Heres a quick-reference list of pairs of words that regularly cause people problems.

Word 1 accept adverse advice affect aisle all together along aloud altar amoral appraise assent aural bare bated bazaar berth born bough brake breach broach canvas capital censure Meaning to agree to receive or do unfavorable, harmful Word 2 except averse Meaning not including strongly disliking; opposed to recommend something a result; to bring about a result an island completely; on the whole referring to something of great length permitted to change not following accepted moral standards to inform someone the action of rising or climbing up relating to the mouth; spoken to carry; to put up with with bait attached or inserted strange the emergence of a baby from the womb carried to bend the head; the front of a ship to separate into pieces; a pause the back part of a gun barrel a piece of jewelry to seek peoples votes the building that houses a legislature to ban parts of a book or movie; a person who does this

recommendations about advise what to do to change or make a effect difference to a passage between rows of isle seats all in one place, all at oncealtogether moving or extending a long horizontally on out loud allowed a sacred table in a church alter not concerned with right immoral or wrong to assess apprise agreement, approval ascent relating to the ears or oral hearing naked; to uncover bear in phrase 'with bated baited breath' (i.e., in great suspense) a Middle Eastern market; bizarre a fund-raising sale a bunk in a ship, train, etc. birth having started life a branch of a tree a device for stopping a vehicle; to stop a vehicle to break through, or break a rule; a gap to raise a subject for discussion a type of strong cloth an uppercase letter; the administrative city of a state or country to criticize strongly borne bow break breech brooch canvass capitol censor

cereal chord climactic coarse

a grass producing an serial edible grain; a prepared food made from grain a group of musical notes cord forming a climax rough climatic course

happening in a series a length of string; a cordlike body part relating to climate a direction; a school subject; part of a meal willing to please to praise or express approval; an admiring remark advice; to advise a line of people; an ordered list of computer documents ready to be printed happening now; a flow of water, air, or electricity to spread over a wide area the sweet course of a meal separate and distinct not interested a sliding storage compartment a fight or contest between two people not allowed by law or rules to provide compensation if a person dies or property is damaged a paper container for a letter to drive out an evil spirit a mythical being, part man, part goat to disregard a rule to fail an ancestor onward, ahead a decoration along a wall

complacent smug and self-satisfied complaisant complement to add to so as to improve; compliment an addition that improves something council a group of people who counsel manage or advise cue a signal for action; a queue wooden rod currant a dried grape; a small current berry defuse to make a situation less diffuse tense desert a waterless, empty area; to dessert abandon someone discreet careful not to attract discrete attention disinterested impartial uninterested draw an even score at the end of drawer a game dual having two parts duel elicit ensure envelop exercise fawn flaunt flounder forbear foreword freeze to draw out a reply or reaction to make certain that something will happen to cover or surround illicit insure envelope

physical activity; to do exorcise physical activity a young deer; light brown faun to display ostentatiously flout to move clumsily; to have founder difficulty doing something to refrain forebear an introduction to a book forward to turn to ice frieze

grisly hoard imply loath loose militate palate pedal pole pour prescribe principal sight stationary titillate tortuous wreath yoke

gruesome, revolting a stock of things; to store away valuables to suggest indirectly reluctant, unwilling to unfasten; to set free to be a powerful factor against the roof of the mouth a foot-operated lever a long, slender piece of wood to flow or cause to flow

grizzly horde infer loathe lose mitigate palette peddle poll pore

a type of bear a large crowd of people to draw a conclusion to hate to be deprived of; to be unable to find to make less severe a board for mixing colors to sell goods to record people's votes or opinions a tiny opening; to study something closely to officially forbid something a fundamental rule or belief a location writing materials to make more attractive full of pain or suffering to surround or encircle the yellow center of an egg

to authorize use of proscribe medicine; to order authoritatively most important; the head principle of a school the ability to see site not moving stationery to arouse interest titivate full of twists; complex torturous a ring-shaped arrangement wreathe of flowers or greenery a woodencrosspiece for yolk harnessing a pair of oxen