Be sure to consult a dictionary as some of the words below have other meanings not described here.

     1. plain, plane: As an adjective, the word plain means “clearly understood”; “uncomplicated”; “free from impediments.” As a noun, plain means “a region of land that is flat and without trees, such as a plateau.” The word plane is a noun that means “a flat, level, or even surface.” Plane also means “a carpenter's tool used for smoothing and leveling wood.”

                It is plain to see how unlikely your explanation is. Where can a gang of thieves hide on a treeless plain?

               The apprenticeship taught me how to properly use a plane to make smooth wooden surfaces.
 
     2. poor, pore, pour: Pour is a verb meaning “to make stream or flow continuously or profusely”; “to rain hard or heavily.” Pore is a noun that means “a minute orifice such as the ones on the skin of humans”; “a miniscule opening or passageway.” As a verb, pore means “to study carefully and attentively”; “to ponder.” Poor is an adjective that means “having little or no wealth”; “having few or no possessions”; “inferior or inadequate.”

               The poor cannot afford to bathe their pores with the addictive pours of luxury.

    3. precede, proceed: Precede is a transitive verb that means “to come before in time, order, or rank.” Proceed is an intransitive verb meaning “to go forward or onward”; “to move in an orderly fashion”; “to undertake and carry on an action.”

               The preceding match between Venezuela and Uruguay determined which team would proceed to the finals to duel with Mexico.


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