Ability, capacity. ____ to receive knowledge. ____ to impart
knowledge.

Abstain, refrain. He ____ from laughter.   He steadfastly ____ from
evil courses.

Abstinence, temperance. Though he always displayed ____, he did not
carry it to the point of ____.

Accept, except. I shall ____ most of the suggestions, but must ____
the one made by Mr. Wheeler.

Accept, receive.  When the package was ____ at the local post
office, Bayard refused to ____ it.

Ache, pain.  The dull ____ of his head.  A sharp ____ below
shoulder-blade.  I have known the ____ of cold hands.   “My heart ____, and
a drowsy numbness ____ My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk.”

Address, tact.   With firmness and ____ he set about reconciling the
factions.  Her ____ enabled her to perceive that something was amiss.

Adhere, cohere.  The magnetized iron filings ____.  The cold iron
____ to the boy’s tongue.

Adherence, adhesion.  The ____ of the heated particles to each other
was instantaneous.  Amid these trials their ____ to the cause was unshaken.

Admission, admittance.  His ____ to the room was forced.  He obtained
____ into a fraternal order.

Admit, confess.  When he ____ that he had a weapon, he practically
____ that he had slain the man.

Adverse, averse.  He was ____ to going.  Their answer was ____.

Advice, counsel.  In this emergency he sought ____.  He asked my ____
as to the best place to hang the picture.

Aggravate, irritate.   To let these mishaps ____ you is to ____ your
suffering.

Allusion, illusion.  It is an ____ to suppose that I made any ____
to you.

Allusion, reference.  It was more than a possible ____; it was an
unmistakable ____.

Amateur, novice.  Though we call him a(n) ____, he is in skill by no
means the ____ you might think him.

Ambiguous, equivocal.  You are unintentionally ____.  These words are
deliberately ____.

Anticipate, expect.  Since we ____ the enemy to advance, would it
not be wise to ____ him?

Appearance, aspect.  He was handsome in ____.  The ____ of the sky
was ominous.

Apprehend, comprehend.  “Lovers and madmen have such seething
brains, Such shaping fantasies, that ____ More than cool reason ever
____.”

Ardor, fervor.  The ____ of the worshipers.  The ____ of the
soldiers.

Artist, artisan.  The ____ who was decorating the walls called to an
____ who was mixing mortar.

Ascent, ascension.  We easily made the ____ of the slope, and from
the summit witnessed the balloon ____.

Ascent, assent. He gave his ____ when I proposed that we wait for
the others to complete the ____ to this point.