Correct usage of words: here, a few words are given along with their confusing counterparts.

Please know their usage so that when u have to pick out the correct word, it becomes easier for u to decide on d right option.
Adverse-averse; affect-effect; apprise(notify)-appraise(quantity assessment); militate(works against you)-mitigate(make less severe); perspicuous(express clearly)-perspicacious(sharp insight); venal(open to bribery)-venial(forgivable); auger(a tool)-augur(an ill omen); immoral(not following moral stds.)-amoral(not considering right or wrong); risqu(indecent)-risk; elicit(draw a response)-illicit(illegal); immigrate-emigrate; wry(mocking/disappointing)-rye(cereal plant); horde(group, crowd)-hoard; vale(valley)-veil; nay(no)-neigh(sound); lode(metal ore)-load; peel-peal(sound); stationary-stationery beside-besides(as well); titivate(make attractive)-titillate(stimulating effect); turgid(pompous)-turbid(cloudy); palate(sense of taste)-palette; immanent(has been throughout)-imminent(about to happen)-eminent(obvious) wreathe(verb)-wreath(flowering) perquisite(privilege due to position)-prerequisite luxuriant(growing strongly)-luxurious delirious(excited, happy)- deleterious(harmful) broach(raise a topic, pierce)-brooch(pin) covert(a place to hide)-overt(openly shown) corporal-corporeal(physical, bodily) plaintive(sad)-plaintiff(person bringing a case to court) contort(twist or bend)-distort(misrepresent) besiege(surround with army)-beseech(ask, plead) inequity(adjective-unfair)-iniquity(injustice-noun) importune(bother with requests)-inopportune(occur at a bad time) loath(unwilling)-loathe(to hate)

ostensible(apparently true)-ostentatious(showy) eerie(strange)-eyrie(eagles nest) voracious-veracious-vicarious-vivacious descried(catch sight of)-descreed(ordered officially) immured(confine/imprison)-inured(accusation to something unpleasant) inflict(experience something painful) -afflict(cause pain) anecdote(short and entertaining story)-antidote(medicine to counteract poison) fawn(brown deer)-faun premier(personalities)-premiere(1st performance of a play) expeditious(quick n efficient)-expedient(help achieve something) ale(beer)-ail(cause suffering to) arrant(utter, complete)-errant(doing wrong) brusque(abrupt)-burlesque(literary work) bridle(show anger, harness to control horse)-bridal cannon(heavy gun)-canon(general rule) ordinance(official order)-ordnance(place from where firing takes place) demur(raise objection)-demure(shy person) revoke(take away)-evoke(to rise) heresy(to write against beliefs)- hearsay(gossip) allusion(reference made to somebody)-illusion(erroneous perception of reality)