Congress voted to ABDICATE, ABROGATE the treaty.

After many defeats, the king decided to ABDICATE, ABROGATE the throne.

I cannot ACCEPT, EXCEPT your excuse.

Congress ADOPTED, PASSED a resolution honoring the firefighters.

The Senate quickly ADOPTED, PASSED the bill raising the speed limit.

Top management AFFECTED, EFFECTED some personnel changes.

The new tax law will AFFECT, EFFECT millions of retired people.

The aristocratic mayor AFFECTED, EFFECTED a superior manner.

The noise next door AGGRAVATED, IRRITATED his headache.

The senator hired the intern as his AID, AIDE.

After the terrorist bombing, agencies wrestled to decide how to distribute AID, AIDE to families of victims.

As always, students were ALL READY, ALREADY for the test.

Two minutes before class time, students were ALL READY, ALREADY there.

He suffered from the ALLUSION, ILLUSION that he was Michael Jackson's heir.

The lyrics of the song make an ALLUSION, ILLUSION to Jamaican politics.

The suspect hid in a culvert to ALLUDE, ELUDE, ILLUDE police.

The minister ordered a new ALTAR, ALTER for the church.

The minister wanted to ALTAR, ALTER the stained-glass windows.

AMONG, BETWEEN the three of us, chocolate is king.

Because no one is paid, college football is played only by AMATEUR/NOVICE athletes.

His clumsy way of shuffling suggested that he was AN AMATEUR, A NOVICE at cards.

I love math. I am ANXIOUS, EAGER for the class to begin.

I hate math. I am ANXIOUS, EAGER about the class.

For the sake of argument, let's ASSUME, PRESUME you're right.

Because you were sitting at his desk, I ASSUMED, PRESUMED that
you were the director.

After eating so much, he felt BAD/BADLY all evening.

He was afraid of scoring BAD/BADLY on the test.

Farmers have to BALE, BAIL the hay before the rain spoils it.

I enjoyed the boat ride, except for having to BALE, BAIL constantly because of a leak.

The judge set BALE, BAIL at $500.

Every two months is BIMONTHLY/SEMIMONTHLY.

Twice a month is BIMONTHLY/SEMIMONTHLY.

The senator filed A BILL, LEGISLATION to authorize a charter school.

The governor signed A BILL, LEGISLATION privatizing parts of state government.

Niels and his sister are both tall and BLOND, BLONDE.

She has been called a classic BLOND, BLONDE.

We considered suing them for BREACH, BREECH of contract.

Coming out feet first, the baby appeared in a BREACH, BREECH birth.

His collection included a BREACH/BREECH loading rifle used in the Civil War.

The boat had a patched CANVAS/CANVASS sail.

We volunteered to CANVAS/CANVASS the neighborhood for contributions to the Salvation Army.

Draw a CARAT, CARET, KARAT in the middle of the sentence and insert the missing word.

How valuable is a diamond that weighs one CARAT, CARET, KARAT?

A tiny stamp identified the metal as 14-CARAT, CARET, KARAT gold.

The sailboat CAREENED, CAREERED so far, everyone feared it would tip over.

The getaway car CAREENED, CAREERED through the crowded streets.

We must separate the wheat from the CHAFE, CHAFF.

The starchy collar CHAFED, CHAFFED his neck.

His friends CHAFED, CHAFFED him about his accent.

Tallahassee is the CITE, SITE, SIGHT of the state capitol.

At the CITE, SITE, SIGHT of her, he fainted again.

After falling in the ditch, he was not a pretty CITE, SITE, SIGHT.

The car COLLIDED WITH/CRASHED INTO the building.

The two steamrollers COLLIDED WITH/CRASHED INTO each other.

Red wine will COMPLIMENT, COMPLEMENT a meat dish.

Thanks for the COMPLIMENT, COMPLEMENT.

He CONCLUDED, CLOSED his speech with a song.

To call a woman "baby" CONNOTES, DENOTES that she is weak and helpless.

The precise word CONNOTES, DENOTES an exact meaning.

I was CONSCIOUS/AWARE of an uneasiness bordering on distrust.

