Pair of Words from CSS year 2011
1. Capital:
Meaning: a city which is the centre of government of a country or smaller political area Sentence: Australia’s capital city is Canberra.
2. Capitol:
Meaning: the building in which a state legislature meets
Sentence: A state legislature will meet in a capitol building.
3. Assay:
Meaning: an examination or testing
Sentence: A positive result has been obtained in a mouse lymphoma assay.
4. Essay:
Meaning: attempt/ a short piece of writing on a particular subject
Sentence: The Diploma is assessed by three essays of 3,000 words each.
5. Envelop:
Meaning: to cover or surround something completely
Sentence: The graveyard looked ghostly, enveloped in mist.
6. Envelope:
Meaning: a flat, usually square or rectangular, paper container for a letter
Sentence: A stamped, addressed envelope should be enclosed for reply.
7. Decree:
Meaning: an official statement that something must happen
Sentence: More than 200 people were freed by military decree.
8. Degree:
Meaning: amount or level of something
Sentence: This job demands a high degree of skill.
9. Desolate:
Meaning: describes a place that is empty and not attractive
Sentence: The house stood in a bleak and desolate landscape.
10. Dissolute:
Meaning: immoral
Sentence: He led a dissolute life.
11. Species:
Meaning: a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other
Sentence: Over a hundred species of insect are found in this area.
12. Specie:
Meaning: Coined money
Sentence: The next insinuation is that the Bank has refused specie payments.
13. Tortuous:
Meaning: not direct or simple
Sentence: He took a tortuous route through back streets.
14. Torturous:
Meaning: causing torture
Sentence: It was torturous to think that he could have stopped the boy from running into the road.
15. Wet:
Meaning: covered in water or another liquid
Sentence: My bike got wet in the rain.
16. Whet:
Meaning: to increase someone’s interest in and wish for something
Sentence: I’ve read an excerpt of the book on the Web and it’s whetted my appetite.
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