Grizzly Enforcer

27 September 2009



Grizzly Enforcer

English words often misused

ENGLISH WORDS OFTEN MISUSED

 A

Accessary                        Accomplice.

Accessory                      An inessential object that adds to the beauty.

Acquire                           Get.

Acquittal                          Release.

Adjoin                             To be next to or in contact with one another.

Adjourn                           To suspend a session or meeting.

Adverse                           Unfavourable.  Adverse criticism.

Averse                             Opposed to.  Having a feeling of distaste.

Aggravate                        To make worse or more severe.

Annoy                             To disturb or irritate.

Allusion                           Imply or hint – not real.

Amend                            To alter.  To improve.

Emend                             To remove errors from, or correct text.

Apathy                            Lack of feeling or emotion.

Antipathy                         A distaste or dislike.                  

Annalist                           A historian.

Analyst                            A person who analysis or is skilled in analysis.

Ascertain                         To find out or learn with certainty.

Aver                                To declare positively.

Avert                               Turn away.  Avoid.  Prevent.

B 

Ballet                               Artistic dance.

Ballot                               A sheet of paper used in secret voting.

Barbarism                        Action unacceptable by comtemporary standards.

Barbarity                          Cruelty.  Inhumanity.

Beneficent                        Performing acts of kindness and charity.           

Beneficial                         Profitable.

Born                                Brought into existence by birth.

Borne                              Past participle of the verb bear

Brake                               To slow or stop by a brake.

Break                               To separate into parts with suddenness or violence.

Breach                             To break, violate.  Breach of contract.

Breech                             The part of a firearm at the rear of the barrel.

Broad                              Broad shoulders.   In width.

Brought                           Past tense of bring.

 

 

C

Continual                         Continuing indefinitely.  The board meeting will be a

continual event.

Continuous                      In unbroken succession.  Learning is a continuous

process.

Continue                          Go on with the action.  Continue with your playing.

Calendar                          Almanac.

Calender                          A machine for pressing cloth, rubber or paper.

Cemetery                         Burial ground.

Symmetry                        Balanced proportions.

Cite                                 To quote by way of example.

Site                                  An area of ground.

Canvas                            A firm closely woven cloth.  Tent material.

Canvass                           To examine in detail.  To seek votes.

Complacent                     Self-satisfied.

Complaisant                     Anxious to please.

Contagious                      Communicable by contact.

Contiguous                      In actual contact.  Touching along a boundary.

Converse                         To exchange thoughts.

Convert                           To win over from one party to another.

 

D

Deduce                            Drawn as conclusion from known or supposed facts.

Deduct                            To subtract.  Take away or withhold.

Definite                            Precise.  Exact.  Fixed.

Definitive                         To be regarded as final.  Conclusive.

Deprecate                        To express disapproval.

Depreciate                       To lower the price or estimated value.  To belittle.

Disinterested                    Unbiased.  Impartial.

Uninterested                     Not interested.

Desparate                        Being almost beyond hope.

Disparate                         Essentially different.  Unrelated.

Draft                                To draw a preliminary sketch or plan.

Draught                           A current of air in a closed-in space.  Beer.

 

E

Elicit                                To draw forth or bring out.                   

Illicit                                Unlawful.  Not permitted.

Elusive                             Evasive.  Baffling.

Illusive                             Unreal.                           

Equable                           Calm.  Even.                    

Equitable                         Fair and just.

Euphemism                      The substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression.

Euphuism                        An artificial style of writing or speaking.

Eventful                           Memorable.

Eventual                           That will happen under certain conditions.

Excitement                       Exhilaration.                   

Incitement                        Arousing to action.

Explicit                            Stated in detail.

Implicit                            Implied though not expressed.

 

F

Factious                          Disorderly.          

Factitious                         Artificial.  Unreal.

Fictitious                         Imaginary.  Invented.

Fare                                 The price charged for transport.

Fair                                 Attractive, beautiful.   Light in colour.

Familial                            Characteristic of a family or its members.              

Familiar                           An intimate associate.

Final                                Occurring at the end.

