Misused Words #3 w/MU2

To guarantee or make sure something will happen.

• ensure

• insure

A nice thing to say to someone.

• compliment

• complement

To deduce something that hasn’t been stated directly.

• imply

• infer

A preposition that can indicate direction.

• to

• too

Used as an intensifier, and also means “also”.

• to

• too

A feeling of sorrow for someone else’s suffering.

• empathy

• sympathy

To exhale or inhale

• breathe

• breath

To move into a country from somewhere else.

• emigrate

• immigrate

To guide or to be first; past tense.

• led

• lead

Refers to a type of metal; present tense, noun of to cause to move forward.

• led

• lead