Commonly confused words 1. Abjure/Adjure Abjure: Renounce or Repudiate Adjure: Request earnestly. He is royal descendant, yet he abjures from taking any titles. In the bird sanctuary, the authorities adjures the visitors to keep away from feeding the birds. 2. Adverse/Averse Adverse: Antagonistic Averse: Feeling disinclined The word averse is more recognizable in two more commonly used forms: avert and aversion. Although you are not averse to eat the Thai food, you could have adverse reaction to it. 3. Aggravated/Aggrieved Aggravate: Worsen Aggrieved: Afflicted. The medicine aggravated his illness instead of curing him. The glaring disparity in the distribution of relief annoyed the aggrieved residents. 4. Allusion/Illusion Allusion: Indirect or covert reference Illusion: A false belief He failed to understand the allusion so was not hurt by the remark. Do not be under the illusion that only intelligence has a role to play in one’s success. 5. Appraise/Apprise Appraise: Assess Apprise: Inform The prime minister asked the chief of the intelligence department to appraise the situation and apprise him of it.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:30:01 +0000
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