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adverse / averse affect / effect aggravate alleged all right altogether among / between assure / ensure / insure auger / augur average / median blatant / flagrant capital / capitol complement / compliment comprise consul / council / counsel convince / persuade discreet / discrete disinterested / uninterested enervate enormity / enormousness factoid fewer / less flammable / inflammable flaunt / flout forte gender / sex hopefully impact impeach imply / infer incredible / incredulous irony |
irregardless its / it's kudos lay / lie leave / let literally mass / weight mean mischievous nuclear parameter penultimate peruse phenomenon plus precipitate / precipitous prescribe / proscribe presently principal / principle renown reticent sacrilegious seasonable / seasonal sensual / sensuous set / sit that / which unexceptionable / unexceptional unique utilize / use wherefore wreak / wreck zoology |
