Commonly Confused Words

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access
To reach, approach or enter.
excess
More than or above what is necessary, usual, or specified; extra.
allude
To refer casually or indirectly.
elude
To avoid or escape by speed, cleverness or trickery.
breathe
To take air into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale.
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breath
The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
eminent
High in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished.
imminent
Likely to occur at any moment; impending.
site
The area or exact plot of ground on which anything is, has been, or is to be located.
sight
The power or faculty of seeing; vision.
cite
To quote a passage, book or author, especially as an authority.
conscious
Aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts and surroundings.
conscience
The ethical and moral principles that control or inhibit the actions or thoughts of an individual; moral compass.
council
A body of persons selected to act in an advisory, administrative or legislative capacity.
counsel
Advice; opinion or instruction to direct the judgment or conduct of another.
elicit
To draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke.
illicit
Not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful.
affect
To act on; produce an effect or change in.
effect
Something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence.

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