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ensure, insure, or assure · word that means ‘to give someone confidence’

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Assure often means to give a person confidence or remove doubt. Source: Wiktionary: assure

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  1. 57former or latter · word that means ‘preceding’RECALL
    Former.

    In a pair, former means the first mentioned; latter means the second mentioned.

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  2. 58former or latter · word that means ‘the second of two’RECALL
    Latter.

    Use former and latter only when the two references are unmistakably clear.

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  3. 59imply or infer · verb that means to suggest something without stating it directlyRECALL
    Imply

    A reader or listener infers the meaning from clues.

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