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  • Advice or wisdom, or to offer insight.
    counsel
    council
  • The inner sense of right and wrong that most people have.
    conscious
    conscience
  • A group of people who decide important matters in an organization.
    counsel
    council
  • Excluding a possibility.
    accept
    except
  • To say something nice to someone, like I really like that hairstyle.
    compliment
    complement
  • Something sweet you eat after a meal.
    desert
    dessert
  • Something which allows light to show through but blocks clear visisbility.
    translucent
    transparent
  • To welcome and make someone feel like they belong.
    except
    accept
  • An idea or belief that is of great value to you.
    principle
    principal
  • To take home a cat or dog from a shelter to be your pet.
    adapt
    adopt
  • Third-person possessive pronoun.
    their
    there
    they're
  • An arid place with little rainfall or vegetation.
    dessert
    desert
  • A distant place where you hope to arrive.
    there
    they're
    their
  • A plural pronoun used as a contraction.
    they're
    there
    their
  • To travel during certain seasons, usually seen in animals.
    migrate
    immigrate
  • The result of an action.
    affect
    effect
  • To take action to make sure something happens.
    ensure
    insure
  • To pay money to protect property in case of damage or theft.
    ensure
    insure
  • See-through.
    transparent
    translucent
  • To be alert and aware.
    conscious
    conscience
  • When two things work together well, like mustard and hot dogs.
    compliment
    complement
  • To adjust to a new situation.
    adapt
    adopt
  • The head of your school.
    principal
    principle
  • To move to another country.
    emigrate
    immigrate
  • To have an impact.
    affect
    effect