- bough – bow
– bough: branch of a tree
– bow: front of a ship or to bend the head
- brake – break
– brake: device for stopping something
– break: pause or separate into pieces
- breach – breech
– breach: break through of break a rule
– breech: back part of a gun barrel
- broach – brooch
– broach: raise a subject for discussion
– brooch: piece of jewellery
- canvas – canvass
– canvas: strong type of cloth
– canvass: seek someone’s vote
- censure – censor
– censure: strongly criticise
– censor: ban something or someone who does
- cereal – serial
– cereal: breakfast food or edible grain
– serial: happening in a series
- chord – cord
– chord: group or musical notes
– cord: length of string
- climactic – climatic
– climactic: creating a climax
– climatic: relating to the climate
- coarse – course
– coarse: rough or uneven
– course: direction, school subject, part of meal
- draught - draft
- draught: current of air
- draft: first version of a piece of writing
- draw - drawer
- draw: even score at the end of a game
- drawer: sliding storage compartment
- dual - duel
- dual: having two parts
- duel: contest between two participants
- elicit - illicit
- elicit: draw out a reply or reaction
- illicit: not allowed by law or against rules
- ensure - insure
- ensure: make certain something happens
- insure: pre-arrange to get compensation
- envelop - envelope
- envelop: cover or surround something
- envelope: paper container for a letter
- exercise - exorcise
- exercise: physical activity
- exorcise: drive out an evil spirit
- fawn - faun
- fawn: young deer or light brown colour
- faun: mythical part man part goat being
- flaunt - flout
- flaunt: display ostentatiously
- flout: disregard a rule or law
- forbear - forebear
- forbear: refrain from something
- forebear: ancestor
- complacent - complaisant
- complacent: smug or self-satisfied
- complaisant: willing to please
- complement - compliment
- complement: something added that improves
- compliment: express approval or admiring remark
- council - counsel
- council: group that manages or advises
- counsel: advice or to advise
- cue - queue
- cue: signal to act or a wooden rod
- queue: row of people or vehicles
- curb - kerb
- curb: limit or keep something in check
- kerb: stone edge of pavement
- currant - current
- currant: dried grape
- current: happening now, flow of fluid/ eclectricity
- defuse - diffuse
- defuse: make a situation less tense
- diffuse: spread over wide area
- desert - dessert
- desert: waterless, empty area or abandon
- dessert: sweet course of a meal
- discreet - discrete
- discreet: careful not to attract attention
- discrete: separate and distinct
- disinterested - uninterested
- disinterested: impartial
- uninterested: not interested
- foreword - forward
- foreword: introduction at start of a book
- forward: onwards or ahead
- freeze - frieze
- freeze: turn into ice
- frieze: decoration along a wall
- grisly - grizzly
- grisly: gruesome or revolting
- grizzly: type of bear
- hoard - horde
- hoard: stock or stash of money or things
- horde: large crowd of people
- imply - infer
- imply: indirectly suggest something
- infer: draw a conclusion from
- loath - loathe
- loath: reluctant or unwilling
- loathe: to hate someone or something
- loose - lose
- loose: set free or unfasten
- lose: be deprived of or fail to win
- bazaar - bizarre
- bazaar: a market in the Middle East
- bizarre: strange
- amoral - immoral
- amoral: unconcerned with right or wrong
- immoral: not following moral standards
- balmy - barmy
- balmy: pleasingly warm
- barmy: foolish or crazy
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