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Commonly Confused English Words
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Commonly Confused English Words
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Word whose meaning is “to influence or change something” is:
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affect
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Word whose meaning is “result or outcome” is:
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effect
3
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Word whose meaning is “to agree to receive” is:
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accept
4
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Word whose meaning is “excluding; not including” is:
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except
5
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Word whose meaning is “a suggestion or guidance” (noun) is:
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advice
6
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Word whose meaning is “to give suggestions or guidance” (verb) is:
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advise
7
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Word whose meaning is “main person, especially head of a school” is:
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principal
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Word whose meaning is “a moral rule or belief” is:
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principle
9
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How does 'affect' differ from 'effect'?
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Affect means to influence or change something (verb). Effect means result or outcome (noun).
10
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Word whose meaning is “not moving; standing still” is:
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stationary
11
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Word whose meaning is “writing materials like paper, pens, etc.” is:
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stationery
12
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Word whose meaning is “to misplace or fail to keep something” is:
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lose
13
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Word whose meaning is “not tight or firmly fixed” is:
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loose
14
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Word whose meaning is “next to” (physical position) is:
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beside
15
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Word whose meaning is “in addition to; also” is:
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besides
16
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Word whose meaning is “more distant in physical distance” is:
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farther
17
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Word whose meaning is “more; additional; also used for figurative distance” is:
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further
18
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How does 'stationary' differ from 'stationery'?
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Stationary means not moving; standing still. Stationery means writing materials like paper, pens.
19
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Word whose meaning is “silent; making no noise” is:
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quiet
20
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Word whose meaning is “to a considerable degree; fairly” is:
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quite
21
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Word whose meaning is “belonging to whom” (possessive) is:
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whose
22
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Word whose meaning is “who is” or “who has” (contraction) is:
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who’s
23
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Word whose meaning is “to lift or raise something (transitive verb)” is:
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raise
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Word whose meaning is “to go up or get higher (intransitive verb)” is:
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rise
25
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Word whose meaning is “to cause a liquid to flow from one container to another” is:
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pour
26
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Word whose meaning is “to read or study something very carefully” (often “pore over”) is:
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pore
27
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How does 'raise' differ from 'rise'?
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Raise is transitive: to lift something. Rise is intransitive: to go up.
28
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Word whose meaning is “to come before in time or order” is:
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precede
29
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Word whose meaning is “to continue or move forward after a pause” is:
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proceed
30
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Word whose meaning is “famous and respected” is:
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eminent