 40  accept |
to agree |
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except |
but, with the exception that |
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ad |
advertisement |
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add |
to perform addition |
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ades |
fruit drinks |
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aides |
people who help; assistants |
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AIDS |
acronym for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
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aids |
helps, assists |
adverse unfortunate; strongly opposed (refers to things, not people)
Examples: an adverse reaction to the medication adverse weather conditions
averse having repugnance (refers to people)
Example: He is averse to a military draft.
advice vs. advise
advice (noun) recommendation
advise (verb) the act of giving a recommendation
affect vs. effect
Rule 1. Use effect when you mean bring about or brought about, cause or caused.
Example: He effected a commotion in the crowd.
Meaning: He caused a commotion in the crowd.
Rule 2. Use effect when you mean result.
Example: What effect did that speech have?
Rule 3. Also use effect whenever any of these words precede it: a, an, the, any, take, into, no. These words may be separated from effect by an adjective.
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