| PASSED, PASTPassed is the past tense of
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| | protect you against unfair
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| pass. Past means a time that has gone.
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| | dismissal."QUIET, QUITEQuiet means
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| "Time passed and we all forgot the
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| | without noise; quite when used in fiction
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| incident." "In times past it was the
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| | usually means moderately, but can also
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| custom for women to wear hats in
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| | mean totally or entirely. Use of the
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| church."PEACE, PIECEPeace means the
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| | wrong word here could, of course, simply
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| absence of war (or even noise); piece is
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| | be a typing error that went unnoticed in
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| a portion of something.PEAK, PEEK,
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| | the proof-reading stages!RAIN, REIGN,
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| PIQUEPique means to excite or irritate;
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| | REINRain is the water that comes down
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| peek means to peep or snoop; peak as a
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| | from clouds; reign means to rule; rein is
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| noun means the summit or tip, and as a
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| | a strap, usually leather, for controlling
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| verb means to climax. So, you pique
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| | an animal, especially a horse.RAISE,
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| someone's curiosity; you don't peek or
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| | RAZEThese two are exact opposites. Raise
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| peak it. If someone annoys you, you
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| | means to lift or build up and raze means
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| become piqued rather than peeked or
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| | to pull down: "We will raise the
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| peaked.PLAIN, PLANEPlain means obvious,
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| | reputation of our village to new
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| also unadorned or lacking in good looks;
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| | heights." "He instructed his army to raze
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| plane is a carpenter's tool or an
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| | the village to the ground."REALITY,
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| abbreviation of aeroplane.PATIENCE,
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| | REALTYReality is real life; realty is
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| PATIENTSPatience means forbearance;
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| | real estate.REFERENCE, REVERENCEI don't
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| patients are people under medical
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| | know if this confusion is common. I
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| care.POUR, POREYou pour sauces, gravies,
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| | didn't even realise the words COULD be
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| etc, over your dinner, while pore means
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| | confused until I saw one wrongly used in
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| to study something--so, "pore over the
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| | something written by ... a writer! Maybe
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| book", not "pour over the book", which
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| | it was just a typing error. Reference is
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| reads as though you might be damaging the
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| | something referred to, reverence means
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| book with an unnamed liquid
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| | respect.RESIDENCE, RESIDENTSResidence is
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| substance!PRESENCE, PRESENTSPresence
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| | a house; residents are the people who
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| means being near at hand; presents are
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| | live there.RESPECTFULLY,
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| gifts.PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPLEPrincipal means
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| | RESPECTIVELYRespectfully means politely;
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| chief or main, also the amount borrowed
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| | respectively means in the order
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| in a loan; principle means regulations or
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| | stated."The containers stood in a row and
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| ideals. "The principal reason for the
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| | were numbered 1, 3, 2, 5 and 4
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| company's failure was lack of money."
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| | respectively" means they were standing in
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| (or) "The new principal is making a real
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| | this order rather than numerical
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| difference to our school." "We are paying
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| | order.RIGHT, RITE, WRITERight means
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| both principal and interest each month on
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| | correct; rite is a ceremony, usually
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| our mortgage." "She is completely without
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| | religious; write means to make
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| principles and would steal from her own
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| | words.ROAD, RODERoad is a long surface
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| mother." "The principle of a clause like
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| | for cars and other vehicles; rode is the
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| this in your employment contract is to
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| | past tense of ride.
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