I was CONSCIOUS/AWARE of his recent appointment.

During the monsoon season, we had CONTINUOUS, CONTINUAL rain for three months without interruption.

The Florida summer is marked by CONTINUAL, CONTINUOUS thunderstorms.

He played the opening CORDS, CHORDS of his theme song.

The singer spent a day in silence to rest his vocal CORDS, CHORDS.

His role in the drama was to play COUNCIL, COUNSEL for the defense.

She was elected to the student COUNCIL, COUNSEL.

A COUPLE, COUPLE OF tomatoes splatted onto the stage.

In the lawsuit, she sought DAMAGE, DAMAGES.

She sued claiming DAMAGE, DAMAGES to her reputation.

Individual measurements may be accurate, but taken as a whole, the data IS, ARE irrelevant to this question.

The data IS, ARE being collected by 20 different agencies.

Is someone in a DILEMMA if one choice is clearly good and another clearly bad? (Answer YES or NO.)

A camera is composed of many DISCREET, DISCRETE parts.

She is a DISCREET, DISCRETE person, known for her tact.

The DISINTERESTED, UNINTERESTED judge ensured a fair trial.

The lawyer looked bored, DISINTERESTED, UNINTERESTED in the case.

He wanted to EMIGRATE, IMMIGRATE from Poland.

He spent a difficult year in New York after EMIGRATING, IMMIGRATING to America.

The ENORMITY, ENORMOUSNESS of the Grand Canyon amazed him.

The ENORMITY, ENORMOUSNESS of the crime made it difficult to cover in a family newspaper.

Edit your work carefully to ENSURE, INSURE accuracy.

You must ENSURE, INSURE your own computer against theft.

"Cute" is an EPITAPH, EPITHET not often applied to President Bush.

His will specified this EPITAPH, EPITHET for his tombstone: "Dead and rotten, but not forgotten."

They traveled FARTHER, FURTHER into the wilds of New Jersey.

They discussed the issue FARTHER, FURTHER.

Ignore his punning; it's just a FAZE, PHASE.

Synonyms do not FAZE, PHASE me.

He has a FLAIR, FLARE for fashion.

His talent FLAIRED, FLARED brighter than ever.

The downed pilot shot up a signal FLAIR, FLARE.

If you've got it, FLAUNT, FLOUT it.

"Question Authority" is not strong enough. I want a bumper
sticker that says "FLAUNT, FLOUT Authority."

With its hull split and its cargo on fire, the ship FLOUNDERED, FOUNDERED.

Rescuers FLOUNDERED, FOUNDERED through the mud to get to the flooded house.

Always lucky, he made another FORTUNATE, FORTUITOUS choice.

A FORTUNATE, FORTUITOUS [chance] meeting at a friend's wedding led to
their marriage.

"Fulsome" means:

New recruits had to run the GANTLET, GAUNTLET in their underwear.

His attempts to GIBE, JIBE his opponent only won his opponent more supporters.

The senator's views GIBE, JIBE with the governor's.

After holding to the president's plan for two weeks, the House today GIBED/JIBED in the direction of campaign finance reform.

The Apaches practiced a form of GORILLA, GUERRILLA warfare.

In some countries, condemned murderers are HANGED, HUNG.

After he had HANGED, HUNG the picture in three different places, he decided to store it in the closet.

The killer was calm, systematic, IMPASSABLE, IMPASSIVE.

During heavy snow, some mountain roads become IMPASSABLE, IMPASSIVE.

What are you IMPLYING, INFERRING when you say that?

From what you say, I IMPLY, INFER that you dislike chocolate.

He talks LIKE, AS IF he grew up in Idaho.

He talks LIKE, AS IF a man who grew up in Idaho.

He was LOATH, LOATHE to leave her.

He was sorry to leave her, even though she did LOATH, LOATHE him.

I became MAD, ANGRY enough to yell at him.

She (matriculated, graduated) from college with a degree in Sanskrit.

The MORAL, MORALE Majority is a powerful lobbying organization.

His MORAL, MORALE was lifted by the news of victories in Afghanistan.

