Would you like to know the meaning of all those words commonly confused?
| word 1 | meaning | word 2 | meaning2 |
| adherence | (to belief etc) | adhesion | sticking |
| admission | (general meanings) | admittance | right to be admitted |
| adverse | unfavourablee | averse | opposed |
| affect | cause a change in | effect | bring about |
| alternate | one after another | alternative | available instead |
| ambiguous | (statements, etc) | ambivalent | (feelings, etc) |
| amend | change | emend | alter (a text, etc) |
| amoral | having no moral sense | immoral | not conforming to moral standards |
| appraise | assess the quality of | apprise | inform |
| avoid | keep away from | evade | avoid by guile |
| biannual | twice a year | biennial | every two years |
| censor | act as censor of | censure | cricise harshly |
| climactic | forming a climax | climatic | related to climate |
| coherent | logical and clear | cohesive | sticking |
| complacent | self-satisfied | complaisant | too willing to please |
| compose | constitute | comprise | consist of |
| continual | happening constantly or repeatedly | continuous | going on without a break |
| credible | believable | credulous | too ready to believe |
| decided | unquestionable | decisive | conclusive |
| definite | clear and distinct | definitive | decisive, authoritative |
| defuse | remove the fuse from, reduce tension in | diffuse | spread out, not clear or concise |
| deprecate | disapprove of | depreciate | lower in value |
| discomfit | disconcert | discomfort | make uneasy |
| disinterested | impartial | uninterested | not interested |
| enormity | extreme seriousness, grave crime | enormousness | great size or scale |
| especially | in particular, above all | specially | for a special purpose |
| exceptionable | open to objection | exceptional | unusually good |
| flaunt | display ostentatiously | flout | disregard (rules, etc) |
| fortuitous | happening by chance | fortunate | happening by good chance, lucky |
| flounder | (of a person) struggle or be in confusion | founder | (of an undertaking) fail or come to nothing |
| gourmand | glutton | gourmet | food connoisseur |
| illegal | against the law | illicit | not allowed |
| imply | suggest strongly | infer | deduce or conclude |
| impracticable | not able to be done | impractical | not practical |
| incredible | not believable | incredulous | unwilling to believe |
| ingenious | well thought out | ingenuous | innocent, honest |
| intense | extreme in force or degree | intensive | thorough or concentrated |
| interment | burial | internment | bing interned |
| loose | not fixed, unfasten or relax | lose | be deprived of or no longer have |
| luxuriant | lush | luxurious | comfortable and rich |
| masterful | powerful, domineering | masterly | highly skillful |
| militate | have force (against) | mitigate | make less severe |
| observance | keeping a law or custom etc. | observation | perception, remark |
| occupant | person in a vehicle etc. | occupier | person living in a property |
| official | having authorised status etc. | officious | aggresive in asserting authority |
| perquisite | special right or privilege | prerequisite | (something) needed in advance |
| perspicacious | having a ready understanding, perceptive | perspicuous | clearly expressed |
| pitiable | deserving pity | pitiful | causing pity, contemptible |
| practicable | able to be done | practical | effective or realistic, (of a person) skilled at manual tasks |
| precipitate | headlong, to rush headlong | precipitous | abruptly steep |
| prescribe | recommend with authority, issue a prescription | proscribe | forbid or condemn |
| prevaricate | act evasively | procrastinate | defer action |
| purposely | intentionally | purposefully | resolutely |
| refute | prove to be false | repudiate | reject or disown |
| regrettable | causing regret, undesirable | regretful | feeling regret |
| sensual | gratifying the body sexually | sensuous | gratifying the senses as distinct from the intellect |
| sociable | friendly and willing to mix with people | social | relating to society |
| titillate | excite pleasantly | titivate | adorn or smarten |
| tortuous | twisting, devious | torturous | causing torture, tormenting |
| triumphal | done or made to celebrate a victory | triumphant | victorious, jubilant after a victory |
| turbid | (of a liquid) cloudy; confused | turgid | swollen or congested, tediously pompous |
| unsociable | not willing to mix with people | unsocial | socially inconvenient |
| venal | open to bribery, corrupt | venial | (of a sin) minor |