| over and above (for more than) | commence (for begin) |
| compete | |
| artiste (for artist) | cortege (for procession) |
| aspirant | cotemporary (for contemporary) |
| authoress | |
| beat (for defeat) | couple (for two) |
| bagging (for capturing) | darky (for negro) |
| balance (for remainder) | day before yesterday (for the day before yesterday) |
| banquet (for dinner or supper) | |
| debut | |
| bogus | decrease (as a verb) |
| casket (for coffin) | democracy (applied to a political party) |
| claimed (for asserted) | |
| collided | develop (for expose) |
| devouring element (for fire) | Mrs. President, Mrs. Governor, Mrs. General, and all similar titles |
| donate | |
| employé | |
| enacted (for acted) | mutual (for common) |
| endorse (for approve) | official (for officer) |
| en route | ovation |
| esq. | on yesterday |
| graduate (for is graduated) | over his signature |
| gents (for gentlemen) | pants (for pantaloons) |
| Hon. | parties (for persons) |
| House (for House of Representatives) | partially (for partly) |
| past two weeks (for last two weeks and all similar expressions relating to a definite time) | |
| humbug | |
| inaugurate (for begin) | |
| in our midst | |
| item (for particle, extract or paragraph) | poetess |
| portion (for part) | |
| is being done, and all passives of this form | posted (for informed) |
| progress (for advance) | |
| jeopardize | reliable (for trustworthy) |
| jubilant (for rejoicing) | rendition (for performance) |
| juvenile (for boy) | repudiate (for reject or disown) |
| lady (for wife) | |
| last (for latest) | retire (as an active verb) |
| lengthy (for long) | Rev. (for the Rev.) |
| leniency (for lenity) | role (for part) |
| loafer | roughs |
| loan or loaned (for lend or lent) | rowdies |
| secesh | |
| located | sensation (for noteworthy event) |
| majority (relating to places or circumstances, for most) | |
| standpoint (for point of view) | |
| start (in the sense of setting out) | talented |
| tapis | |
| state (for say) | the deceased |
| taboo | war (for dispute or disagreement) |
| talent (for talents or ability) |