The rotten shrimp made me NAUSEATED, NAUSEOUS

Proposing this amendment was like throwing down the GANTLET, GAUNTLET in front of the governor.

Jane Goodall made the first scientific studies of GORILLAS, GUERRILLAS in their remote mountain habitat.

I will PEDAL, PEDDLE my bike up the hill.

He wanted to PEDAL, PEDDLE magazine subscriptions to put himself through college.

The PENULTIMATE month of the year is NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY

The prosecutor tried to PERSUADE, CONVINCE her to change her story.

Listening to the evidence, I became PERSUADED, CONVINCED that she was innocent.

He stood on the PODIUM, LECTERN and spoke to the crowd.

As he spoke, he hit the PODIUM, LECTERN so hard with his fist that it wobbled.

PORE, POUR yourself another cup of chamomile tea.

He could hardly wait to get home from the bookstore and PORE, POUR over his new textbooks.

The mountain path ended abruptly at a PRECIPITATE, PRECIPITOUS cliff.

With his fake British accent, his curled moustache and his bowler hat, he struck some of the audience as a PORTENTOUS, PRETENTIOUS fop.

The prisoner gave the witness a PORTENTIOUS, PRETENTIOUS look, dripping with the threat of retribution.

Her friendliness was all PRETENSE, PRETEXT. Once she had what she wanted, she treated me coldly.

Her questions about my family were a PRETENSE, PRETEXT for finding out if my brother was still unmarried.

The controversial high school PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPLE was questioned by the school board.

She opposes war on PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPLE.

The Internet is the PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPLE medium of instruction in some courses.

He was sent to PRISON/JAIL for a week for failing to pay parking tickets.

After being convicted of embezzlement, she was sentenced to five years in PRISON, JAIL.

I lay PRONE, SUPINE with my face on the floor.

I lay PRONE, SUPINE on the grass, watching the clouds.

The president's PROSTATE, PROSTRATE operation brought national attention to male health problems.

Prisoners were forced to PROSTATE, PROSTRATE themselves before their captors.

The general sent tanks to QUELL, QUENCH the protest.

Tanker planes dropped loads of water in an attempt to QUELL, QUENCH the wildfire.

I had to RACK, WRACK my brain to remember where I had left the keys.

In his most oratorical tones, he declaimed, "We are all going to RACK, WRACK and ruin!"

John Rosemond writes an advice column on how to RAISE, REAR, RAZE children.

As a child, she used to RAISE, REAR, RAZE chickens.

The demolition crew arrived to RAISE, REAR, RAZE the condemned building.

Hurricanes periodically RAVAGE, RAVISH the crowded islands.

After sacking Troy, the Greek soldiers RAVAGED, RAVISHED the Trojan women.

He was RELUCTANT, RETICENT to take advantage of his opponent's weakness.

Though talkative among friends, he was RELUCTANT, RETICENT in public.

At the outdoor fair, the unexpected sounds, exotic foods, and profusion of flowers provided a SENSUOUS, SENSUAL experience.

Some ascetics argue that the only alternative to a strict life of self-denial is a life of surrendering to SENSUOUS, SENSUAL excesses.

Every student reporter should write about the city SEWAGE, SEWERAGE system.

The pipe burst and released raw SEWAGE, SEWERAGE into a nearby pond.

SINCE, BECAUSE it was raining, we postponed our walk.

SINCE, BECAUSE I was last here, it has rained three times.

The old motel had one slightly larger room that it called the Royal SUIT, SUITE.

An experienced traveler, he packed only one SUIT, SUITE for the trip.

The TEMPERATURE, WEATHER dropped 20 degrees.

The TEMPERATURE, WEATHER grew unseasonably warm.

The car ____________ was running yesterday, will not start today.
(In considering this sentence, imagine that we have only one car, and it won't start.)

The car THAT, WHICH was running yesterday will not start today.
(In considering this sentence, imagine that we have ten cars. Only one of them ran yesterday. Today it does not start.)

THEIR, THERE, THEY'RE about to start the contest.

I miss Paris. I wish I could be THEIR, THERE, THEY'RE now.

Some people forget THEIR, THERE, THEY'RE manners.