CLA 30 Final Easily Confused Words

Stanza

A group of lines in a poem

verse

A single line of poetry

Route

Etymologically means a "way that is rough and broken". Today it usually means either a highway of some sort

Martial/Marital

Martial: inclined or disposed to war; warlike Marital: of or relating to marriage; conjugal; matrimonial

Principal/principle

Principle (noun) means a theory or a standard or a important rule or guideline. - A principle is never a person. Principal (adjective) means first or most important. - Sometimes it is used as a noun to denote the first, most important, or chief person or thing. • principal = - principal (teacher) - principal (dancer) - principal (sum of money in a loan—before interest)

Prone/Supine

Prone: lying on ones stomach, face down Supine: lying on the back, upward, face up

Raise/Raze

Raise: to build -to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate Raze: demolish, tear something down -to tear down; demolish; level to the ground

Perimeter

The distance around a figure

Illusion

a belief not in accord with the facts

Parameter

a characteristic or constant factor

Altercation

a quarrel with another person

Statute

a rule or regulation set up by a legislative body

Volition

an act of making a choice or decision

Unconscious

being deprived of one's own sense

Sanguinary

bloody; cruel

Alteration

change from one thing to another

Alimentary

connected with food

Dessert

course served at the end of a meal, usually sweet

Dissected

cut apart

Tortured

distorted, severe pain

Desiccated

dried out

Connotation

emotional concepts that the word has for its users

Semiweekly

every half a week

Biweekly

every two weeks

Compliment

flatter

Ingenuous

frank, open, simple, or naive/ free born, of noble birth

Ingenious

gifted

Innocuous

harmless

Stationery

is a noun and means writing materials like paper and envelopes. A stationery shop is run by a stationer,thats it, a person doing business in a fixed store, as opposed to a peddler who moves around.

Conservatism

is the belief that on the whole it is best not to change

Conservation

is the preservation of such things as our natural resources

Pore

it meant to read or study intently

Climactic

ladder, climbing, climax; is the highest point of something

Desert

leave or abandon

Rout

means a "crushing defeat" A rout is a retreat but it further means disorderly retreat

Unconscionable

not guided by one's own conscious

Disinterested

not influenced by selfish motives

Uninterested

not paying attention

Sanguine

optimistic

Official

person put in position of authority

Denotation

plain, direct meaning of a word as it is used by speakers of a language

Officious

ready to be of service; someone who offers unnecessary or unwanted services

Allusion

reference to something or someone in an indirect or casual way

Climatic

region, zone, inclination; is the average of the weather conditions in a given zone

Elementary

simple

Extant

stand; still standing up or still existing

Stationary

standing without moving

Except

take it out of the rest

Statue

the form of a person or animal made out of stone or other material

Adapt

to change to fit

Adopt

to choose

Inoculate

to create immunity by injecting a disease agent into an animal or plant

Pour

to emit or propel

Extinct

to put out (a fire) to destroy; no longer existing

Accept

to take to yourself

Violation

to the braking of the law, not necessarily with violence

Tortuous

twisted

Complement

when taken together makes a whole