PART II ENGLISH- WORDS OFTEN CONFUSED

WORDS OFTEN CONFUSED [Pg. 147- 149]

a)     Sensor- a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits  a signal to a measuring or control instrument

Censor- an adverse critic/ faultfinder

b)     Accede- to give consent

Exceed- to go beyond in quantity, degree, rate, etc.

c)     Lessen- reduce

Lesson- a part of a book, an exercise, etc.

d)    Airs-    affected manners intended to impress others

Heirs- a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another                              following the latter's death

e)     Statue- a three- dimensional work of art, carved in stone or wood moulded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.

Statute- an enactment made by a legislature and expressed in a formal document

f)      Allude- to refer casually or indirectly

Elude- to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.

g)     Tortuous- full of twists, turns, or bends

Torturous- causing torture

h)    Allusion- an incidental mention of something

Illusion- something that deceives by producing a false impression of reality

i)       Loathe- to feel disgust

Loath- unwilling

j)      Vicious- malicious

Viscous- sticky

k)    Alternately- to interchange repeatedly

Alternatively- as another option or possibility

l)      Amoral- lacking a moral sense

Immoral- violating moral principles

[An immoral person has a sense of right and wrong but fails to live up to those moral standards. An amoral person has no sense of right and wrong and doesn’t recognize any moral standard.]

m)   Emolument- profit, salary, or fees from office or employment

Emollient- having the power of relaxing

n)    Annual- yearly

Annal- a record of events of a particular year

o)    Flare- to burn with an unsteady flame

Flair- a natural talent

p)    Arcane- known or understood by very few

Archic- marked by the characteristics of an earlier period

q)    Doughty- steadfastly courageous

Dowdy- not stylish

r)     Ascetic- a monk

Aesthetic- having a sense of the beautiful

s)     Wet- moistened

Whet- to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction

t)     Gibe- to taunt

Gybe or jibe- to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind

u)   Ascent- upward movement 

     Assent- to agree

v)   Biannual- occurring twice a year 

     Biennial- happening every two years

w) Aspersion- a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism 

     Dispersion- an act, state, or instance of dispersing

x)   Heroin- a white, crystalline, narcotic powder 

     Heroine- the principal female character in a story, play, film, etc.

y)   Incredible- so extraordinary as to seem impossible 

     Incredulous- showing unbelief

z)   Auger- a bit, as for a brace 

     Augur- soothsayer