| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | accept / except | receive; excluding |
| 2. | adapt / adopt | adjust; take up |
| 3. | adverse / averse | harmful; opposed to |
| 4. | advice / advise | noun guidance; verb recommend |
| 5. | affect / effect | verb influence; noun result |
| 6. | allusion / illusion | indirect reference; false appearance |
| 7. | altar / alter | sacred table; change |
| 8. | among / between | in a group; separating two |
| 9. | appraise / apprise | evaluate; inform |
| 10. | ascent / assent | upward climb; agreement |
| 11. | assure / ensure | reassure; make certain |
| 12. | backup / back up | reserve copy; support or reverse |
| 13. | beside / besides | next to; in addition to |
| 14. | biannual / biennial | twice yearly; every two years |
| 15. | born / borne | given birth; carried |
| 16. | capital / capitol | city or wealth; legislature building |
| 17. | cite / site | quote; location |
| 18. | complement / compliment | complete; praise |
| 19. | compose / comprise | make up; consist of |
| 20. | conscience / conscious | moral sense; aware |
| 21. | continual / continuous | repeated; uninterrupted |
| 22. | council / counsel | advisory body; advice |
| 23. | credible / credulous | believable; too ready to believe |
| 24. | defuse / diffuse | make less tense; spread out |
| 25. | deprecate / depreciate | express disapproval; lose value |
| 26. | device / devise | tool; invent |
| 27. | discreet / discrete | tactful; separate |
| 28. | draught / draft | air current; preliminary version |
| 29. | dual / duel | twofold; formal fight |
| 30. | economic / economical | relating to economy; thrifty |
| 31. | elicit / illicit | draw out; illegal |
| 32. | emigrate / immigrate | leave a country; enter one |
| 33. | eminent / imminent | distinguished; about to happen |
| 34. | every day / everyday | each day; ordinary |
| 35. | every one / everyone | each individual; everybody |
| 36. | farther / further | physical distance; additional extent |
| 37. | fewer / less | countable amount; uncountable amount |
| 38. | flaunt / flout | display ostentatiously; openly disregard |
| 39. | forbear / forebear | refrain; ancestor |
| 40. | foreword / forward | book introduction; onward |
| 41. | founder / flounder | establish; struggle helplessly |
| 42. | gaff / gaffe | hooked pole; social blunder |
| 43. | gambit / gamut | opening move; full range |
| 44. | gorilla / guerrilla | ape; irregular fighter |
| 45. | hanger / hangar | hook for clothes; aircraft shelter |
| 46. | hear / here | perceive sound; in this place |
| 47. | historic / historical | important in history; about history |
| 48. | hoard / horde | store up; large crowd |
| 49. | imply / infer | suggest; conclude |
| 50. | ingenious / ingenuous | clever; innocent and frank |
| 51. | its / it’s | possessive; it is |
| 52. | jibe / gibe | agree; taunt |
| 53. | later / latter | afterward; second of two |
| 54. | lay / lie | put down; recline |
| 55. | loath / loathe | reluctant; hate |
| 56. | login / log in | account access; sign in |
| 57. | lose / loose | misplace; not tight |
| 58. | luxuriant / luxurious | abundantly growing; richly comfortable |
| 59. | mantel / mantle | fireplace shelf; cloak or covering |
| 60. | marshal / martial | arrange or officer; warlike |
| 61. | maybe / may be | perhaps; might be |
| 62. | medal / meddle | award; interfere |
| 63. | militate / mitigate | have force; make less severe |
| 64. | moral / morale | ethical; group spirit |
| 65. | ordinance / ordnance | law; military weapons |
| 66. | palate / palette | sense of taste; color board |
| 67. | pedal / peddle | foot lever; sell door-to-door |
| 68. | personal / personnel | private; staff |
| 69. | perspective / prospective | viewpoint; expected future |
| 70. | practicable / practical | feasible; useful in practice |
| 71. | precede / proceed | come before; continue |
| 72. | prescribe / proscribe | authorize; forbid |
| 73. | principal / principle | main or head; rule |
| 74. | quiet / quite | silent; fairly or completely |
| 75. | rain / reign | water from sky; rule |
| 76. | raise / rise | lift; go up |
| 77. | rapt / wrapped | absorbed; covered |
| 78. | rebut / refute | argue against; prove wrong |
| 79. | respectfully / respectively | politely; in the stated order |
| 80. | review / revue | critical survey; variety show |
| 81. | role / roll | function; turn or list |
| 82. | sensible / sensitive | reasonable; easily affected |
| 83. | setup / set up | arrangement; establish |
| 84. | shear / sheer | cut; absolute or steep |
| 85. | sole / soul | only or foot bottom; spirit |
| 86. | sometime / some time | at an unspecified time; a while |
| 87. | stationary / stationery | not moving; writing materials |
| 88. | than / then | comparison; next or at that time |
| 89. | to / too | preposition; also or excessively |
| 90. | tortuous / torturous | winding; causing severe pain |
| 91. | troop / troupe | soldiers; performers |
| 92. | vain / vein | conceited or futile; blood vessel |
| 93. | verbal / oral | in words; spoken |
| 94. | waive / wave | forgo; move back and forth |
| 95. | weak / week | not strong; seven days |
| 96. | weary / wary | tired; cautious |
| 97. | weather / whether | atmospheric conditions; if |
| 98. | who’s / whose | who is; belonging to whom |
| 99. | workout / work out | exercise session; solve or exercise |
| 100. | your / you’re | possessive; you are |