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    10 Word Mix-Ups To Avoid, Presented By Adorable Animals

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    1. Between: typically used to describe the relationship between two items, people, or groups.

    Among: typically used when referring to more than two items, people, or groups.

    2. Tenet: a principle, belief, or doctrine.

    Tenant: one who rents or leases.

    3. Raise: to bring up; to elevate; to increase.

    Raze: to tear down completely.

    Rays: beams of light or other radiation.

    4. Retch: to vomit.

    Wretch: a miserable person.

    5. Elicit: to bring out or evoke.

    Illicit: unlawful.

    6. Heroin: an illegal narcotic.

    Heroine: a heroic female.

    7. Hoard: to stockpile something.

    Horde: a throng or swarm.

    8. Ensure: to guarantee an event or condition.

    Assure: to remove doubt or anxiety.

    Insure: to provide with insurance.

    9. Allude: to refer indirectly.

    Elude: to avoid capture.

    Illude: to deceive.

    10. Peak: the topmost point; the highest level or degree.

    Peek: a quick look.

    Pique: to excite; to arouse; to anger.