Commonly Confused Words

Question 1

Principal

Answer 1

Leads a school or is the number one person in an organization

Question 2

Principle

Answer 2

Something that you believe in, something that shows you know right from wrong

Question 3

Loath

Answer 3

That you don’t wang to do or are reluctant to do something

Question 4

Loathe

Answer 4

That you hate something

Question 5

Compliment

Answer 5

Something nice you say to someone

Question 6

Complements

Answer 6

When two thing go really good together

Question 7

Stationery

Answer 7

Pretty paper you write on

Question 8

Stationary

Answer 8

When something does not move

Question 9

Affect

Answer 9

A verb meaning to cause or influence something to happen

Question 10

Effect

Answer 10

A noun meaning a consequence of an action

Question 11

Capital

Answer 11

Refers to money, letters, or to the city in a state where the government is headquartered

Question 12

Capitol

Answer 12

The specific government building where the voting branch sits

Question 13

Allude

Answer 13

Hinting at something or implying it but not saying it out loud

Question 14

Elude

Answer 14

You get away from someone else when they are looking for you

Question 15

Farther

Answer 15

Can be measured as a physical distance

Question 16

Further

Answer 16

Is more metaphorical phrase used in an essay

Question 17

Historic

Answer 17

When talking about something big that happened in history

Question 18

Historical

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When talking about something that is more minimal that happened in the past

Question 19

Imply

Answer 19

When someone suggests something without saying it out directly

Question 20

Infer

Answer 20

Making a meaning based on the context

Question 21

Appraise

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To determine how much something is worth

Question 22

Apprise

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Means of informing someone about something

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Compose

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To create something/ to be calm

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Comprise

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Means to be made up of

Question 25

Ensure

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To make sure that something will happen

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Insure

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To protect against something bad happening

Question 27

Intimated

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To hint at something without directly saying it

Question 28

Imitated

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To copy someone

Question 29

Collaborate

Answer 29

To work together

Question 30

Corroborate

Answer 30

To provide proof or confirm something

Question 31

Eminent

Answer 31

Someone who is prominent or important

Question 32

Imminent

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Something that is going to happen soon

Question 33

Envelop

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To wrap something up or surround something

Question 34

Envelope

Answer 34

The thing that you put a letter inside

Question 35

Hoard

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To keep lots of things for a long time, even when they’re useless

Question 36

Horde

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A large group of people often doing something negative

Question 37

Moral

Answer 37

A belief you have or a lesson about how to be a good person

Question 38

Morale

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Someone’s or a group’s positive or negative attitude and feelings about their surroundings and their lives

Question 39

Statue

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Something solid and is a piece of art depicting something

Question 40

Stature

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Someone’s physical height or figurative importance

Question 41

Statute

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A law or other order that people have to follow

Question 42

Wander

Answer 42

To move about without a plan

Question 43

Wonder

Answer 43

To think questioningly about something