DCS Confusing Words
Terms
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- plain
- (adj) with little ornamentation or decoration (plain/plane)
- pore
- (vb/n) to study carefully; a tiny opening in a surface; such as skin (poor/pore/pour)
- advice
- (n) opinion; reccommendation (advice/advise)
- knew
- (vb) past tense of know; to have understood; to have recognized the truth or nature of (knew/new)
- write
- (vb) to form letters or symbols; to compose and set down in words, numbers, or symbols. (poor/pore/pour)
- principle
- (n) a rule (principal/principle)
- since
- (adv/adj) after a definite time in the past; in view of the fact; because (cents/sense/since)
- loan
- (n) a sum of money lent with interest due (loan/lone)
- sow
- (vb) to plant seed; scatter; disperse (sew/so/sow)
- advise
- (vb) to give advice; to recommend (advice/advise)
- pore
- (vb/n) to study carefully; a tiny opening in a surface; such as skin (poor/pore/pour)
- by
- (prep/adv) close to; via; according to; close at hand; at/in another's home (buy/by)
- poor
- (adj) having little wealth or value (poor/pore/pour)
- least
- (adj) lowest in importance or rank (leased/least)
- raze
- (vb) to tear down; to demolish (raise/rays/raze)
- dye
- (n) a soluble or insoluble coloring (die/dye)
- personal
- (adj) private; individual (personal/personnel)
- you're
- (contr) you are (your/you're)
- pour
- (vb) to make flow or stream; to rain hard (poor/pore/pour)
- loan
- (n) a sum of money lent with interest due (loan/lone)
- four
- (n) the fourth in a set or series
- plain
- (adj) with little ornamentatin or decoration (plain/plane)
- complement
- (n) something that completes or makes up a whole (complement/compliment)
- sense
- (n/vb) meaning intended or conveyed; perceive by sense organs; ability to judge (cents/sense/since)
- some
- (n/adv) unknown or unspecified unit or thing; to a degree or extent (some/sum)
- hear
- (vb) to gain knowledge of by the ear (hear/here)
- since
- (adv/adj) after a definite time in the past; in view of the fact; because (cents/sense/since)
- new
- (adj) novel; fresh; having existed for a short time; created in recent past (knew/new)
- rite
- (n) customary form of ceremony; ritual (right/rite/write)
- lesson
- (n) something to be learned; a period of instruction; a class (lessen/lesson)
- affect
- (vb) to influence (affect/effect)
- cents
- (n) specified portion of a dollar (cents/sense/since)
- fair
- (adj) just, equitable, visually beautiful or admirable (fair/fare)
- pour
- (vb) to make flow or stream; to rain hard (poor/pore/pour)
- lone
- (adj) companionless; solitary (loan/lone)
- knew
- (vb) past tense of know; to have understood; to have recognized the truth or nature of (knew/new)
- lesson
- (n) something to be learned; a period of instruction; a class (lessen/lesson)
- since
- (adv/adj) after a definite time in the past; in view of the fact; because (cents/sense/since)
- accept
- (vb) to recieve; to give approval, to take (accept/except)
- new
- (adj) novel; fresh; having existed for a short time; created in recent past (knew/new)
- personal
- (adj) private; individual (personal/personnel)
- principal
- (n/adj) a person in authority; a capital sum; main, primary (principal/principle)
- advise
- (vb) to give advice; to recommend (advice/advise)
- adapt
- (vb) to make fit; adjust (adapt/adept)
- past
- (adv/adj/prep/n) gone or elapsed; time gone by; moved by (passed/past)
- plane
- (n) an airplane or hydroplane (plain/plane)
- know
- (vb) to be aware of the truth; to have understanding (know/no)
- fair
- (adj) just, equitable, visually beautiful or admirable (fair/fare)
- vary
- (vb) change; make different; diverge (vary/very)
- compliment
- (n) an expression of praise or congratulation (complement/compliment)
- lesson
- (n) something to be learned; a period of instruction; a class (lessen/lesson)
- die
- (vb) to pass from physical life (die/dye)
- write
