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WOC 1-3 Practice
Words Often Confused
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| already | at an earlier time |
| all ready | all prepared |
| alter | to change |
| altar | a table for religious ceremonies |
| altogether | entirely |
| all together | at the same place and time |
| brake | a device to stop a machine |
| break | to fracture or shatter |
| capitol | a building; statehouse |
| capital | a city; the location of government |
| choose | to select |
| chose | past tense of choose |
| cloths | pieces of fabric |
| clothes | wearing apparel |
| coarse | rough; not fine |
| course | a path of action |
| desert (noun) | a 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 |
| lead (noun) | a heavy metal; graphite used in pencils |
| lose | to suffer loss |
| loose | not tight |