Finale                              Final scene or number.  Climax.

Filet                                 A lace with a square mesh design.

Fillet                                A fleshly boneless piece of meat.

Fizzle                               To make a weak fizzing sound.

Frizzle                             To fry until crisp.

Fragile                             Easily broken. 

Frail                                 Delicate. 

 

G

Grisly                              Forbidding.  Ghastly.

Grizzly                             Grey.

Geezer                             A man who is though a little odd or peculiar.

Geyser                             Apparatus for heating water.

Guarantee                        Written undertaking.

Warrantee                        Person giving or receiving a guarantee.

Guild                               An association of people with similar interests.

Guilt                                Feelings of being at fault.

 

 

H

Haberdasher                     A dealer in buttons, thread, ribbons, etc.

Haberdashery                  A shop where one can buy buttons, thread, etc.

Habitat                             Place where a plant or animal naturally grows or lives.

Habitual                           Having the nature of a habit.  Habitual drunkard.

Haemorrhage                  A loss of blood from the bood vessels.

Haemorrhoid                  A mass of dilated veins.  Piles.

Honorarium                     A fee paid for services voluntarily rendered.

Honorary                         Unpaid.  Voluntary.

Hospice                           A nursing home for terminally ill patients.

Hospital                           An institution where medical care is given.

Human                             A man, woman or child.  A person.

Humane                           Compassionate.

 

I

Illegible                            Unreadable.

Illiterate                            A person who is unable to read or write.

Imaginary                         Existing only in the imagination.

Imaginative                      Having a high degree of imagination.

Impassible                       Without feeling.

Impossible                       Not possible.  Difficult.

Ingenious                         Resourceful.  Clever.

Ingenuous                        Frank.  Candid.

Inhabit                             To occupy or be present in.

Inhibit                              To restrain or to prohibit.

Irrelevant                         Not relevant.   Inapplicable.

Irreverent                         Impious.  Not reverent.

Itinerant                           Travelling from place to place.

Itinerary                           A travel diary.

Its                                   Relating to it or itself.

It’s                                  It is, it has.

 

J

Judicial                            Administration of justice.

Judicious                         Sensible.  Wise.  Prudent.

Juror                                A member of a jury.

Jury                                 Body of persons sworn to render verdict in court.

 

K

Kedge                              Anchor.

Kedgeree                         Dish of fish, rice, eggs.

Kerb                                Stone edging to pavement.

Curb                                Chain or strap passing under horse’s lower jaw.

Knit                                 With wool.

Nit                                   Egg of louse or other parasite.

Knight                             Person usually of noble birth.

Night                               Dark period between day and day.

 

 

L

Later                                After the right time.

Latter                               Last of several things mentioned.

Lay                                  To place.

Lie                                   To rest.

Loath                               Unwilling.

Loathe                             Regard with disgust.

Loose                                       Not tight.

Lose                                To miss from one’s possession.

Loud                               Producing a high volume of sound.

Lout                                Rough ill-mannered man or youth.

 

M

Male                                A male person, animal or plant.

Mail                                 Bag of postal letters.

Mane                               Abundant head of hair.

Main                                Chief, principal.

Marital                             Matrimonial.

Martial                             Warlike.

Monetary                         Financial.

Monitory                         Giving or serving as warning.

 

N

Naught                             Nothing.

Naughty                           Badly behaved.

Nausea                            A feeling of discomfort in the stomach.

Nauseate                          To become affected by nausea or disgust.

Naval                               Consisting of or involving warships.

Navel                               The central point in the stomach.

Negligent                         Careless.

Negligible                         Of little or no importance.

Necessary                        Inevitable.  Inescapable.

Necessarily                      Inevitably.

Nose                               The part of the face that bears the nostrils.

Noose                                      A loop with a running knot.

Numeral                           Expressing numbers

Numerate                         Understanding basic mathematics.

Numerous                        Consisting of many.

Numinous                        Awe-inspiring, mysterious.

 

 

 

O

Oasis                               A fertile area in a dry region.

Oases                              Plural of oasis.

Oblige                             To constrain by force.

