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