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Word 1 accept adverse advice affect aisle

Meaning Word 2 to agree to receive except or do unfavourable, averse harmful recommendations advise about what to do to change or make effect a difference to

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

a passage isle between rows of seats all together all in one place, all altogether at once along moving or a long extending horizontally on aloud out loud allowed altar a sacred table in a alter church amoral not concerned withimmoral right or wrong appraise assent aural to assess agreement, approval apprise ascent

relating to the ears oral or hearing

balmy bare bated bazaar berth born bough brake breach broach canvas censure

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.

barmy bear baited bizarre birth

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 a length of

having started life borne a branch of a tree bow a device for break stopping a vehicle; to stop a vehicle to break through, breech or break a rule; a gap to raise a subject brooch for discussion a type of strong canvass cloth to criticize strongly censor

cereal

chord

a grass producing serial an edible grain; a breakfast food made from grains a group of musical cord

string; a cordlike body part climactic forming a climax climatic relating to climate coarse rough course a direction; a school subject; part of a meal complacent smug and selfcomplaisant willing to satisfied please complement to add to so as to compliment to praise or improve; an express addition that approval; an improves admiring something remark council a group of people counsel advice; to who manage or advise advise cue a signal for action; queue a line of people a wooden rod or vehicles curb to keep something kerb (in British in check; a control English) the or limit stone edge of a pavement currant a dried grape current happening now; a flow of water, air, or electricity defuse to make a situationdiffuse to spread over less tense a wide area desert a waterless, empty dessert the sweet area; to abandon course of a someone meal Device The noun device Devise The verb means a gadget, devise means

notes

scheme, or procedure. discreet careful not to attract attention disintereste impartial d draught a current of air draw dual

to plan, conceive, or invent. discrete separate and distinct uninterested not interested draft 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

an even score at drawer the end of a game having two parts duel

elicit ensure

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

envelop exercise fawn flaunt

physical activity; to exorcise do physical activity a young deer; light faun brown to display ostentatiously flout

flounder forbear foreword freeze grisly hoard imply loath loose meter militate palate pedal pole pour

to move clumsily; to have difficulty doing something to refrain an introduction to a book to turn to ice Gruesome, revolting a store

founder forebear forward frieze grizzly horde

to fail an ancestor onwards, ahead 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

to suggest infer indirectly reluctant, unwilling loathe to unfasten; to set lose free a measuring device metre

to be a powerful mitigate factor against the roof of the palette mouth a foot-operated peddle lever a long, slender poll piece of wood to flow or cause to pore flow the use of an idea practise

practice

or method; the work or business of a doctor, dentist, etc. prescribe principal sceptic sight stationary storey titillate tortuous wreath to authorize use of proscribe medicine; to order authoritatively most important; principle the head of a school a person inclined septic to doubt the ability to see site not moving stationery a level of a story building to arouse interest titivate full of twists; complex a ring-shaped arrangement of flowers etc. torturous wreathe

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

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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