Coarse: 1. of low quality; 2. lacking refinement or vulgar; 3. rough in texture or composed of large particles. Course has many definitions relating to paths, durations, academic classes, gold playing fields, and meals. It’s also a verb meaning to move along a course.
For the clamping tool, it’s vice outside the U.S., and vise in the U.S. For all other senses of vice, the word has a c everywhere.
A wretch is an unhappy or unfortunate person. To retch is to vomit, to try to vomit, or to clear the throat.
Marry: 1. to become someone’s husband or wife; 2. to officiate a marriage ceremony. Merry: jolly or festive.
Crummy means shabby, miserable. Crumby means (1) full of or covered in crumbs, and (2) tending to break into crumbs. Mixing them up is not a serious error, though.
Holey: full of holes. Holy: 1. sacred, or associated with a deity; 2. worthy of worship; 3. saintly; 4. deserving reverence.
Chili is a hot pepper. Chilly is an adjective meaning cold enough to cause chill.
Hurtle: (1) to move with great speed; (2) to fling with great force. Hurdle: (1) to leap over something or to overcome an obstacle; (2) an obstacle.
