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Here's a database of words that are most commonly misused or misunderstood.
(n) stands for noun; (adj.) stands for adjective; (v) stands for verb
Contributed by Mr. Stott

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affect

  influence

  a group

  overall mood or feeling

  to get up

 
Assonance

  suggest

  meaning, association, or emotion suggested by a word.

  repetition of similar vowel sounds

  forbidden

 
Complement (n)

  sense of right and wrong

  complete; number required; Math, English

  person being treated

  hard; large; rough

 
Atmosphere

  contraction of it & is

  result

  vision

  overall mood or feeling

 
Elicit (v)

  contraction - they are

  draw forth; bring out

  think out; plan

  sense of right and wrong

 
elude

  to avoid

  Pronoun - It belongs to you

  influence

  death

 
Compliment (n)

  repetition of similar vowel sounds

  use with an essential clause

  praise

  influence

 
you're

  draw forth; bring out

  Contraction - you & are

  deduce, to gather, educated guess

  death

 
Dye (v)

  color

  aware

  toward

  to place

 
further

  more

  possessive form - pronoun

  previously

  to place

 


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