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Confusable Words

Terms in this set (120)

advocated
recommend
altogether
all together
approve
approve of
argument
dispute
ashamed
embarrassed
avoid
evade
border, frontier
boundary
breath
breathe
briefly
shortly
certainly
surely
mention
remark (comment)
complement
compliment
conscious
conscientious
continual
continuously
control
manage
discreet
discrete
disinterested
uninterested
distinct
distinctive
distrust
mistrust
doubt
suspect
earn
gain, win
embarrassed
embarrassing
especially
specially
excused
forgive
exhausting
exhaustive
finally
eventually
fragile
frail
frightened
frightening
hat
cap
historic
historical
illegal
unlawful
illegitimate
elicit
imply
infer
consist of
comprise
jealousy, jealous
envy, envious
journey, voyage
trip, excursion
legally, lawfuI
legitimate
lose
loose
nervous
irritated
notice
observe, pay attention
at present
presently
occasion
opportunity
chance
possibility
priceless
worthless
(quite the opposite of priceless)
valuable, invaluable
valueless
worth
value
principle
principal
proceed
precede
remark
notice
quarrel, argument
fight, row
search, seek
search for, look for
see
watch
look at
regard
shadow
shade
serviette
towel
(feel) sick
nauseous, be sick, vomit
(can't) stand, bear (tolerate)
support
suspenders
braces
stockings
tights
tree
shrub, brash
unsociable
anti-social
after, later
afterwards, later
after all
in the end
at last
finally
lastly
last of all
for
since
agenda
diary
alternate
alternative
alone
lonely
lone
sole
alike
likely
borrow
lend
bored
boring
box, crate
carton
find
find out (discover)
who's
whose
classic
classical
comedian
actor
intrigue
plot
any more
anymore
mimic
mime
personas
characters
slapstick
joke
joke
farce
footsteps
steps
an adaptation
a repeat
repetition
rehearsal
sale
sell
dubbed
doubled
orchestration
performance
director
conductor
applaud
clap
scenery
scenic
best
favourite
physique
physic
nil
zero
seat (as a verb)
hold (as a verb)
much time
many times
time
the time
win
beat
lose (time)
waste (time)
beat
conquer
build
install
race
sprint
competition
concurrence
do
make
exist (transitive)
exist (intransitive)
play
do
match
game
chase
hunt
equipment
gear
athletics
gymnastics
just(ly)
simply
fair, well-deserved
reasonable
just(ly)
fairly
only
just
just
exactly
let
make
ever
never
for...
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