Adduce = cite as evidence 📝

Induce = persuade; cause; produce

Seduce = allure 💋; tempt

Reduce = decrease 📉

Deduce = reason; infer 👩💭

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patricide = murder of ones's father
fratricide = murder of one's brother
sororicide = murder of one's sister
regicide = murder of one's ruler.

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Enrich your Vocabulary:
⭐️Other ways to say I'm tired:

✅ I'm beat.
✅ I'm exhausted.
✅ I'm pooped.
✅ I'm worn out.
✅ I'm done.
✅ I'm spent.
✅ I'm flat out tired.
✅ I'm dead on my feet.
✅ I'm running in empty.
✅ I'm running on fumes.
✅ I'm tired out.
✅ I'm weary.
✅ I'm dog tired.
✅ I'm tired to be done.
✅ I'm dragging.

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A NUMBER OF clothes IS on sale. → ❌

A NUMBER OF clothes 👗👖👔 ARE on sale. → ✔️

A NUMBER OF = several; it requires a PLURAL verb.

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💥“Recur” = happen repeatedly and regularly.

💥“Reoccur” = happen again.

The sunrise *recurs*.
Ensure that financial crises do not *reoccur*!

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TOP DOG = the most important and powerful person in a group. 👑
UNDERDOG = someone or something (e.g., a team) that nobody expects to win.

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DECENT = appropriate; acceptable.👌
DESCENT = downward ⬇️ movement.
DISSENT = to disagree 🙅; disagreement.
THIS SCENT = this smell. 👃

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💥EXCEPTIONABLE = offensive:
He was criticized for his *exceptionable* comments.

💥EXCEPTIONAL = outstanding:
My essay is *exceptional*.

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Don’t begin a question with “May you …?”

💁 Begin with “May I,” “Could you,” or “Can you,” “Did you,” etc. instead.

*May I* play games? 🎮

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Do NOT add apostrophes to possessive pronouns! 👁👁

His → ✔️

His’ / His’s → ❌

Ours → ✔️

Our’s / Ours’ → X

Yours → ✔️

Your’s → ❌

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APPRAISE = to estimate an item’s value

APPRISE = to inform

Please *apprise* me of my car’s value after you *appraise* it.

👨💬 🤑🚙💵

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