Lesson List in 600+ Confusing Words Explained

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a / an / one compliment / complement imply / infer

able / capable concern / concerned / concerning in / into / inside / within

accident / incident confident / confidant / confidence in / on / at

accurate / exact / precise continual / continuous in time / on time

ache / pain / hurt convince / persuade incite / insight

actual / current / present could / should / would income / salary / wage

administrator / boss / manager council / counsel Indian / indigenous / Native American

adverse / averse critic / critical / criticism / critique inhabit / live / reside

advice / advise cure / treat / heal / recover intend / tend

affect / effect custom / habit interested / interesting

afraid / scared / frightened deadly / fatal / lethal interfere / intervene

after / later decent / descent / dissent its / its

agenda / itinerary / schedule defect / fault / flaw job / work / career

ago / back / before definitely / definitively just / only

aid / assist / help delay / late / postpone kinds / types / sorts

aim / goal / objective deny / refuse / reject / decline know / meet

alien / foreigner / stranger despite / in spite of last / latest

alive / life / live die / died / dead last / past

all / whole / every difficult / hard late / lately

all of / each of dilemma / quandary lay / lie

all ready / already / all right / alright dinner / supper / meal / snack like / as

allow / let / permit dirt / earth / soil little / small

allude / elude dirty / messy look / see / watch

almost / mostly / nearly disability / handicap / impairment lose / loose

alone / lonely / only discover / find out / notice / realize lose / miss

already / yet discreet / discrete made of / made from

also / as well / too disease / illness marriage / married / wedding

altar / alter disinterested / uninterested may / might

although / though / even though distinct / distinctive moral / morale

among / between do / make Mr. / Mrs. / Ms. / Miss

amoral / immoral dress / dressed / wear music / song

amount / number / quantity during / while / meanwhile / meantime nausea / nauseous / queasy

ancient / antique e.g. / i.e. north / northern

angry / upset early / soon notable / noticeable

another / other / others earn / gain / win ocean / sea / lake / pond
answer / reply / respond economic / economical of / from

any / some effective / efficient oppress / suppress / repress

apartment / flat / studio either / neither overtake / take over

apologize / sorry electric / electrical / electronic pass away / pass out

apology / excuse empathy / sympathy pass the time / spend time

appraise / apprise employees / staff peak / pique

arrive / come / get / reach end / finish persons / peoples

as far as / as long as / as soon as enough / too poison / venom

assure / ensure / insure enquire / inquire politics / policy

automobile / car / vehicle especially / specially poor / pore / pour

await / hope / expect / wait every day / everyday pray / prey

award / reward / prize ex- / former / previous principal / principle

awkward / embarrassing explore / exploit problem / trouble

baggage / luggage extend / expand quiet / silent

beach / coast / shore famous / infamous raise / rise / arise

beautiful / pretty farther / further regard / regardless / regards

become / get / turn fee / fare / tax regretful / regrettable

been / gone female / feminine / woman relation / relationship

before / in front of / opposite / across from few / little / less / fewer remember / remind / recall / recollect
beg / plead fit / match / suit replace / substitute

begin / start floor / ground resolve / solve

belong to / belong with / belong in for / since review / revise

below / under / beneath / underneath forest / jungle / wood / woods rob / thief / steal

beside / besides fun / funny safety / security

big / large girl / lady / woman say / tell / speak

big, small, long, short, tall, huge, and tiny good / well scream / shout

bill / invoice / receipt good evening / good night sell / sale

blanket / comforter / quilt gratuity / tip sensible / sensitive

borrow / lend / loan / owe guarantee / warranty shade / shadow

bother / disturb gut / guts so / such

bravery / courage hard / hardly so / very / a lot

bring / take have / have got some time / sometime / sometimes

bring up / grow up have to / must / need to stuff / things

Britain / England / the U.K. havent / dont have such as / as such

broad / wide hear / listen suppose / supposed to

by / until hijack / kidnap than / then

can / could / able to historic / historical think about / think of

capital / capitol holiday / vacation tide / waves

carpet / mat / rug hope / wish till / until

ceiling / roof hopefully / thankfully to / for

chance / possibility / opportunity hostel / hotel / motel too / very

change / switch house / home travel / trip / journey

chauffeur / driver how about? / what about? used to / be used to

city / downtown / town human / humankind / human being / man / mankind wake / awake / sleep / asleep

classic / classical hundred / hundreds wander / wonder

clever / intelligent / smart I / my / me / mine / myself ? wary / weary

close / near / next if / whether what / which

close / shut if I was / if I were which / that

cloth / clothes / clothing ignore / neglect who / whom

collect / gather ill / sick will / would

come back / go back / get back impending / pending worse / worst

year-old / years old