessive form of who |
| your | possessive form of you |
| you're | contraction of you are |
