CONFUSING PAIR OF WORDS

CONFUSING PAIR OF WORDS

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Practice, rice,advice

accept - except

access- excess

affection - affectation

amateur - armature

amiable - amenable

apposite - opposite

casual - causal

censure - censor

complement - compliment

conceive - concede

continual - continuous

course - coarse

deride - derive

devise - device

dilate - dilute

effect - affect

elude-delude

eminent -imminent

exasperate -exacerbate

exercise -exorcise

fertile -futile

fiction - faction

gage- gauge

genteel - gentle

Grant -taken for granted, loan granted

Grand dinner

Live

Levied 

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moral - morale

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vain - excessively pleased with one’s own appearance or accomplishments

vein - A weathervan

vane-  is a membranous tube that carries blood to the heart
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Waste( n, verb, adjective) 

Waist noun

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he put an arm around her waist

We mustn't waste our energy resources.

You're wasting your money and my time. 

Are you telling me I'm wasting my time?

I think watching TV is a waste of time.

 I'm not going to let you waste my time

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Raise (raises) - raised raised

Rise - rose -risen

Rise up

Rise of

Race - Races

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Sun rises in the east

Race refers to socially defined categories based on people's background, while color

Race - a competition between runners, horses, vehicles, etc. to see which is the fastest in covering a set course.

I can raise the baby... ...

It looks like a fine place to raise children. ...

A major success helped raise our spirits. ...

They're into the arts, and charities to raise money for our war. ...

I would raise Elisabeth's child. ...

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