access
adapt
adopt
affect
angel
angle
/ anonymous
board
broad
decent
deficiency
descent
/ desert
dessert
device
devise
effect
excess
/ personal
personnel
requisition
spacious
veteran

Easily Confused Words

access(aksEHs) noun,verb
a way to approach or enter a place noun
to enter or get into verb
Synonyms: / fit, admission, entrance, spell, eruption, entry, burst
adapt(uhdapt) verbTo change in order to fit new conditions.
Synonyms: / conform, change, fit
adopt(uhdopt) verb To choose or take as one's own.
Antonyms: / repudiate, reject, discard, disapprove, veto, disavow, spurn
affect(uhfEHkt) verb to bring about a change in
Synonyms: / stir, feign, modify, alter, impress, change, haunt, move, influence, touch, assume
Antonyms: / dislike, shun
angel(aynjuhl) noun An immortal, spiritual being.
angle(aNGguhl) noun A corner where two lines meet.
anonymous(uhnonuhmuhs) adjective having an unknown or unacknowledged name
Antonyms: / named, onymous, authorized, attested, authenticated, identified
board(bawrd) noun,verb
1.To get on (trains, buses…) verb
2.long, flat piece of wood noun
Synonyms: / slat, quarter, council, plank, committee, embark, timber, house
broad(brawd),adjective wide; large from side to side
Synonyms: / immense, wide, large, tolerant, spacious, comprehensive, extensive, blue, liberal
Antonyms: / restricted, limited, narrow, confined
decent(deesuhnt) adjective proper and right; respectable
Synonyms: / clean, decorous, correct, suitable, modest, seemly, appropriate, fit
Antonyms: / indecent, obscene
deficiency(dihfihshuhnsee) noun shortage; a lack of something necessary
Synonyms: / inadequacy, shortage, scarcity, sin, lack, shortcoming, failure, deficit, fault
descent(dihsEHnt) noun A downward movement, slope or bend
Synonyms: / dip, fall, drop, decline, dive
Antonyms: / ascent, climb, rise
desert(dEHzurt) noun a dry area that receives fewer than 10 inches of rain a year
Synonyms: / give up, abandon, forsake
Antonyms: / remain, stay, enclosure, field
dessert(dihzurt) noun A sweet treat that is usually served at the end of a meal.
device(dihviis) noun a piece of equipment used for a particular purpose.
Synonyms: / motive, gadget, tool, maneuver, artifice, instrument, motif, apparatus
Antonym: / openness
devise(dihviiz) verb to think out, plan, figure out, invent, create
Synonyms: / contrive, create, invent, make, concoct, fashion
effect(ihfEHkt) noun Something brought about by a cause.
Synonyms: / outcome, result, upshot, consequence
Antonym: / cause
excess(EHksEHs) noun,adjective more than enough; an extra amount
Synonyms: / plus, plethora, surplus, fat, extra, oversupply, excessive, spare
Antonyms: / shortage, lack, deficiency, temperance, scarcity, shortfall, deficit
personal(pursihnihl) noun,adjective private, belonging to one person
personnel(pursuhnEHl) noun the people employed by a business
requisition(rEHkwuhzihshuhn) verb To make a formal request for goods or services; often such a request is made in writing on an official form.
spacious(spayshuhs) adjective Having a large amount of space.
Antonyms: / strait, narrow, restricted, limited, cramped
veteran(vEHturuhn) noun,adjective
1.An experienced person; someone who has given long service.
2.one who has experience and practice