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Word 1 accept adverse advice affect aisle all together along aloud altar amoral appraise assent aural balmy bare bated bazaar berth born bough brake breach broach canvas censure cereal

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Meaning not including strongly disliking; opposed to recommend something a result; to bring about a result an island completely; on the whole referring to something of great length permitted to change not following accepted moral standards to inform someone the action of rising or climbing up relating to the mouth; spoken foolish, crazy to carry; to put up with with bait attached or inserted Strange the emergence of a baby from the womb Carried to bend the head; the front of a ship to separate into pieces; a pause the back part of a gun barrel a piece of jewellery to seek peoples votes to ban parts of a book or film; a person who does this happening in a series

Meaning Word 2 to agree to receive or except do unfavourable, harmful averse recommendations about advise what to do to change or make a effect difference to a passage between isle rows of seats all in one place, all at altogether once moving or extending a long horizontally on out loud allowed a sacred table in a alter church not concerned with right immoral or wrong to assess apprise agreement, approval ascent relating to the ears or hearing pleasantly warm to uncover , reveal in phrase 'with bated breath', i.e. in great suspense a Middle Eastern market a bunk in a ship, train, etc. having started life a branch of a tree a device for stopping a vehicle; to stop a vehicle to break through, or break a rule; a gap to raise a subject for discussion a type of strong cloth to criticize strongly oral barmy bear baited bizarre birth borne bow break breech brooch canvass censor

a grass producing an serial edible grain; a breakfast

chord climactic coarse complacent complement

food made from grains a group of musical cord notes forming a climax climatic rough course smug and self-satisfied to add to so as to improve; an addition that improves something a group of people who manage or advise a signal for action; a wooden rod to keep something in check; a control or limit a dried grape complaisant compliment

a length of string; a cordlike body part relating to climate a direction; a school subject; part of a meal willing to please to praise or express approval; an admiring remark advice; to advise a line of people or vehicles (in British English) the stone edge of a pavement happening now; a flow of water, air, or electricity to spread over a wide area the sweet course of a meal The verb devise means to plan, conceive, or invent. separate and distinct not interested a first version of a piece of writing a sliding storage compartment a fight or contest between two people not allowed by law or rules to provide compensation if a person dies or property is damaged a paper container for a letter to drive out an evil spirit a mythical being, part man, part goat to disregard a rule to fail an ancestor onwards, ahead

council cue curb currant defuse desert Device

counsel queue kerb current

discreet disinterested draught draw dual elicit ensure envelop exercise fawn flaunt flounder forbear foreword

to make a situation less diffuse tense a waterless, empty dessert area; to abandon someone The noun device means Devise a gadget, scheme, or procedure. careful not to attract discrete attention impartial uninterested a current of air draft an even score at the end of a game having two parts drawer duel

to draw out a reply or illicit reaction to make certain that insure something will happen to cover or surround envelope

physical activity; to do exorcise physical activity a young deer; light faun brown to display ostentatiously flout to move clumsily; to founder have difficulty doing something to refrain forebear an introduction to a forward

freeze grisly hoard imply loath loose meter militate palate pedal pole pour practice

book to turn to ice Gruesome, revolting a store to suggest indirectly reluctant, unwilling to unfasten; to set free a measuring device to be a powerful factor against the roof of the mouth a foot-operated lever a long, slender piece of wood to flow or cause to flow the use of an idea or method; the work or business of a doctor, dentist, etc. to authorize use of medicine; to order authoritatively most important; the head of a school a person inclined to doubt the ability to see not moving a level of a building to arouse interest full of twists; complex a ring-shaped arrangement of flowers etc.

frieze grizzly horde infer loathe lose metre mitigate palette peddle poll pore practise

a decoration along a wall a type of bear a large crowd of people to draw a conclusion to hate to be deprived of; to be unable to find a metric unit; rhythm in verse to make less severe a board for mixing colours to sell goods voting in an election a tiny opening; to study something closely to do something repeatedly to gain skill; to do something regularly to officially forbid something a fundamental rule or belief infected with bacteria a location writing materials a tale or account to make more attractive full of pain or suffering to surround or encircle

prescribe principal sceptic sight stationary storey titillate tortuous wreath

proscribe principle septic site stationery story titivate torturous wreathe

1 Do you ......................... payment by credit card? (accept / except) 2 Everybody turned up at Fiona's party ......................... her exboyfriend. (accept / except) 3 What ......................... did the high altitude have on you? (affect / effect)

4 Did the high altitude ......................... you when you were in Quito? (affect / effect) 5 She gave me some excellent ......................... about my girlfriend. (advice / advise) 6 I ......................... you not to get involved in Sandra and Mike's problems. (advice / advise) 7 We need to find something to ......................... the curtains. (complement / compliment) 8 She got annoyed with me because I didn't ......................... her on her new hair style. (complement / compliment) 9 Don't tell anyone about my promotion. I want to be as ......................... about it as possible. (discreet / discrete) 10 Catalan and Valencian are not ......................... languages. (discreet / discrete) 11 The weather forecast says that rain is ......................... . (eminent / imminent) 12 Professor Pachorro is very ......................... among brain surgeons. (eminent / imminent) 13 I wanted to see the ......................... about Manet in the Prado gallery in Madrid. (exhibition / expedition) 14 A recent Spanish ......................... to the Antarctic has been collecting data about global warming. (exhibition / expedition) 15 The South Downs, a range of hills running across Sussex, are not very ......................... . (high / tall) 16 Tom Cruise is not ......................... . He's short. (high / tall) 17 This is an ......................... device for opening bottles. (ingenious / ingenuous) 18 Your argument is ......................... . Just tell me why you are in favour of a military solution. (irrelevant / irreverent) 19 If you want to be a champion, you have to ......................... everyday. (practice / practise) 20 Learning to dance the salsa is a question of going to classes and lots of ......................... . (practice / practise)

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