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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 7/10 |
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61. |
irrelevant = having no bearing on a matter
irreverent = lacking respect |
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62. |
loath = reluctant
loathe = to hate |
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63. |
luxuriant = growing thickly; highly ornamented
luxurious = rich; having an aura of wealth |
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64. |
perpetuate = to cause to continue
perpetrate = to do (something evil) |
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65. |
persecute = to afflict constantly in order to injure
prosecute = to institute legal proceedings against |
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66. |
personal = private
personnel = staff, employees |
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67. |
perspective = viewpoint; appearance determined by distance/position
prospective = likely |
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68. |
precede = to come before
proceed = to continue |
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69. |
prescribe = to order; to advise (as medicine)
proscribe = to outlaw |
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70. |
pray = to beseech
prey = a captured victim
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This "confusing words" revision will be
continued in Lesson 30.
And now practise all this on the next page.... |
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