| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | accept / except | receive; excluding |
| 2. | adopt / adapt | take as one’s own; adjust |
| 3. | advice / advise | guidance; recommend |
| 4. | affect / effect | influence; result |
| 5. | aisle / isle | passage; island |
| 6. | allusion / illusion | indirect reference; false appearance |
| 7. | altar / alter | worship table; change |
| 8. | appraise / apprise | evaluate; inform |
| 9. | assure / ensure | promise; make certain |
| 10. | averse / adverse | opposed; unfavorable |
| 11. | bated / baited | held back; lured |
| 12. | bazaar / bizarre | market; very strange |
| 13. | berth / birth | ship space; being born |
| 14. | born / borne | given birth; carried |
| 15. | breach / breech | break; rear part |
| 16. | canvas / canvass | cloth; solicit votes |
| 17. | capital / capitol | city or wealth; legislature building |
| 18. | censor / censure | suppress; criticize strongly |
| 19. | climactic / climatic | dramatic peak; weather-related |
| 20. | complement / compliment | complete; praise |
| 21. | conscience / conscious | moral sense; aware |
| 22. | continual / continuous | repeated often; unbroken |
| 23. | council / counsel | advisory body; advice |
| 24. | defuse / diffuse | make less tense; spread out |
| 25. | deprecate / depreciate | disapprove of; lose value |
| 26. | desert / dessert | arid region; sweet course |
| 27. | device / devise | tool; invent |
| 28. | discreet / discrete | tactful; separate |
| 29. | disinterested / uninterested | impartial; not interested |
| 30. | draught / draft | air current; preliminary version |
| 31. | dual / duel | twofold; fight between two |
| 32. | economic / economical | relating to economy; thrifty |
| 33. | elicit / illicit | draw out; illegal |
| 34. | eligible / illegible | qualified; unreadable |
| 35. | emigrate / immigrate | leave a country; enter one |
| 36. | eminent / imminent | distinguished; about to happen |
| 37. | enviable / envious | worthy of envy; feeling envy |
| 38. | especially / specially | particularly; for a purpose |
| 39. | everyday / every day | ordinary; each day |
| 40. | farther / further | more distant; additional |
| 41. | fatal / fateful | causing death; momentous |
| 42. | feint / faint | fake attack; weak or dim |
| 43. | ferment / foment | undergo agitation; stir up |
| 44. | figuratively / literally | non-literal; exactly as stated |
| 45. | flaunt / flout | show off; openly disregard |
| 46. | forbear / forebear | refrain; ancestor |
| 47. | forego / forgo | go before; do without |
| 48. | formally / formerly | officially; previously |
| 49. | gambit / gamut | opening move; full range |
| 50. | gorilla / guerrilla | ape; irregular fighter |
| 51. | grisly / grizzly | horrifying; grayish or bear |
| 52. | historic / historical | important in history; about history |
| 53. | hoard / horde | stockpile; large crowd |
| 54. | human / humane | person-related; compassionate |
| 55. | immanent / imminent | inherent within; about to happen |
| 56. | impassable / impassible | cannot be crossed; unemotional |
| 57. | imply / infer | suggest; conclude |
| 58. | incredible / incredulous | unbelievable; skeptical |
| 59. | indict / indite | formally accuse; compose |
| 60. | ingenious / ingenuous | clever; innocent and sincere |
| 61. | later / latest | afterward; most recent |
| 62. | later / latter | afterward; second of two |
| 63. | lay / lie | put down; recline |
| 64. | lightening / lightning | becoming lighter; electrical flash |
| 65. | loath / loathe | reluctant; hate |
| 66. | lose / loose | misplace; not tight |
| 67. | luxuriant / luxurious | abundant growth; richly comfortable |
| 68. | mantel / mantle | fireplace shelf; cloak |
| 69. | marshal / martial | arrange or officer; warlike |
| 70. | medal / meddle | award; interfere |
| 71. | militate / mitigate | have effect; make less severe |
| 72. | moral / morale | ethical lesson; group spirit |
| 73. | naval / navel | sea-related; belly button |
| 74. | ordinance / ordnance | law; military weapons |
| 75. | personal / personnel | private; staff |
| 76. | perspective / prospective | viewpoint; likely future |
| 77. | pore / pour | study closely; let flow |
| 78. | practicable / practical | feasible; useful |
| 79. | precede / proceed | come before; continue |
| 80. | premier / premiere | leading; first performance |
| 81. | prescribe / proscribe | authorize; forbid |
| 82. | principal / principle | main or head; rule |
| 83. | quiet / quite | silent; fairly or completely |
| 84. | rebut / refute | argue against; prove wrong |
| 85. | reign / rein | rule; strap for control |
| 86. | respectfully / respectively | politely; in that order |
| 87. | right / rite | correct or entitlement; ritual |
| 88. | role / roll | function; turn or list |
| 89. | sensual / sensuous | sexual; appealing to senses |
| 90. | shear / sheer | cut off; complete or steep |
| 91. | stationary / stationery | not moving; writing paper |
| 92. | straight / strait | not curved; narrow passage |
| 93. | tenant / tenet | renter; principle |
| 94. | than / then | comparison; next or at that time |
| 95. | to / too | preposition; also or excessively |
| 96. | tortuous / torturous | winding; causing pain |
| 97. | waive / wave | give up; move back and forth |
| 98. | wary / weary | cautious; tired |
| 99. | weather / whether | atmospheric conditions; if |
| 100. | who’s / whose | who is; belonging to whom |