CONFUSING WORDS

CONFUSING WORD PAIRS

accede: stick to agreement exceed: surpass	accept: receive except: exclude	adapt: adjust adept: proficient
adverse: opposed averse: not interested	affect: change, influence effect: (v) to bring about (n) result, impression	all right: all right alright: outdated usage
allude: refer to indirectly elude: avoid	altar: place of worship alter: to change	appraise: value apprise: inform, notify
capital:seat of government; money capitol: building where legislative body meets	complement:something that completes (noun); to complete (verb). compliment: a flattering remark (noun); to praise (verb)	continual: happens frequently in time: close succession continuous: uninterrupted
emigration: moving from a country immigration: moving to a country	eminent: outstanding, revered imminent: threatening to happen soon	everyday: The everyday (ordinary) routine of working every day: Call me every day (each day) this week.
farther: refers to actual distance further: refers to figurative distance	imply: speaker implies (suggests) infer: hearer infers (perceives)	floe: large sheet of floating ice flow: move, run freely, circulate
lay: to set down, to place or put an item down lie: to recline	pray: to ask for by prayer or supplication prey: animal hunted or caught for food; victim	principal: first in authority; main participant; amount of a debt less interest principle: basic truth or assumption
raise: to cause to lift or to lift something rise: to ascend, move upward, or get up	real: adjective (real sugar) really: adverb (really wishing for...)	set: to place something somewhere sit: to be in a position of rest or to be seated
stationary: not moving: fixed stationery: writing material: letterhead, envelopes, etc.	suit: a set of clothes; legal action suite: number of items making up a set, series, or sequence	waiver: the giving up of a claim waver: to hesitate; also tremble or quaver

Confusing Word Triplets

ensure: to make sure or certain; guarantee; to protect	insure: to take out or issue insurance; to pay or be paid money in the case of loss	assure: convince, make sure of something, to give confidence; to declare or promise confidently
to: in the direction of; toward	too: in addition; as well, also	two: more than one; less than three
their: belonging to; possessive of "they"	there: at, or in that place	they're: combination of "they are"