Words that are easily confused Flashcards
1
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Conscience and Conscious
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Conscience: Sense of right or wrong
Conscious: Aware
2
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Personal and Personnel
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Personal: Private
Personnel: Employed people
3
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Allusion and Illusion
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Allusion: An indirect reference
Illusion: False vision of reality
4
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Precede and Proceed
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Precede: To go before
Proceed: Forward
5
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Perpetrate and Perpetuate
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Perpetrate: To be guilty of
Perpetuate: To prolong
6
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Veracious and Voracious
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Veracious: Honest
Voracious: Great appetite
7
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Contagious and Contiguous
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Contagious: Catchy
Contiguous: Nearby
8
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Continual and Continuous
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Continual: Repeated
Continuous: Ceaseless
9
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Expand and Expend
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Expand: Size increase
Expend: To spend
10
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Ingenious and Ingenuous
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Ingenious: Clever
Ingenuous: Artless
