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WORDS NEARLY, BUT NOT EXACLY, ALIKE IN PRONUNCIATION.
ac-cept, to take; ex-cept, to take out.
af-fect, to impress; ef-fect, what is produced.
ac-cede, to agree ex-ceed, to surpass.
pre-scribe, to direct; pro-scribe, to banish.
ac-cess, approach; ex-cess, superfluity.
al-lu-sion, hint reference; il-lu-sion, deception; e-lu-sion, evasion. acts, deeds; ax, a tool for cutting
af-fu-sion, a pouring on; ef-fu-sion, a pouring out.
al-lowed, admitted, granted; a-loud, with a great voice.
er-rand, a message; er-rant, wandering.
ad-di-tion, something added; e-di-tion, publication.
bal-lad, a song; bal-let, a dance; bal-lot, a ball for voting, or a vote. chron-i-cal, a long continuance; chron-i-cle, a history.
clothes, garments; close, conclusion.
con-sort, husband or wife; con-cert, harmony.
de-scent, a falling, a slope; dis-sent, a differing.
de-cease, death; dis-ease, sickness.
e-lic-it, to call forth; il-lic-it, unlawful.
im-merge, to plunge; e-merge, to come forth.
fat, fleshy; vat, a tub or cistern.
gest-ure, motion, jest-er, one who jests.
i-dle, not employed; i-dol, an image.
im-pos-tor, a deceiver; im-post-ure, deception.
naugh-ty, bad; knot-ty, full of knots.
in-gen-u-ous, frank; in-ge-ni-ous, skillful.
line, extension in length; loin, part of an animal. loom, a frame for weaving; loam, a soft loose earth.
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