3 most commonly confused words Flashcards

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1
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They’re

A

A contraction (2 words put together)
They are

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Their

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A person or someone owning something

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3
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There

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Talking about a place or location

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4
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You’re

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You are

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5
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Your

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Possessive Pronoun
You own a thing

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6
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Accept

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To receive or approve

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7
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Except

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Leaving Something our or excluding it

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8
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Access

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The ability to enter or use something

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9
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Excess

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Too much of something

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10
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Affect

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An action (Often a verb)

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11
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Effect

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End Result (Often a noun)

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12
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Afflict

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To cause suffering
- Often used with ‘with’

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Inflict

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To force suffering
- Often used with ‘on’ or ‘upon’

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14
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Allude

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A reference to something
-Like an allusion in literature

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15
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Elude

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To avoid, usually to avoid danger

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Allusion

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A reference to an outside of a current situation

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17
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Illusion

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Something Imagained

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18
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Cite

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Context or facts

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19
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Site

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Location of a place

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Sight

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The ability to see something, something I see

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21
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Conscious

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To be aware and awake

22
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Conscience

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A person’s sense of right and wrong. The ability to know when you hurt someone’s feelings.

23
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Could of

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DO NOT USE

24
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Could’ve = Could have

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A thing that was possible but didn’t happen

25
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Illicit

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Something that is illegal or not allowed

26
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Elict

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Something that’s about to happen

27
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Eminet

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Something of higher status

28
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Imminent

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Something is about to happen

29
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Empathetic

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Showing understanding and sharing feelings of another being, putting oneself in someone else’s shoes.

30
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Emphatic

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To add emphasis

31
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Fewer

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When you can measure the amount

32
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Less

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When you can tell there isn’t as much, but aren’t sure exact number.

33
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Many

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When you can count the amount

34
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Much

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When you can’t count the amount more

35
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Imitated

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To copy

36
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Intimated

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To imply, suggest, or declare

37
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Ingenuous

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Innocent and unsuspecting

38
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Ingenious

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Clever and intentive

39
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Patients

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Someone who is taken care of in a medical setting

40
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Patience

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The ability to remain calm.

41
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Perspective

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A viewpoint

42
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Prospective

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Something that is likely to happen

43
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Respectfully

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In a manner of high reward

44
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Respectively

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In the order previously mentioned

45
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Than

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A word used to compare 2 things

46
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Then

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A word to indicate the sequence of events

47
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Wander

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To move without purpose or haste

48
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Wonder

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To be curious about something

49
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it’s

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it is

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