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Confusing Words C2.

The document provides definitions and examples for several pairs of similar-sounding words: 1) Inflict emphasizes the person or thing causing suffering, while afflict emphasizes who is doing the suffering. 2) Amicable refers to friendliness between groups, while amiable refers to a person's friendly disposition. 3) To appraise is to estimate value or performance, while to apprise means "to tell." 4) To assume is to suppose without proof, while to presume is to suppose with probability. 5) Continuous means never-ending, while continual means coming and going periodically.

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Confusing Words C2.

The document provides definitions and examples for several pairs of similar-sounding words: 1) Inflict emphasizes the person or thing causing suffering, while afflict emphasizes who is doing the suffering. 2) Amicable refers to friendliness between groups, while amiable refers to a person's friendly disposition. 3) To appraise is to estimate value or performance, while to apprise means "to tell." 4) To assume is to suppose without proof, while to presume is to suppose with probability. 5) Continuous means never-ending, while continual means coming and going periodically.

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INFLICT / AFFLICT

Some participants in the debate said the rule could unintentionally inflict economic harm on Africans.
It's also quite likely that he was afflicted with an eating disorder.

The difference between the two is whether the emphasis is on the one suffering or the one causing the
suffering. Afflict emphasizes who is doing the suffering. Inflict emphasizes the person or thing causing
the suffering.Try this: I am afflicted with something terrible, so I inflict injuries upon others.

AMICABLE / AMIABLE
Amicable refers to a friendliness or goodwill between people or groups. Amiable refers to one person's
friendly disposition. A group might have an amicable meeting, because the people there are amiable.

It was a relatively amicable divorce and at least they remain on speaking terms.
One former roommate described him as amiable and talkative.

APPRAISE / APPRISE
To appraise is to estimate the value , nature or performance of something, but remove the second "a,"
and you have apprise, which means "to tell." If you hire someone to appraise your house, you might
have to apprise your family of the fact that you now owe the bank more than your house is worth.

The ring was appraised at 40,000.


Social workers will appraise the individual's needs before deciding on a course of action.
The president has been apprised of the situation

ASSUME / PRESUME
To assume is to suppose or believe something without any proof. It also means to take over, usually
responsibilities and duties, such as with a job, or to take on a look or attitude.
Presume means to be sure of something before it happened. When you presume,you suppose
something without proof, based on probability.

First, based on your question, we'll assume you're a recent college graduate
We must presume innocence until we have evidence of guilt.

CONTINUOUS / CONTINUAL
Continuous means never-ending, continuing without a break while continual things come and go, like
arguments or rain.

We have observed a continuous fall in unemployment since this government came into power.
My father continually urges me to get a job.

EXPEDIENT / EXPEDITIOUS
Expedient describes a politically advantageous choice. Expedient also describes something that's good
for you or something that's useful.
On the other hand,expeditious isn't up to anything, it just means speedy or prompt.

Should the government, which promised to protect airline passengers last year, do
the expedient thing or the right thing?
The company is well-regarded for its expeditious handling of complaints.

REFUTE / REBUT
To rebut is to try to prove something isn't true, but to refute is to actually prove it isn't. If you rebut
something, you haven't necessarily won the argument; you've only presented your side of it:
If you refute something, you successfully win the argument.

Baldwin has used his Twitter account to rebut criticism.


These allegations have not been successfully refuted.

REGRETTABLY / REGRETFULLY
Regretfully means with regret (in a manner expressed with regret, expressing remorse), while
regrettably means deserving regret (sadly, unfortunately).

Regrettably, few weapons in the history of warfare, once created, have gone unused.
"I am half sorry we spared him after all," Leonidas said regretfully.

VERACIOUS / VORACIOUS
The definition of veracious is an unwillingness to tell lies, or someone or something that is
true and accurate. Voracious means having or showing a tendency to eat very large amounts of food

Most readers have accepted the book as a veracious account of Samuel Johnson's table talk.
He seems to have had a voracious appetite.

AVERSE / ADVERSE

Averse means having a strong dislike of or opposition to something. It is used about people.
Adverse means unfavourable, contrary or hostile. It cannot be used about people.

Due to the heavy snowfall, drivers should be prepared for adverse weather conditions.
As a former CIA agent, he is not averse to secrecy.

ANY MORE / ANYMORE


Use the two-word form to mean "any additional": don't need any more help.
Use anymore to mean "any longer":I don't need help anymore.

DEFINITE / DEFINITIVE

Something definite is exact, clearly defined, with no ambiguity. But definite does not necessarily mean
"correct":George has a definite belief that two and two are five.
Something definitive is authoritative, the best, the last word: This is the definitive biography of Lincoln.

ADMISSION / ADMITTANCE
Admission means (1) the act of allowing to enter, (2) the right to enter, (3) the price required to enter,
and (4) an acknowledgment of truth. The word is often figurative; for example, you might gain
admission to a college or club without physically entering it. Admittance refers to the act of physically
entering. Though you might gain admission to a college months before the school year starts,
admittance doesnt happen until you actually get there.

Unaccompanied children will be refused admittance.


Admission to the university depends on the exam results.
The scientist's admission that he had falsified the results of the experiment caused an uproar.

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