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Pair of words
1. Pair of Words
SNo. Worlds Meanings Sentences
01 Accede Agree to a request He acceded to my request.
Exceed To go beyond He should not exceed the limits of morality.
02 Accept Receive willingly We are happy to accept your invitation to dinner.
Except With the exception All except Ali were present.
03 Adept Skilled at
something
A clever man adepts himself to the situation.
Adopt Accept as your
own
Some Pakistanis haveadopted western way of life.
04 Adverse Unfavorable The ship sailed despite the adverseweather condition.
Averse To strongly dislike I am averseto all forms of violence.
05 Advice Guidance The accountant provides tax advice which can help lower
you tax commitments.
Advise To recommend I was advised not to buy that car as it has feel consumptive
problem.
06 Affect To cause a change Although sheis a bit wild it doesn’taffect her ability to
study.
Effect An out come Stopping smoking has positively effect by health.
07 Air The mixture of
invisible gases
Birds fly in the air.
Heir A person who
inherits
He is an heir to a large property.
08 Aid Assistance Every Christmas the community gives aid to those less
fortunate.
Aide Isa person who
help
Arslan worked fiveyears as teacher aide.
09 Belief Religion He had strong belief.
Believe Trust She believe, she can do anything.
10 Beside next to Place the dishes beside the sink.
Besides also, additionally I would enjoy going on a vacation besides.
11 Bimonthly every two months We order from the co-op bimonthly.
2. Semimonthly twice a month We have our house cleaned semimonthly.
12 Baited refers to traps Baiting deer in order to hunt them is illegal in moststates.
Bated Reduced Jessicabated her pace to let her running mate catch up.
13 Bare Naked Walking in grass with bare feet is refreshing.
Bear to carry Sherman must bear the burden of flunking math twice.
14 Bazaar Market The Saturday morning bazaar is worth seeing even if you
buy nothing.
Bizarre weird Barry told us a bizarrestory lastnight.
15 Blithe lighthearted A blithe mood overcomes us in the spring.
Lithe Graceful The lithe movements of the yoga instructor impressed us
all.
16 Blonde describes women Brunettes have justas much fun as blondes (blonde
women).
Blond describes men Sean was not a natural blond.
17 Board a long sheet of
wood
Hiram had to cut the board to make the shelves.
Bored not interested She is bored by the dry lecture.
18 Born tiresome person Jasper is such a bore when he talks about his cats.
Boar a male pig Wild boars abound in this forest.
19 Boor Unrefined What a boor Guy was to get drunk at the wedding and
embarrass everyone.
Born newly coming into
life
A child was born at 121 New Year's day.
Borne Carried All gossip is borneby an ill wind.
20 Canvas Fabric a canvas bag to bring to the beach.
Canvass to conduct a
survey
She canvassed all the stores before shefound the right
dress.
21 Capital wherethe seat of
government
The capital of the United States is Washington DC
Capitol Capitalized We will travel to the Capitol this weekend.
3. 22 Censor to prohibit free
expression
The principal censored all references to smoking in school
publications.
Sensor something that
interprets
stimulation
The lights are turned on by a movement sensor.
Censure harsh criticism Ali was severely censured for putting the frog in the water
cooler.
23 City to quote or
mention
He cited a famous theorist in his speech.
Site a place At which site will we stagethe party?
Sight View The sight of the New York City skylineis spectacular.
24 Climactic to the peak Wendell sneezed right at the climactic moment of a
movie.
Climatic Weather New Monia is known for its dramatic climatic changes.
25 Coarse big-grained We need to use coarsesandpaper to remove the paint
fromthis wood.
course a series of lectures
on one subject
The poetry courseStu deBaker took in colldge changed the
courseof his life.
26 Collaborate to work together Collaborate with the people on your team.
Corroborate to supportwith
evidence
The testimony was corroborated with evidence of his
innocence.
27 Complement make complete Their two personalities complement each other.
Compliment to praise or
congratulate
She received a compliment on her sense of fashion.
28 Compose make up The class is composed of students of severalnationalities.
Comprise consistof Students of several nationalities comprisethe class.
29 Dairy Milk products are
produced
Madeleine grew upon a dairy and known how to churn
butter.
Diary Daily journalkept Rhoda book writes in heir diary for two hours every night.
30 Deduction Instances I'veseen hundreds of robins and they all have red breasts.
Induction explanation of
particular facts
That bird mustbe a robin because it has a red breast.
31 Desert to abandon Cooley deserted his family when they all got tattoos and
lip piercings.
Dessert sweet courseof a
meal
The whole family wanted to have cake for dessert.
4. 32 Device an instrument
used to performa
task
This device will peel apples for you.
Devise Create They will devise a scheme to continue the business.
33 Divers Several You can take that statement in divers ways.
Divers Different There are many diversecultures in the world.
34 Different from when comparing
two things
Suzie's sweater is different fromMary's.
Different than Don't say Different than something else.
35 Discreet Prudent Please be discreet about the surpriseparty, wedon't want
her to find out.
Discrete separate Even though they were married, they kept their money in
two discrete accounts.
36 Elicit to draw out The teacher had trouble eliciting responses fromthe
students.
Illicit Illegal Illicit drugs or illicit behavior may help you enter jail.
37 Emigrant to leave one's
country
Frances emigrated to the US.
Immigrant to settle in another
country
Her family immigrated to the US four generations ago.
38 Eminent of high rank An eminent author came to read at the university.
Emanant Sending Emanant thoughts like thoseshould be kept to yourself.
imminent close to
happening
Everyonewaited anxiously for an imminent storm
predicted to arriveshortly.
39 Enervate Vitality The therapist innervated the shoulders with massage.
Innervate destroy the vitality
of
The negative attitude enervated her enthusiasm.
40 Entomology to the study of
insects
Donald couldn't be afraid of bugs if he wanted to get a
degree in entomology.
Etymology study of the
history of words
The etymology of mortify goes back to Latin mortuus
"dead". is nice.
41 Ethereal Airy Everything in the ballroom looked ethereal.
Ephemeral anything lasting for
a shortperiod
A creek can be ephemeral if it disappears in the middle of
summer.
42 Farther To do with
distance
How much farther is it to Poughkeepsie?
Further Additional Please give me further information about the best route to
Poughkeepsie.
5. 43 Faze Disturb The scrutiny of the media didn't faze Sharon.
Phase Period of
development
Stuart went through a phasewhen all he did was eat hot
dogs.
44
Flare Burn brightly The fire in the grill flared brightly when Eva tossed
gasoline on it.
Flair A talent Dutch Masters has a flair for entertaining a group of men.
45 Forbear To refrain from The children simply could not forbear laughing in the
library.
Forebear An ancestor Our forebears who founded this country centuries ago.