- (vb) to form letters or symbols; to compose and set down in words, numbers, or symbols. (poor/pore/pour)
- for
- (prep/conj) used to indicate puropse; on behalf of; because; because of
- principal
- (n/adj) a person in authority; a capital sum; main, primary (principal/principle)
- chose
- (vb) the past tense of choose (choose/chose)
- compliment
- (n) an expression of praise or congratulation (complement/compliment)
- cents
- (n) specified portion of a dollar (cents/sense/since)
- personnel
- (n) employees (personal/personnel)
- lessen
- (vb) to cause decrease; to make less (lessen/lesson)
- to
- (prep/adj) used to indicate action, relation, distance, direction (to/too/two)
- rite
- (n) customary form of ceremony; ritual (right/rite/write)
- right
- (adj) factual; true; correct (right/rite/write)
- poor
- (adj) having little wealth or value (poor/pore/pour)
- except
- (vb) to exclude (accept/except)
- affect
- (vb) to influence (affect/effect)
- do
- (vb) to bring about; to carry out (do/due)
- complement
- (n) something that completes or makes up a whole (complement/compliment)
- knew
- (vb) past tense of know; to have understood; to have recognized the truth or nature of (knew/new)
- sense
- (n/vb) meaning intended or conveyed; perceive by sense organs; ability to judge (cents/sense/since)
- plane
- (n) an airplane or hydroplane (plain/plane)
- compliment
- (n) an expression of praise or congratulation (complement/compliment)
- your
- (adj) of or relating to you or yourself as possessor (your/you're)
- advise
- (vb) to give advice; to recommend (advice/advise)
- want
- (vb) need; desire; as a noun; lacking a required amount (want/won't)
- lessen
- (vb) to cause decrease; to make less (lessen/lesson)
- write
- (vb) to form letters or symbols; to compose and set down in words, numbers, or symbols. (poor/pore/pour)
- sum
- (n/vb) the whole amount; the total; to find a total; summary of points
- personal
- (adj) private; individual (personal/personnel)
- effect
- (n) result; consequence (vb) to cause; to accomplish (affect/effect)
- lessen
- (vb) to cause decrease; to make less (lessen/lesson)
- adept
- (adj) thoroughly proficient; expert (adapt/adept)
- knew
- (vb) past tense of know; to have understood; to have recognized the truth or nature of (knew/new)
- effect
- (n) result; consequence (vb) to cause; to accomplish (affect/effect)
- complement
- (n) something that completes or makes up a whole (complement/compliment)
- right
- (adj) factual; true; correct (right/rite/write)
- loan
- (n) a sum of money lent with interest due (loan/lone)
- principle
- (n) a rule (principal/principle)
- lone
- (adj) companionless; solitary (loan/lone)
- fare
- (n) a transportation charge (fair/fare)
- their
- (pron) belonging to them (their/there/they're)
- hour
- (n) the 24th part of a day; a particular time (hour/our)
- it's
- (contr) is is; it has (its/it's)
- there
- (adv/pron) in or at the place; word used to introduce a sentence or clause (their/there/they're)
- rays
- (n) beams of energy light; lines of light from a bright object (raise/rays/raze)
- fair
- (adj) just, equitable, visually beautiful or admirable (fair/fare)
- plain
- (adj) with little ornamentatin or decoration (plain/plane)
- sense
- (n/vb) meaning intended or conveyed; perceive by sense organs; ability to judge (cents/sense/since)
- raise
- (vb/n) to lift up; to collect; an increase in amount, as of wages (raise/rays/raze)
- poor
- (adj) having little wealth or value (poor/pore/pour)
- fare
- (n) a transportation charge (fair/fare)
- leased
- (vb) to grant use or occupation of under contract in exchange for rent (leased/least)
- lie
- (n) ununtrue or inaccurate statement; (vb) to rest or recline (lie/lye)
- won't
- (vb) will not (want/won't)
- lesson
- (n) something to be learned; a period of instruction; a class (lessen/lesson)
- lead
- (vb) to guide or direct; to be first (lead/led)
- fare
- (n) a transportation charge (fair/fare)
- principle
- (n) a rule (principal/principle)
- rite
