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accede: stick to agreement
exceed: surpass
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accept: receive
except: exclude
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adapt: adjust
adept: proficient
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adverse: opposed
averse:: not interested
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affect:
change, influence
effect:
(v) to bring about
(n) result, impression
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all right: all right
alright:
outdated usage
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allude: refer to indirectlyelude: avoid
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allusion: insinuation illusion: apparition
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already: previously
allready:
everything prepared
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altar: place of worship
alter: to change
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appraise: value
apprise:
inform, notify
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assistants: helpers
assistance: help
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capital:
seat of government;money capitol:
building where legislative body meets
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cease: stop
seize: apprehend
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cite: speak of
sight: vision
site: location
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complement: collection compliment: praise
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continual:
happens frequently in time: close succession
continuous: uninterrupted
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council: praise
consul: ambassador console: comfort counsel: advice
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descent: decline
dissent: disagree
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disapprove: condemn
disprove: discredit
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elicit: extract
illicit: illegal
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eligible: qualified
illegible: indecipherable
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emigration:
moving from a country
immigration: moving to a country
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eminent:
outstanding, revered
imminent:
threatening to happen soon
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farther: forward
further: additionally
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floe:
large sheet of floating ice
flow:
move, run freely, circulate
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formally:
in a dignified way
formerly: previously
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imply:
speaker implies (suggests)
infer:
hearer infers (perceives)
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incidence: occurrence
incidents: situations
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lay:
to set down, to place or put an item down
lie: to recline
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passed: go by
past: earlier
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principal:
first in authority; main participant; amount of a debt less interest
principle:
basic truth or assumption
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pray:
to ask for by prayer or supplication
prey:
animal hunted or caught for food; victim
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residence: dwelling residents: occupants
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right: correct
rite: ceremony
wright: worker
write: compose
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their:
posessive form of "them"
they're: they are there: at that place
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stationary:
not moving: fixed
stationery:
writing material: letterhead, envelopes, etc.
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suit:
a set of clothes; legal action
suite:
number of items making up a set, series, or sequence
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waiver:
the giving up of a claim
waver:
to hesitate; also tremble or quaver
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through: by way of
threw: tossed
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whose:
of or relating to whom
who's: who is
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your:
of or relating to you you're: you are
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