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This section of our course will
review 100 words groups that are troublesome to
many CPE students. Words have been grouped
according to the way they are most often confused or
misused. Some of these words are homonyms (words
that sound alike but are spelled differently) and
some are just commonly confused. Each set of
confusables (eg: their, there, they're) are
displayed together. |
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Words Groups -
Part 5/10 |
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41. |
disinterested = having nothing personal to gain; impartial
uninterested = having no interest in |
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42. |
elegant = graceful; refined; with good taste
eloquent = persuasive; fluent (speech or writing) |
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43. |
elicit = to draw out
illicit = unlawful |
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44. |
emigrants =
those who leave a country to settle in another
immigrants = those who come to a new country to settle |
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45. |
eminent = famous; prominent
imminent = impending
immanent = universal |
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46. |
epaulet = a shoulder decoration (usually on a uniform)
epithet = a descriptive word or phrase |
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47. |
epic = a long poem dealing with heroic deeds; very impressive
epoch = a period of time marked by noteworthy people or event |
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48. |
flouting = scorning, showing disdain for
flaunting = showing off provocatively |
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49. |
foreword = introduction to a book
forward = toward the front |
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50. |
gorilla = an ape
guerrilla = a soldier of the underground |
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This
"confusing words" revision will be
continued in Lesson 22.
And now practise all this on the next page.... |
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