Confusing Words List,
Group A

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English vocabulary word list clarifying confusing word combinations.

A

a, an;
abdicate, abrogate, arrogate,
          derogate, delegate, delicate;
abdication, addiction;
Abel, able, -able;
ability, capacity;
abjure, adjure;
ablution, absolution;
abridged, unabridged, expurgated;
abuse, misuse;
accede, exceed;
accelerate, exhilarate;
accelerator, exhilarator;
accept, except, expect;
access, excess, assess;
accessing, assessing;
accidental, incidental,
          accidentally, accidently;
acclamation, acclimation;
acronym, anagram;
acts, ax or axe;
acumen, acute, acuity;
ad, add;
adapt, adept, adopt;
addition, edition;
adds, ads, adz or adze;
adduce, deduce;
adhesion, cohesion, adherence,
          adherents;
adjourn, adjoin;
admission, admittance;
adolescence, adolescents;
adverse, averse;
advice, advise;
aerie, airy, eerie or eery;
affect, effect;
affinity, infinity;
affluence, affluents, influence;
agenda, addenda, addendum;
aggravate, exasperate, irritate, annoy;
agnostic, atheist, deist, theist;
aid, aide;
ail, ale;
air, err, heir;
aisle, isle, I’ll;
all, awl;
alley, ally;
allowed, aloud;
all ready, already;
all right, all-right, alright;
all together, altogether;
allude, elude, refer;
allusion, illusion, delusion, elusion;
all ways, always;
altar, alter;
alternate, alternative;
alumnus, alumni, alumna,
          alumnae;
amateur, novice, neophyte, tyro;
amend, emend;
amiable, amicable;
among, between;
amoral, immoral;
amused, bemused;
angel, angle;
angry, mad;
anguish, languish;
annalist, analyst;
annalize, analyze;
annul, annual, perennial;
antagonist, protagonist;
ante-, anti-;
antecedence, antecedents;
antidote, anecdote;
aphasia, amnesia;
aplomb, a plum;
apposite, opposite;
appraise, apprise;
appreciate, depreciate;
apprehend, comprehend;
arbitrate, mediate;
area, aria;
ark, arc;
arrange, arraign;
artist, artiste;
ascension, assumption;
ascent, assent, accent;
ascetic, acetic;
ask, ax;
ass, asinine;
assassin, assailant;
assassinate, assault, assail;
assimilate, simulate;
assistance, assistants;
assume, presume;
assure, insure;
astrology, astronomy;
ate, eight;
attendants, attendance;
auger, augur;
aught, ought, naught;
aunt, ant;
aureole, oriole;
avenge, revenge, vengence;
aver, avert, evert, divert;
aviary, apiary;
award, reward;
away, aweigh;
awful, offal


English vocabulary word list clarifying confusing word combinations.




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