Words often confused

accede, exceed
Accede means to agree, to allow; exceed means to go beyond, to surpass, as in
“Drivers who exceed the speed limit are asking for hefty fines.” accept, except
Not commonly seen even from unpublished writers, who are probably familiar with the difference because they’re all waiting for an acceptance!
“We accept your invitation to your party, except for Bill, who will be away on that day.”
However, I recently saw (on a publisher’s web site!) the statement, “We are excepting submissions … ” Can you believe it? adapt, adept, adopt
Adapt means to adjust, adept means skilled and adopt means to take as your own:
“Some people cannot adapt to new surroundings.”
“He is very adept at dodging awkward questions.”
“He tends to adopt the attitudes of those around him.” addition, edition
I saw this confusion on a review on amazon .com—“a nice edition to the series”. Obviously the writer meant addition. However, if one person can get these confused, maybe others do too. Addition is something that is added; edition is a particular version, issue or publication of a book, play, etc. adverse, averse
Adverse means inauspicious, hostile; averse means disinclined, repelled.
“I’m very much averse to making a long, arduous journey under such adverse weather conditions.” advice, advise
Advice is the noun and advise the verb.
“His advice was that we should advise everybody to either stay away or be extremely careful.” aloud, allowed
Aloud means out loud, speaking so that someone else can hear you; allowed means permitted. altar, alter
Altar is the table in a church; alter means to change. already, all ready
Already means by this time; all ready means prepared.
“Are you already packed?”
“Yes, I’m all ready to leave.” altogether, all together
Altogether means wholly; all together means everybody in a group:
“It’s altogether too bad that you can’t come.”
“All together, now: ‘Good morning, Sir!’” all right, alright
All right is the correct form;