Commonly Confused Words

Give 40 words in 5 minutes that are often confused with one another or misspelled.

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A stand at which rites are performed = ALTAR

To change = ALTER

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	Definition	Word
1	a rise; a climb	ascent
2	consent	assent
3	a worker in a mine	miner
4	under leagal age	minor
5	at a subsequent time	later
6	the second of two	latter
7	praise	compliment
8	something that completes or makes whole	complement
9	possessive form of YOU	your
10	contraction of YOU ARE	you're
11	not fancy; undecorated	plain
12	a flat surface	plane
13	middle part of the body	waist
14	useless spending; unused material	waste
15	given life	born
16	carried; endured	borne
17	a device for stopping or slowing down	brake
18	to shatter or come apart	break
19	not tight or firm	loose
20	to suffer loss; fail to win	lose
21	group of people employed in the same work or service	personnel
22	individual; private	personal
23	not crooked or curved	straight
24	channel between two large bodies of water	strait
25	to advise	counsel
26	a group assembled for conferences	council
27	calmness	peace
28	a part or portion fo something	piece
29	rough; crude	coarse
30	path of action; passage	course
31	in a strict or dignified manner	formally
32	in the past	formerly
33	trusting; frank	ingenuous
34	clever; resourceful	ingenious
35	at that place	there
36	THEY ARE	they're
37	a basic or general truth	principle
38	head of a school	principal
39	silent	quiet
40	considerably or very	quite