Explain the difference between the two commonly confused words.
arise/ arouse, exceptional/ exceptionable, detterent/ detergent, reciprocate/ recapitulate, presence/ attendance, inflict/ impose, susceptible/ perceptible, viable/ vital, stipulate/ speculate, apprehensive/ comprehensive, imaginary/ imaginative, permissible/ permissive, implement/ supplement, compulsive/ compulsory, libel/ label, indignant/ indigenous, downright/ upright, revoke/ provoke, gratification/ gratitude, physicist/ physician, affinity/ infinity, obstruct/ abstract, laud/ fraud, predecessor/ successor, uphold/ withhold, except/ exempt, inexorable/ inevitable, possessed/ possessive, poignant/ poised, livelihood/ likelihood, nurture/ nature, impertinent/ not pertinent, infallible/ infamous, complication/ implication, complacent/ adjacent, fusion/ profusion, defer/ infer, insolvent/ insolent, diffident/ indifferent, illegible/ ineligible, perennial/ perceivable, precision/ incision, deluge/ divulge, considerate/ considerable, proponent/ opponent, repeal/ reveal, requisition/ inquisition, gush/ gust, shimmer/ simmer
Hi there! I'm preparing my ECPE exam and everything is under control…except for the vocabulary section,it's quite difficult!! do you have any tip?
Thanks, Victoria.
Revise, revise, revise! This is the first piece of advice I give to my students! Otherwise, it will be extremely difficult to retain all these tones of words! 🙂