- (n) customary form of ceremony; ritual (right/rite/write)
- rite
- (n) customary form of ceremony; ritual (right/rite/write)
- personnel
- (n) employees (personal/personnel)
- cents
- (n) specified portion of a dollar (cents/sense/since)
- new
- (adj) novel; fresh; having existed for a short time; created in recent past (knew/new)
- compliment
- (n) an expression of praise or congratulation (complement/compliment)
- very
- (adj/adv) real; mere; truly; to a high degree (vary/very)
- sew
- (vb) to fasten by stitches (sew/so/sow)
- loan
- (n) a sum of money lent with interest due (loan/lone)
- write
- (vb) to form letters or symbols; to compose and set down in words, numbers, or symbols. (poor/pore/pour)
- pore
- (vb/n) to study carefully; a tiny opening in a surface; such as skin (poor/pore/pour)
- lone
- (adj) companionless; solitary (loan/lone)
- pour
- (vb) to make flow or stream; to rain hard (poor/pore/pour)
- due
- (adj) owed or owing as a debt; having reached the date for payment (do/due)
- effect
- (n) result; consequence (vb) to cause; to accomplish (affect/effect)
- plane
- (n) an airplane or hydroplane (plain/plane)
- than
- (conj/prep) used in comparisons to show difference between items (than/then)
- our
- (adj) of or relating to ourselves as possessors (hour/our)
- personnel
- (n) employees (personal/personnel)
- so
- (adj/con) in the same manner or way; in order that; with the result that (sew/so/sow)
- fare
- (n) a transportation charge (fair/fare)
- its
- (adj) of or relating to itself as the possessor (its/it's)
- affect
- (vb) to influence (affect/effect)
- affect
- (vb) to influence (affect/effect)
- right
- (adj) factual; true; correct (right/rite/write)
- too
- (adv) besides; also; to excessive degree (to/too/two)
- advise
- (vb) to give advice; to recommend (advice/advise)
- they're
- (contr) a contracted form of they are (their/there/they're)
- two
- (pron/adj) one plus one in number (to/too/two)
- personnel
- (n) employees (personal/personnel)
- poor
- (adj) having little wealth or value (poor/pore/pour)
- advice
- (n) opinion; reccommendation (advice/advise)
- sense
- (n/vb) meaning intended or conveyed; perceive by sense organs; ability to judge (cents/sense/since)
- plain
- (adj) with little ornamentatin or decoration (plain/plane)
- fair
- (adj) just, equitable, visually beautiful or admirable (fair/fare)
- effect
- (n) result; consequence (vb) to cause; to accomplish (affect/effect)
- led
- (vb) the past tense of lead (lead/led)
- new
- (adj) novel; fresh; having existed for a short time; created in recent past (knew/new)
- principal
- (n/adj) a person in authority; a capital sum; main, primary (principal/principle)
- lessen
- (vb) to cause decrease; to make less (lessen/lesson)
- personal
- (adj) private; individual (personal/personnel)
- pour
- (vb) to make flow or stream; to rain hard (poor/pore/pour)
- lone
- (adj) companionless; solitary (loan/lone)
- then
- (n/adv) that time; at that time (than/then)
- passed
- (vb) past tense of pass; already occurred; gave an iten to someone (passed/past)
- principle
- (n) a rule (principal/principle)
- pore
- (vb/n) to study carefully; a tiny opening in a surface; such as skin (poor/pore/pour)
- advice
- (n) opinion; reccommendation (advice/advise)
- since
- (adv/adj) after a definite time in the past; in view of the fact; because (cents/sense/since)
- advice
- (n) opinion; reccommendation (advice/advise)
- here
- (adv) in or at this place; at this point; in this case; on this point (hear/here)
- principal
- (n/adj) a person in authority; a capital sum; main, primary (principal/principle)
- cents
- (n) specified portion of a dollar (cents/sense/since)
- choose
- (vb) to select; to decide on (choose/chose)
- right
- (adj) factual; true; correct (right/rite/write)
- complement
- (n) something that completes or makes up a whole (complement/compliment)
- plane
- (n) an airplane or hydroplane (plain/plane)
- lye
- (n) a strong alkaline solution (lie/lye0