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ascent 🌄 / assent

Assent refers to agreement, while an ascent is a climb. Before we make our way to the top of Mount Everest, we need to make sure our guide assents to our ascent.

undo / undue

If you undo your shoelaces 👟 just because the cool kids wear their sneakers unlaced, the popular crowd may have undue influence over you. Tie those shoelaces back up! To undo something is to make it go back to its original state. Undue means “undeserved or excessive.”

adverse / averse

Adverse and averse are both turn-offs, but adverse is something harmful, and averse is a strong feeling of dislike. Rainstorms can cause adverse conditions, and many people are averse to rain. ☔

aggravate/ irritate

Aggravate means to make something worse, and irritate is to annoy. But if you use aggravate to mean "annoy," no one will notice. That battle has been lost in all but the most formal writing.

amicable/ amiable

Amicable refers to a friendliness or goodwill between people or groups. Amiable refers to one persons friendly disposition.A group might have an amicable meeting, because the people there are amiable.

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