CLA 030 final- easily confused words
conservatism
a belief that it's not the best to make changes
rout
a crushing defeat and disorderly retreat
statue
a form of a person or animal made out of stone
stanza
a group of 4 or more verses
route
a highway or a regular course
officious
a person who offers unnecessary and unwanted services
statute
a rule or regulation set up by a legislative body
verse
a single line in a poem or music
dessert
a sweet meal
perimeter
area around something
climatic
average of the weather conditions in a given zone
illusion
belief not in accord with the facts
parameter
boundary, limit
violation
breaking a minor law
alimentary
connected with food
sanguinary
covered with blood
volition
deliberate act of will
dessicated
dry
conntation
emotional meaning that a word has
biweekly
every 2 weeks
ingenuous
frank, open, simple, naive
ingenious
gifted
innocuous
harmless
sanguine
having a health amount of blood so as to make one optimistic
compliment
little things that are polite or flattering
supine
lying facing upwards
prone
lying on one's stomach
marital
married
extinct
no longer existing
unconscious
not being conscious, being deprived of one's senses
unconsciounable
not guided by one's conscious
disinterested
not influenced by selfish motives
uninterested
not interested
elementary
of first principles, fundamental
complement
parts that taken together make up a whole
official
person in position of authority
denotation
plain, direct meaning of a word used
altercation
quarrel with another person
allusion
reference to something or someone in an indirect or csasual way
tortured
severe pain
stationary
standing without moving
extant
still existing
climactic
the highest point of something
conservation
the preservation of things, such as natural resources
raise
to build
alteration
to change from one thing to another
adapt
to change to meet a new situation
adopt
to choose something for ourselves
inoculate
to create an immunity by injecting a disease into an animal or plant
dissected
to cut apart
raze
to demolish
desert
to leave, abandon
pore
to read, study intensely
pour
to send a liquid flowing or falling
except
to take something out of the rest
accept
to take something to yourself
semiweekly
twice a week
tortuous
twisted, full of curves
martial
warlike
stationery
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