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44 Cards in this Set
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You're/your
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You're doing your own homework, I hope.
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effect/affect
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What effect does this have on you? How does it affect you?
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They're/their/there
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They're driving their new car over there this afternoon.
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allude/elude
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She would often allude to her childhood, when she would elude her brothers in a game of hide-and-seek.
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loath/loathe
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I am loath to associate with people who loathe me.
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aide/aid/AIDS
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The teacher's aide more than once came to the aid of her supervisor. [AIDS, the acronym for Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome, is spelled in all caps.]
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lightning/lightening
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The lightning striking all around them, the sailors proceeded in their task of lightening the cargo
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a lot/allot
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We need a lot (two words!) of money. She will allot funds according to need.
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perimeter/parameters
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The two lawyers walked around the perimeter of the estate as they discussed the parameters of the case.
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averse/adverse
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I am averse to traveling in such adverse weather conditions.
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inflicted/afflicted
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The tyrant inflicted great hardship on the people. They felt afflicted with his harsh regime.
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ensure/insure
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We would like to ensure good weather for our company picnic, but our insurance company won't insure good weather with an inexpensive policy.
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lies/lay/lain
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She lies down, lay down, has lain down, is lying down
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assent/ascent
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When they got the assent of the weather bureau, they allowed the enormous balloon to begin its ascent.
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principal/principles
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The high school principal said today that the principal problem with today's youth is their lack of moral principles
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advice/advise
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I need your advice. Please advise me on this.
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stationery/stationary
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The stationery department, where they sell envelopes and writing paper, is in a stationary place.
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adolescents/adolescence
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The trouble with many adolescents is that they never seem to grow out of adolescence.
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lays/laid/laying
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She lays it down, laid it down, has laid it down, is laying it down. (The verb to lay takes an object; to lie doesn't.)
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a while/awhile
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I'll be back in a while. Can you wait awhile? (Awhile [one word] is an adverb that can modify a verb.)
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personal/personnel
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The personnel office had a great deal of personal information in its files.
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adjured/abjure
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The minister adjured his wayward congregation to abjure the sins of the flesh.
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than/then
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I'm taller than my father. Let's eat first; then we'll go to the movies.
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capitol/capital
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We went over to the capitol to see the legislators. The capital of Connecticut is Hartford. The state is running out of capital.
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immigrated/emigrate
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They have immigrated to this city from all over eastern Europe; later on, they may decide to emigrate elsewhere.
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accept/except
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3. I would accept your excuse, except the part about losing the watch.
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purposefully/purposely
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The troops moved purposefully toward their doom, relying on the false information their leaders had purposely given them.
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conscious/conscience
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She didn't seem conscious of the fact that her husband has no conscience.
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quiet/quite/quit
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We'll have to be quite quiet. Quit making noise!
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eminent/imminent
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They were afraid that this eminent figure in world politics was in imminent danger of being killed
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threw/through/thorough
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He threw a baseball right through the neighbor's front window. The neighbor made a thorough report to the police.
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illicit/elicit
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How did the politicians plan to elicit these obviously illicit campaign funds without getting caught?
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incidence/incidents
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The incidence of incidents involving racist slurs has become intolerable.
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amoral/immoral
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Sometimes it seems more shocking to be amoral than to be immoral .
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oral/aural/verbal
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He made an oral commitment to speak on the biological, aural aspects of listening. He has extraordinary verbal skills.
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chose/choose
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I chose the red balloon. Now you choose a balloon of another color.
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Its/it's
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What is its color? It's green. It's been a long, long time.
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access/excess
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The number of students who wanted access to the computer labs was in excess of two hundred.
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complimented/complemented
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She complimented her sister on the way her scarf complemented her blouse.
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discreet/discrete
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They kept their love affair discreet by living discrete lives
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farther/further
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I can run farther than you, but let's discuss that further after the race.
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explicit/implicit
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The document now makes explicit what had been only implicit in the shifty eyes of the negotiator.
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especially/specially
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He especially likes coffee ice-cream. Every week, his wife buys some specially for him.
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illusion/allusion
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In preparing for his most spectacular illusion, the magician made an allusion to the magic of Houdini.
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