🤔10 Words That Can Be Confusing⁉️
1️⃣ affect / effect
affect: The bad weather affects my mood.
effect: The president effected several changes in the company.
2️⃣ alternatives / choices
alternatives: New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.
choices: Our choices come down to staying here or leaving here.
3️⃣ alibi / excuse
alibi: The police broke her alibi by proving she knew how to shoot a pistol.
excuse: I can't buy his excuse.
4️⃣ anticipate / expect
anticipate: What Jeff did was to anticipate my next question.
expect: I expect that the weather will be nice.
5️⃣ flagrant / blatant
flagrant: The judge called the decision "a flagrant violation of international law."
blatant: Outsiders will continue to suffer the most blatant discrimination.
6️⃣ chronic / acute
chronic: For those with chronic depression, she said, "keep at it."
acute: Acute dysentery wracked and sapped life from his body.
7️⃣ compose / comprise
compose: England, Scotland and Wales compose the island of Great Britain.
comprise: After the 2014 referendum on independence for Scotland, the UK still comprised England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
8️⃣ continual / continuous
continual: “No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual war,” Madison concluded.
continuous: Continuous farming impoverishes the soil.
9️⃣ crescendo / climax
crescendo: She spoke in a crescendo: "You are a bad girl! You are a wicked girl! You are evil!"
climax: The fifth scene was the climax of the play.
🔟 decimate / destroy
decimate: Famine decimated the population.
destroy: The soldiers destroyed the village.
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Level: Elementary~Intermediate
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1️⃣ affect / effect
affect: The bad weather affects my mood.
effect: The president effected several changes in the company.
2️⃣ alternatives / choices
alternatives: New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.
choices: Our choices come down to staying here or leaving here.
3️⃣ alibi / excuse
alibi: The police broke her alibi by proving she knew how to shoot a pistol.
excuse: I can't buy his excuse.
4️⃣ anticipate / expect
anticipate: What Jeff did was to anticipate my next question.
expect: I expect that the weather will be nice.
5️⃣ flagrant / blatant
flagrant: The judge called the decision "a flagrant violation of international law."
blatant: Outsiders will continue to suffer the most blatant discrimination.
6️⃣ chronic / acute
chronic: For those with chronic depression, she said, "keep at it."
acute: Acute dysentery wracked and sapped life from his body.
7️⃣ compose / comprise
compose: England, Scotland and Wales compose the island of Great Britain.
comprise: After the 2014 referendum on independence for Scotland, the UK still comprised England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
8️⃣ continual / continuous
continual: “No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual war,” Madison concluded.
continuous: Continuous farming impoverishes the soil.
9️⃣ crescendo / climax
crescendo: She spoke in a crescendo: "You are a bad girl! You are a wicked girl! You are evil!"
climax: The fifth scene was the climax of the play.
🔟 decimate / destroy
decimate: Famine decimated the population.
destroy: The soldiers destroyed the village.
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Level: Elementary~Intermediate
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#Vocabulary #Confusing #Word
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