Spelling

This section will help you recognize and use words that college writers often misuse or misspell. The following list will help you recognize troublesome words. Learn to spell these words and keep a list of others that you find difficult.

absence
academic
accommodate
accuracy
achievement
acknowledge
aggravate
all right
altogether
amateur
analysis
analyze
anonymous
anxiety
apparatus
argument
athletic
awkward
becoming
benefited
bureau
business
calendar
ceiling
cemetery
column
competent
criticism
decision
develop
dining
disastrous
disease
efficient
eighth
eliminate
embarrass
enthusiastic
existence
explanation
fantasy
February
forehead
foreign
fulfill
grammar
guarantee
guidance
harass
hassle
heroes
humorous
immense
independence
insistence
interfere
irrelevant
judgment
leisure
license
lightning
maneuver
mathematics
medicine
mileage
necessary
ninety
noticeable
occurred
omitted
pastime
permissible
prejudice
privilege
probably
psychology
recommend
repetition
restaurant
rhythm
sacrifice
schedule
science
separate
sophomore
studying
surprise
tendency
truly
usage
vacuum
valuable
vigorous
villain
warring
whisper

Which sentence is correct? We have two seperate vacations sceduled this year, including an indipendent driving tour of the Southwest and a more adventurous rafting trip on the Colorado River. Family vacations at the lake are becoming a hassle because my father’s idea of a leisurely morning is getting up at dawn and hiking five miles to the nearest restaurant for breakfast.