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Can you pick the top 20 commonly confused words from their definition?

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If you treat convention with disdain, are you (A) 'flouting' or (B) 'flaunting' the rules?
Does the weather (A) 'effect' or (B) 'affect' your mood?
If you receive an appropriate punishment, did you get your (A) 'just deserts' or (B) 'just desserts'?
Do you buy your writing paper in a store that sells (A) 'stationary' or (B) 'stationery'?
If you're getting shot at by antiaircraft guns, or receiving unfriendly criticism, are you taking (A) 'flak' or (B) 'flack'?
The car won't start because (A) 'its' battery, or (B) 'it's' battery, is dead?
When you're attentively studying, are you (A) 'poring' over or (B) 'pouring' over the materials?
Does the average American family have (A) 'less' than two kids or (B) 'fewer' than two kids?
If your ship fills with water and sinks, does it (A) 'flounder' or (B) 'founder'?
Is the person in charge of a school the (A) 'principal' or (B) the 'principle'?
To provide more details, should you (A) 'flush out' or (B) 'flesh out' your plan?
Do your shoes (A) 'compliment' or (B) 'complement' your outfit?
Do the appetizers (A) 'precede' or (B) 'proceed' the main course?
He does nothing (A) 'accept' or (B) 'except' complain?
Is this room hotter (A) 'than' or (B) 'then' a sauna?
Is an overly-elaborate plan best described as (A) 'torturous' or (B) 'tortuous'?
Is danger (A) 'imminent' or (B) 'eminent'?
Does the process involve a number of (A) 'discrete' or (B) 'discreet' steps?
Does the harassing manager (A) 'prosecute' or (B) 'persecute' the minority employees?
Did the speaker (A) 'loose' or (B) 'lose' his train of thought?
If you treat convention with disdain, are you (A) 'flouting' or (B) 'flaunting' the rules?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
Does the weather (A) 'effect' or (B) 'affect' your mood?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
If you receive an appropriate punishment, did you get your (A) 'just deserts' or (B) 'just desserts'?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
Do you buy your writing paper in a store that sells (A) 'stationary' or (B) 'stationery'?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
If you're getting shot at by antiaircraft guns, or receiving unfriendly criticism, are you taking (A) 'flak' or (B) 'flack'?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
The car won't start because (A) 'its' battery, or (B) 'it's' battery, is dead?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
When you're attentively studying, are you (A) 'poring' over or (B) 'pouring' over the materials?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
Does the average American family have (A) 'less' than two kids or (B) 'fewer' than two kids?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
If your ship fills with water and sinks, does it (A) 'flounder' or (B) 'founder'?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
Is the person in charge of a school the (A) 'principal' or (B) the 'principle'?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
To provide more details, should you (A) 'flush out' or (B) 'flesh out' your plan?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
Do your shoes (A) 'compliment' or (B) 'complement' your outfit?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
Do the appetizers (A) 'precede' or (B) 'proceed' the main course?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
He does nothing (A) 'accept' or (B) 'except' complain?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
Is this room hotter (A) 'than' or (B) 'then' a sauna?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
Is an overly-elaborate plan best described as (A) 'torturous' or (B) 'tortuous'?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
Is danger (A) 'imminent' or (B) 'eminent'?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
Does the process involve a number of (A) 'discrete' or (B) 'discreet' steps?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
Does the harassing manager (A) 'prosecute' or (B) 'persecute' the minority employees?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)
Did the speaker (A) 'loose' or (B) 'lose' his train of thought?	Think of the related words lost, loser, and loss: they all have just one 'o.' Loose and lose cause confusion partly because the spelling of lose is odd: it looks like it should rhyme with nose, but instead it rhymes with shoes. Loose, on the other hand, rhymes with words you'd expect it to rhyme with: goose, caboose, moose, noose (but not, of course, choose.)

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