The Century Handbook of Writing
Garland Greever; Easley S. Jones
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  • precede
  • proceed }
  • succeed }
  • exceed }
  • concede
  • intercede
  • recede
  • supersede
  • pre cé dence (act or right of preceding)
  • préc e dents (things said or done before, now used as authority
  • or model)
  • presence (state of being present)
  • presents (gifts)
  • prevail
  • prevalent
  • principal (chief, leading, the leading official of a school, a sum of money)
  • principle (a general truth)
  • quiet (still)
  • quite (completely)
  • rain
  • reign (rule of a monarch)
  • rein (part of a harness)
  • respectfully ("Yours respectfully")
  • respectively (in a way proper to each--should never be used to close a letter)
  • right
  • rite (ceremony)
  • write
  • shone (past tense of shine)
  • shown (past tense of show)