Try remembering this...

Iliac has an "I" in it, so you can relate it to the hip.  Ileac has no I, so you can remember that it refers to the intestine.

• Words that always stop and make you look twice - no particular reason
  • insure and ensure - nm
  • enervation/innervation - M.A.
  • This AM on the fwy. on the way to work, I was behind.... (sm) - Double-take
  • how about imbedded and embedded -sm- - sede
  • adduction/abduction; ileum/ilium (usually get it right though) - nm - XXX
    • One of my doctors... - grateful
  • passed/past - another one
  • iliac/ileac - ss
    • iliac/ileac - entero
    • Try remembering this... - sm
    • iliac = hip ("i" in both); ileac = bowel ("e" in both) - mac
  • I usually get stuck on the easy ones....lol - sm
  • aid/aide - nm
  • Ace/ACE - busyMT
  • affect/effect. nm - Mimi
    • affect/effect - abmt
    • Definately affect/effect! Hate those! - nm
      • The word definitely can be challenging, too :). - It's an easy mistake.
  • apposition/opposition.........nm - words that confuse......
    • Yeah, can someone please go over this one again? nm - After 15 years, I have to think about it.
  • elicit/illicit... - makesmegohmmm...nm
    • remember this . . . - Mimi
      • hey, thanks a bunch! I'll remember that... - makesmegohmmm...nm
      • yep, that's how I remember this one too. - agreed
    • oops..should be ellicit...nm - makesmegohmmm...nm
      • Actually I think you were right the first time...elicit. - nm
  • Used to be vesical and vesicle but I got it now. LOL. nm - Itsy-Bitsy

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Does anyone have any good tips on how to remember things after looking up a definition &/or spelling while working.  It seems the information is more fluid with me, and I find myself looking up the same thing on different days (to make sure it fits in the area dicated or whatever).  I have always been a bit on an ADD type and have trouble retaining things I read.

I even have trouble when proofing, because I will not remember hearing/typing something at the top of the report (by the time I get to the bottom) and feel the need to verify by relistening to that part.  It seems to go in one ear and out the other.  I'm sure this sucks a fair amount of my time when added up.

Any effective technique hints will be greatly appreciated. 

take my daughter. You say, "I feel uncomfortable going to a funeral where I have only met the mother of this child once (at a birthday party)" but you aren't going for the mother. You are going for your daughter. I think this would be a wonderful opportunity for you to teach your daughter how to care for others at a time of loss. It is best to start with funerals of people that aren't that close to you, in order to introduce some of these ideas without personal grief getting too much in the way. Then when Grandma, Grandpa (or closer) go, it's not all completely new to the child.