Continuing our exercises to increase your vocabulary, here is another group of synonyms. Determine the different meanings of the words in each group. Then use each word accurately in a sentence of your own. If you get stuck, double click the word and we’ll open an online dictionary for you at the right place.

English has many words that sound similar, and are even spelled similarly, but have quite different meanings. In this article, we look at some such words, starting with C, and explain the differences between them.

It's all very well learning new words and improving your vocabulary, but if you're working on your own, it can be really hard to know if you're pronouncing these new words correctly, or making a terrible hash of it all. This is where orthographic keys come into their own.