Oblique                           Neither perpendicular nor parallel.

Oblivion                          The state of forgetting.

Oblivious                         Lacking conscious knowledge.

Obsolescent                     Going out of use.

Obsolete                          No longer in use.  Outdated.  Outmoded.

Ordinance                        An authoritative decree.

Ordnance                         Branch of government dealing with military supplies.

 

P

Pail                                  Round open-topped vessel.

Pale                                 Whitish, faintly coloured.

Pallet                               A portable platform.

Pallid                               Wan, pale, sickly looking.

Pair                                 Two corresponding things.                                 

Pare                                 Trim or reduce by cutting away.

Persecute                         To harass in a manner designed to injure.

Prosecute                        To take legal action.

Prescribe                         To write medical prescriptions.  To ordain.

Proscribe                         To bannish.

Principal                          Head or leader.

Principle                          A rule or code of conduct.

Punctilious                       Precise.

Punctual                          Prompt.

 

R

Rabble                             Disorganised or disorderly crowd of people.

Rubble                            Broken fragments of building material.

Radical                            Somebody who is a member of a radical party.

Radicle                            Root-like subdivision of nerve or vein.

Reign                               Royal authority.

Rein                                A strap by which a rider or driver controls an animal.

Renew                             Make new or as good as new.           

Renovate                         To restore by replacing lost or damaged parts.

Repair                             The act or process of repairing.

Reparation                       The act of making amends.

Ridicule                           To mock, make fun of.

Ridiculous                       Deserving to be laughed at.

Role                                A part played by an actor or singer.

Roll                                 A bread roll.   Written document that may be rolled up.

 

S

Safe                                 Secure from threat of danger.

Save                                To rescue from danger or harm.

Sail                                  To travel in a boat or ship.

Sale                                 The act or an instance of selling.

Sallow                             Of a sickly yellowish colour.

Shallow                           Having little depth.

Sensual                            Voluptuous

Sensuous                         Operating through the senses.

Serge                               A durable twilled fabric.

Surge                               To rise and move.

Stationary                        Not in motion.

Stationery                        Paper, pens, ink.

Statuary                           A collection of statues.

Statutory                          Established, regulated, imposed by.

Suit                                 A legal action, petition, appeal.  Clothes.

Suite                                A group of rooms.  Collection.

 

T

Tailor                              A person who alters or makes garments.

Taler                                German silver coins.

Taper                              To decrease gradually in thickness.

Tapir                               American mammal.

Tend                               Take care of.

Tent                                Collapsible shelter.

Than                                Used to indicate difference of kind or manner.

Then                                At that time.

Their                               Belonging to them.

There                               In or at that place.

Thread                             To use for sewing.

Threat                              An expression of intention to inflict punishment.

Thou                               Used when addressing God.

Though                            However, nevertheless.

 

U

Urban                              Pertaining to a town.

Urbane                            Notibly polite or smooth in manner.

                                Idle, worthless.

Vane                                A thin flat or curbed object.

Vein                                Membranous tube through which blood flows.

Vary                                To ensure variety.

Very                                Actual, genuine.

Vassal                             Somebody in a subordinate position.

Vessel                             Hollow utensil or structure.

Veracity                           Truth.                   

Voracity                          Greediness.

Vicious                            Dangerous.  Depraved.                      

Viscous                           Sticky.

 W

Waive                              To refrain from demanding or enforcing.

Waiver                             The relinguishing of a right.

Wave                               To give a signal by moving the hand.

Waist                               The narrow part of the body between chest and hips.

Waste                                       Uninhabited.  Not productive.  Discarded as refuse.

Weather                           Atmospheric conditions.

Whether                           An indirect question involving alternatives.

Whole                             Restored.  Unbroken.

Hole                                Hollow place, gap, cavity.

Wreath                            Garland

Wreathe                           To encircle.  To twist or move in coils.

Wright                             Craftsman.  Maker or builder.

Write                               To form legible characters, symbols or words.

 

Y

Yoke                               To attach.    To join as if by a yoke.

Yolk                                Yellow of an egg.

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