Word 1 | Meaning | Word 2 | Meaning |
accept | to agree to receive or do | except | not including |
adverse | unfavourable, harmful | averse | strongly disliking; opposed |
advice | recommendations about what to do | advise | to recommend something |
affect | to change or make a difference to | effect | a result; to bring about a result |
aisle | a passage between rows of seats | isle | an island |
all together | all in one place, all at once | altogether | completely; on the whole |
along | moving or extending horizontally on | a long | referring to something of great length |
aloud | out loud | allowed | permitted |
altar | a sacred table in a church | alter | to change |
amoral | not concerned with right or wrong | immoral | not following accepted moral standards |
appraise | to assess | apprise | to inform someone |
assent | agreement, approval | ascent | the action of rising or climbing up |
aural | relating to the ears or hearing | oral | relating to the mouth; spoken |
balmy | pleasantly warm | barmy | foolish, crazy |
bare | naked; to uncover | bear | to carry; to put up with |
bated | in phrase 'with batedbreath', i.e. in great suspense | baited | with bait attached or inserted |
bazaar | a Middle Eastern market | bizarre | strange |
berth | a bunk in a ship, train, etc. | birth | the emergence of a baby from the womb |
born | having started life | borne | carried |
bough | a branch of a tree | bow | to bend the head; the front of a ship |
brake | a device for stopping a vehicle; to stop a vehicle | break | to separate into pieces; a pause |
breach | to break through, or break a rule; a gap | breech | the back part of a gun barrel |
broach | to raise a subject for discussion | brooch | a piece of jewellery |
canvas | a type of strong cloth | canvass | to seek people’s votes |
censure | to criticize strongly | censor | to ban parts of a book or film; a person who does this |
cereal | a grass producing an edible grain; a breakfast food made from grains | serial | happening in a series |
chord | a group of musical notes | cord | a length of string; a cord-like body part |
climactic | forming a climax | climatic | relating to climate |
coarse | rough | course | a direction; a school subject; part of a meal |
complacent | smug and self-satisfied | complaisant | willing to please |
complement | to add to so as to improve; an addition that improves something | compliment | to praise or express approval; an admiring remark |
council | a group of people who manage or advise | counsel | advice; to advise |
cue | a signal for action; a wooden rod | queue | a line of people or vehicles |
curb | to keep something in check; a control or limit | kerb | (in British English) the stone edge of a pavement |
currant | a dried grape | current | happening now; a flow of water, air, or electricity |
defuse | to make a situation less tense | diffuse | to spread over a wide area |
desert | a waterless, empty area; to abandon someone | dessert | the sweet course of a meal |
discreet | careful not to attract attention | discrete | separate and distinct |
disinterested | impartial | uninterested | not interested |
draught | a current of air | draft | a first version of a piece of writing |
draw | an even score at the end of a game | drawer | a sliding storage compartment |
dual | having two parts | duel | a fight or contest between two people |
to draw out a reply or reaction | illicit | not allowed by law or rules | |
ensure | to make certain that something will happen | insure | to provide compensation if a person dies or property is damaged |
envelop | to cover or surround | envelope | a paper container for a letter |
exercise | physical activity; to do physical activity | exorcise | to drive out an evil spirit |
fawn | a young deer; light brown | faun | a mythical being, part man, part goat |
to display ostentatiously | flout | to disregard a rule | |
flounder | to move clumsily; to have difficulty doing something | founder | to fail |
forbear | to refrain | forebear | an ancestor |
foreword | an introduction to a book | forward | onwards, ahead |
freeze | to turn to ice | frieze | a decoration along a wall |
grisly | gruesome, revolting | grizzly | a type of bear |
hoard | a store | horde | a large crowd of people |
imply | to suggest indirectly | infer | to draw a conclusion |
loath | reluctant, unwilling | loathe | to hate |
loose | to unfasten; to set free | lose | to be deprived of; to be unable to find |
meter | a measuring device | metre | a metric unit; rhythm in verse |
militate | to be a powerful factor against | mitigate | to make less severe |
palate | the roof of the mouth | palette | a board for mixing colours |
pedal | a foot-operated lever | peddle | to sell goods |
pole | a long, slender piece of wood | poll | voting in an election |
pour | to flow or cause to flow | pore | a tiny opening; to study something closely |
practice | the use of an idea or method; the work or business of a doctor, dentist, etc. | practise | to do something repeatedly to gain skill; to do something regularly |
prescribe | to authorize use of medicine; to order authoritatively | proscribe | to officially forbid something |
principal | most important; the head of a school | principle | a fundamental rule or belief |
sceptic | a person inclined to doubt | septic | infected with bacteria |
sight | the ability to see | site | a location |
stationary | not moving | stationery | writing materials |
storey | a level of a building | story | a tale or account |
titillate | to arouse interest | titivate | to make more attractive |
tortuous | full of twists; complex | torturous | full of pain or suffering |
wreath | a ring-shaped arrangement of flowers etc. | wreathe | to surround or encircle |
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