| No. | Term | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | accept / except | receive; not including |
| 2. | advice / advise | noun suggestion; verb suggest |
| 3. | affect / effect | influence; result |
| 4. | all ready / already | fully prepared; previously |
| 5. | all together / altogether | in a group; entirely |
| 6. | allusion / illusion | indirect reference; false perception |
| 7. | altar / alter | worship table; change |
| 8. | among / between | within group; separating two |
| 9. | amount / number | uncountable quantity; countable quantity |
| 10. | anyone / any one | any person; any single one |
| 11. | appraise / apprise | evaluate; inform |
| 12. | assure / ensure / insure | promise; make certain; cover risk |
| 13. | attain / obtain | achieve; get |
| 14. | attribute / contribute | credit cause; give help |
| 15. | aural / oral | relating to hearing; relating to mouth |
| 16. | bare / bear | uncovered; carry/endure |
| 17. | bazaar / bizarre | market; strange |
| 18. | beside / besides | next to; in addition |
| 19. | breath / breathe | air taken in; inhale/exhale |
| 20. | bring / take | move here; move away |
| 21. | capital / capitol | city/wealth; government building |
| 22. | censor / censure | suppress content; criticize strongly |
| 23. | cite / site | quote; location |
| 24. | classic / classical | standard example; traditional style |
| 25. | climactic / climatic | most intense; related to climate |
| 26. | coarse / course | rough; path/class |
| 27. | complement / compliment | complete; praise |
| 28. | conscience / conscious | moral sense; aware |
| 29. | continual / continuous | repeated; unbroken |
| 30. | council / counsel | group; advice |
| 31. | credible / credulous | believable; too trusting |
| 32. | criteria / criterion | standards; single standard |
| 33. | cue / queue | signal; line |
| 34. | decent / descent | respectable; downward movement |
| 35. | definitely / definitively | certainly; conclusively |
| 36. | device / devise | tool; plan/invent |
| 37. | discreet / discrete | tactful; separate |
| 38. | disinterested / uninterested | impartial; not interested |
| 39. | dyeing / dying | coloring; becoming dead |
| 40. | elicit / illicit | draw out; illegal |
| 41. | emigrate / immigrate | leave country; enter country |
| 42. | eminent / imminent | distinguished; about to happen |
| 43. | endemic / epidemic | regularly present; widespread outbreak |
| 44. | envelop / envelope | wrap; paper cover |
| 45. | everyday / every day | ordinary; each day |
| 46. | explicit / implicit | clearly stated; implied |
| 47. | farther / further | physical distance; additional |
| 48. | fewer / less | countable; uncountable |
| 49. | flammable / inflammable | easily burns; easily burns |
| 50. | flaunt / flout | show off; defy rules |
| 51. | forbear / forebear | refrain; ancestor |
| 52. | forego / forgo | go before; do without |
| 53. | formally / formerly | officially; previously |
| 54. | forth / fourth | forward; number four |
| 55. | gambit / gamut | opening move; full range |
| 56. | gorilla / guerrilla | ape; irregular fighter |
| 57. | grateful / gratified | thankful; pleased/satisfied |
| 58. | hangar / hanger | aircraft building; clothes hook |
| 59. | hardy / hearty | robust; warm/enthusiastic |
| 60. | hear / here | perceive sound; this place |
| 61. | historic / historical | important; about past |
| 62. | hoard / horde | store secretly; large crowd |
| 63. | holey / holy / wholly | full of holes; sacred; entirely |
| 64. | human / humane | of people; kind |
| 65. | i.e. / e.g. | that is; for example |
| 66. | imply / infer | suggest; conclude |
| 67. | in / into | inside position; movement inward |
| 68. | its / it’s | possessive; it is |
| 69. | later / latter | afterward; second mentioned |
| 70. | lay / lie | put down; recline |
| 71. | lead / led | guide; guided past tense |
| 72. | leak / leek | escape fluid; vegetable |
| 73. | lend / borrow | give temporarily; take temporarily |
| 74. | licence / license | noun permit; verb permit |
| 75. | loath / loathe | unwilling; hate |
| 76. | loose / lose | not tight; misplace |
| 77. | marshal / martial | organize; warlike |
| 78. | maybe / may be | perhaps; might be |
| 79. | moral / morale | ethics; group spirit |
| 80. | passed / past | went by; earlier time |
| 81. | peace / piece | absence of war; part |
| 82. | peek / peak / pique | glance; highest point; irritate |
| 83. | persecute / prosecute | harass; pursue legally |
| 84. | personal / personnel | private; staff |
| 85. | perspective / prospective | viewpoint; potential |
| 86. | phase / faze | stage; disturb |
| 87. | plain / plane | simple; flat surface/aircraft |
| 88. | pole / poll | rod; survey/vote |
| 89. | pour / pore | flow; study closely |
| 90. | practice / practise | noun habit; verb do repeatedly |
| 91. | principal / principle | head/most important; rule |
| 92. | proceed / precede | go forward; come before |
| 93. | quiet / quite | silent; very |
| 94. | raise / rise | lift something; go up |
| 95. | rebut / refute | argue against; prove false |
| 96. | regretful / regrettable | feeling sorry; causing regret |
| 97. | respectfully / respectively | politely; in stated order |
| 98. | right / write | correct; compose text |
| 99. | safety / safe keeping | protection; secure storage |
| 100. | sail / sale | travel by boat; selling |