00262--CONFUSABLES [ENGLISH GRAMMAR]

CONFUSABLE S

canvas	a rough cloth
canvass	to ask for votes
centenarian	someone who is at least 100 years old
centurion	the commander of a company of 100 men in the ancient Roman army
cereal	food processed from grain
serial	a book or radio or television performance delivered in instalments
ceremonial	describes the ritual used for a formal religious or public event
ceremonious	describes the type of person who likes to behave over-formally on social occasions
childish	of, like, or appropriate to a child
childlike	having the good qualities, such as innocence, associated with a child
clothes	garments
cloths	the material out of which clothEs are made
canon	is a cleric
cannon	is a large gun
cast	a group of actors in a play a plaster CAST throw (something) forcefully in a specified direction
caste	a social group
cite	to refer to
sight	vision
site	land for a particular purpose
complement	that which completes
compliment	praise
alley	a little lane
ally	a friend
contemptible	worthy of contempt
contemptuous	a person who shows contempt is contemptuous
council	a board of elected representatives
counsel	advice
councillor	an electedrepresentative
counsellor	one who gives professional guidance
credible	believable
credulous	gullible
currant	a small dried grape used in cooking
current	a steady flow of water, air or electricity happening at the present time
allude	to refer to indirectly
elude	to evade capture or recall
allusion	an indirect reference
delusion	a false belief
illusion	a deceptive appearance
alternate	alternate Mondays (every other) alternate between two moods
alternative	another possibility two choices
amoral	not being governed by moral laws
immoral	means breaking the moral laws
astronomy	the scientific study of the stars and planets
astrology	the study of theinfluence of the stars and planets on human life and fortune
beside	next to by the side of
besides	Also as well as
blond	to describe men’s hair
blonde	to describe women’s hair
boarder	a person who pays to live in someone’s house
border	the edge or boundary of something
born	eg. He was born in 1989.
borne	bear-bore-borne (past participle)
dairy	a building or room for the processing, storage, and distribution of milk and milk products
diary	a book in which one keeps a daily record of events and experiences
decent	conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behaviour
descent	act of coming down ancestry
desert	abandon in a way considered disloyal or treacherous  sandy
dessert	a pudding
disinterested	impartial, unselfish, acting for the good of others and not for yourself
uninterested	bored
economic	related to the economy
economical	Thrifty avoiding extravagance
effective	able to produce a result
efficient	working well without wasting time, money or effort
eligible	suitably qualified
legible	able to be read
emigrant	leaves his or her country to live in another
immigrant	moves into a country to live permanently
eminent	famous
imminent	about to happen
epigram	a short witty saying
epitaph	an inscription on a tombstone
exceptionable	open to objection
exceptional	unusual
exhausting	tiring
exhaustive	Thorough fully comprehensive
explicit	stated clearly and openly
implicit	implied but not actually stated
fewer	the comparative form of ‘few’ used with plural nouns eg. fewer children
less	the comparative form of ‘little’ ‘a small amount’ eg. less enthusiasm less than is used with number alone; eg. Less than ten
fiance´	masculine
fiance´e	feminine
heroin	a drug
heroine	a female hero
historic	famous in history memorable likely to go down in recorded history
historical	existing in the past
imaginary	existing only in theimagination
imaginative	showing or having a vivid imagination
impractical	could be done but not    worth doing
impracticable	incapable of being done
industrial	associated withmanufacturing
industrious	hard-working
its	a possessive adjective  eg. its colour
it's	It is  it has
judicial	pertaining to courts of law and judges
judicious	showing good judgment
later	the comparative of ‘late’ shows time
latter	the opposite of ‘former’ shows position
lay	Lay-laid-laid lay down the weapon she laid an egg yesterday she has laid an egg already
lie	Lie-lay-lain I lie down for rest. I lay down for rest yesterday i have lain down in the shadow of this tree many a time.
luxuriant	growing abundantly
luxurious	rich and costly
masterful	dominating
masterly	very skilful
medal	a small metal disc given as an honour
meddle	to interfere
momentary	Lasting only for moments
momentous	of great significance
official	Authorised formal
officious	Self-important interfering
partake	to share with others (especially food and drink)
participate	to join in an activity to play a part in
personal	Of or pertaining to a particular person
personnel	Employees office staff
principal	chief teacher important
principle	moral rule
quiet	silent
quite	very
sceptic	One who doubts
septic	Infected by bacteria
sew	stitch
sow	Plant scatter
social	related to society
sociable	friendly
stationary	Not moving still
stationery	Writing materials envelops office materials
veracity	truthfulness
voracity	greed