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WOC 1-5 Practice
Words Often Confused
Term | Definition |
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already | at an earlier time |
all ready | all prepared |
alter | to change |
altar | a table used for religious ceremonies |
altogether | entirely |
all together | in the same place; same time |
brake | a device to stop a machine |
break | to fracture; to shatter |
capitol | a building; statehouse |
capital | a city; location of government |
choose | to select |
chose | past tense of choose |
cloths | pieces of fabric |
clothes | wearable apparel |
coarse | rough; crude; not fine |
course | a path of action; series of studies |
desert (noun) | dry sandy region |
desert (verb) | to abandon; to leave |
dessert | the final sweet course of a meal |
hear | to receive sounds through the ears |
here | in this place |
its | belonging to it |
it's | contraction of it is or it has |
led | went first; guided |
lead (verb) | to go first; to be a leader |
lead (noun) | a heavy metal |
loose | not tight |
lose | to suffer loss |
passed (verb) | went by |
past (noun; preposition) | time that has gone by; beyond; ended |
peace | quiet; order |
piece | a part of something |
plain | simple; common; flat area of land |
plane | flat surface; a tool; an airplane |
principal | head of a school; main |
principle | rule of conduct |
stationary | in a fixed position |
stationery | writing paper |
their | belonging to them |
there | at or that place |
they're | contraction of they are |
threw | tossed |
through | in one side out the other |
to | in the direction of |
too | also; more than enough |
two | one plus one |
weak | feeble; not strong |
week | seven days |
who's | contraction of who is or who has |
whose | belonging to whom |
your | belonging to you |
you're | contraction of you are |