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accept/except
willingly receive, allow, or approve/excluding, apart from
abjure/adjure
deny something under oath/urge something to do something
adverse/averse
harmful, unfavorable/having a feeling of distaste, or dislike
advice/advise
an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide/ to give information to someone
affect/effect
to impact or change/ the result from change
allusion/illusion
making an indirect reference to something/mistaken idea, something that is not real but seems to be real
alternate/alternative
describes every other substitute/presence of more than one possibility, choice
ascent/assent
a climb/agreement
ascetic/aesthetic
extreme self-denial for religious reasons/pleasing to the eye
capital/capitol
Accumulated wealth, A city that serves as the seat for the country’s government/A building where the legislative government meets
censure/censor
to find fault with and criticize, blame/to remove,block
chafe/chaff
rub or wear away with friction/ husks of grain separated
cite/site/sight
to give reference to sources on academic papers/ a location,place/to see things
collaborate/corroborate
to work together/to confirm,verify a statement
commend/condemn/condone
praise formally/express complete disapproval/accept and allow behavior that is morally wrong
compliment/complement
a polite expression of praise/something that enhances and completes another thing
concurrent/consecutive
occuring at the same time, simultaneous/happen in sequential order, uninterrupted, repeating
content/contentious
happy or satisfied/likely to cause an argument
council/counsel
group of people come together to make decisions/advice that is given formally
descent/dissent
action of moving down/to publicly disagree with an official decision
discreet/discrete
is careful in speech and actions to avoid causing offense/individually separate and distinct
disinterested/uninterested
not biased(taking sides)/not interested
elicit/illicit
to bring forth a reaction,response/not permitted, illegal
emigrant/immigrant/migrant
leaves their country to settle somewhere permanently/comes to live permanently in a foreign country/moves to another place to find better opportunities, living conditions
eminent/immanent/imminent
famous and respected within a profession/inherent in an spread throughout something else, built in, essential/about to happen,ready to take place
enervate/energize
drain away strength/to make energetic or active
flaunt/flout
show off/ignore the rules
gambit/gamut
a kind of sacrifice/a range
ingenious/ingenuous
clever, original, inventive/innocent and unsuspecting
precede/proceed
to surpass in rank, dignity, or importance/to go or continue forward
principal/principle
headmaster of a school/a rule, law, or guideline
stanch/staunch
to check or stop the flow of blood/having loyalty or principle
stationary/stationery
fixed, unchanging/paper, matching envelopes, writing equipments
tortuous/torturous
twisting, winding, crooked/painful, full of suffering
venal/venial
open to corrupt influence(bribery), purchasable/can be forgivable
