Some Confusing English Words - Page 29
Pole
    281. plain, plane
  1. Plain - undecorated; prairie land
  2. Plane - level surface; an airplane; to make level
    282. plaintiff, plaintive
  1. Plaintiff - party in a lawsuit
  2. Plaintive - mournful
    283. pleas, please
  1. Pleas - plural of plea, an earnest request
  2. Please - to be agreeable
    284. pole, poll
  1. Pole - a long, slender piece of wood or metal
  2. Poll - the casting of votes by a body of persons
    285. poor, pore, pour
  1. Poor - inadequate; the needy
  2. Pore - to study; to gaze intently
  3. Pour - to flow
    286. populace, populous
  1. Populace - the common people; the masses
  2. Populous - thickly settled
    287. portend, pretend
  1. Portend - to foreshadow
  2. Pretend - to make believe
    288. portion, proportion, apportion
  1. Portion - a part
  2. Proportion - a ratio of parts
  3. Apportion - to allot
    289. practicable, practical
  1. Practicable - workable; feasible
  2. Practical - useful
    290. pray, prey
  1. Pray - to beseech
  2. Prey - a captured victim