Accept - to receive
Except- with the exclusion of
Advice - recommendation (noun)
Advise - to recommend (verb)
Adverse - unfavorable
Averse - opposed to
Affect - to influence (verb); emotional response (noun)
Effect - result (noun); to cause (verb)
Aisle - space between rows
Isle - island
Allude - to make indirect reference to
Elude - to avoid
Allusion - indirect reference
Illusion - false idea, misleading appearance
Already - by this time
All ready - fully prepared
Altar- sacred platform or place
Alter- to change
Altogether- thoroughly
All together- everyone/everything in one place
A lot - a quantity; many of something
Allot- to divide or portion out
Angel- supernatural being, good person
Angle- shape made by joining 2 straight lines
Are- plural form of "to be"
Our- plural form of "my"
Accent- pronunciation common to a region
Ascent- the act of rising or climbing
Assent- consent, agreement
Assistance- help
Assistants- helpers
Bare- nude, unadorned
Bear- to carry; an animal
Beside- close to; next to
Besides- except for; in addition
Boar- a wild male pig
Bore- to drill a hole through
Board- piece of wood
Bored- uninterested
Born- brought into life
Borne- past participle of "to bear" (carry)
Breath- air taken in (noun)
Breathe- to take in air (verb)
Brake- device for stopping
Break- destroy; make into pieces
Buy- to purchase
By- next to; through the agency of
Canvas- heavy cloth
Canvass- to take a survey; a survey
Capital- major city
Capitol- government building
Choose- to pick
Chose- past tense of "to choose"
Clothes- garments
Cloths- pieces of fabric
Coarse- rough
Course- path; series of lectures
Complement- something that completes
Compliment- praise, flattery
Conscience- sense of morality
Conscious- awake, aware
Corpse- dead body
Council- governing body
Counsel- advice; to give advice
Dairy- place where milk products are processed
Diary- personal journal
Descent- downward movement
Dissent- disagreement
Dessert- final, sweet course in a meal
Desert- to abandon; dry, sandy area
Device- a plan; a tool or utensil
Devise- to create
Discreet- modest, prudent behavior
Discrete- a separate thing, distinct
Do- a verb indicating performance or execution of a task
Dew- water droplets condensed from air
Due- as a result of
Dominant- commanding, controlling
Dominate- to control
Die- to lose life; one of a pair of dice
Dye- to change or add color
Dyeing- changing or adding color
Dying- losing life
Elicit- to draw out
Illicit- illegal, forbidden
Eminent- prominent
Imminent- about to happen
Envelop- to surround (verb)
Envelope- container for a letter (noun)
Everyday- routine, commonplace, ordinary (adj.)
Every day- each day, succession (adj. + noun)
Fair- light skinned; just, honest; a carnival
Fare- money for transportation; food
Farther- at a greater(measurable) distance
Further- in greater(non-measurable) depth
Formally- conventionally, with ceremony
Formerly- previously
Forth- forward
Fourth- number four in a list
Gorilla- animal in ape family
Guerrilla- soldier specializing in surprise attacks
Hear- to sense sound by ear
Here- in this place
Heard- past tense of "to hear"
Herd- group of animals
Hoard- a hidden fund or supply, a cache
Horde- a large group or crowd, swarm
Hole- opening
Whole- complete; an entire thing
Human- relating to the species homo sapiens
Humane- compassionate
Its- possessive form of "it"
It's- contraction for "it is"
Knew- past tense of "know"
New- fresh, not yet old
Know- to comprehend
No- negative
Later- after a time
Latter- second one of two things
Lead- heavy metal substance; to guide
Led- past tense of "to lead"
Lessen- to decrease
Lesson- something learned and/or taught
Lightning- storm-related electricity
Lightening- making lighter
Loose- unbound, not tightly fastened
Lose- to misplace
Maybe- perhaps (adv.)
May be- might be (verb)
Meat- animal flesh
Meet- to encounter
Mete- to measure; to distribute
Metal- a hard organic substance
Medal- a flat disk stamped with a design
Mettle- courage, spirit, energy
Miner- a worker in a mine
Minor- underage person (noun); less important (adj.)
Moral- distinguishing right from wrong; lesson of a fable or
story
Morale- attitude or outlook usually of a group
Passed- past tense of "to pass"
Past- at a previous time
Patience- putting up with annoyances
Patients- people under medical care
Peace- absence of war
Piece- part of a whole; musical arrangement
Peak- point, pinnacle, maximum
Peek- to peer through or look furtively
Pique- fit of resentment, feeling of wounded vanity
Pedal- the foot lever of a bicycle or car
Petal- a flower segment
Peddle- to sell
Personal- intimate; owned by a person
Personnel- employees
Plain- simple, unadorned
Plane- to shave wood; aircraft (noun)
Precede- to come before
Proceed- to continue
Presence- attendance; being at hand
Presents- gifts
Principal- foremost (adj.); administrator of a school (noun)
Principle- moral conviction, basic truth
Quiet- silent, calm
Quite- very
Rain- water drops falling; to fall like rain
Reign- to rule
Rein- strap to control an animal (noun); to guide or control
(verb)
Raise- to lift up
Raze- to tear down
Rational- having reason or understanding
Rationale- principles of opinion, beliefs
Respectfully- with respect
Respectively- in that order
Reverend- title given to clergy; deserving respect
Reverent- worshipful
Right- correct; opposite of left
Rite- ritual or ceremony
Write- to put words on paper
Road- path
Rode- past tense of "to ride"
Scene- place of an action; segment of a play
Seen- viewed; past participle of "to see"
Sense- perception, understanding
Since- measurement of past time; because
Sight- scene, view, picture
Site- place, location
Cite- to document or quote (verb)
Stationery- writing paper
Straight- unbending
Strait- narrow or confining; a waterway
Taught- past tense of "to teach"
Taut- tight
Than- besides
Then- at that time; next
Their- possessive form of "they"
There- in that place
They're- contraction for "they are"
Through- finished; into and out of
Threw- past tense of "to throw"
Thorough- complete
To- toward
Too- also; very (used to show emphasis)
Two- number following one
Track- course, road
Tract- pamphlet; plot of ground
Waist- midsection of the body
Waste- discarded material; to squander
Waive- forgo, renounce
Wave- flutter, move back and forth
Weak- not strong
Week- seven days
Weather- climatic condition
Whether- if
Wether- a neutered male sheep
Where- in which place
Were- past tense of "to be"
Which- one of a group
Witch- female sorcerer
Whose- possessive for "of who"
Who's- contraction for "who is"
Your- possessive for "of you"
You're- contraction for "you are"
Yore- time long past
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