I IMPORTANT PAIRS OF WORDS FOR CIVIL JUDGES EXAMS
1. ADVERSE:
Meaning: having a negative or harmful effect on something
Sentence: the match has been canceled due to adverse weather conditions.
AVERSE
Meaning: strongly disliking or opposed to
Sentence: Few MI’s are averse to the attention of the media.
2. ALTOGETHER:
Meaning: Completely
Sentence: when he first saw the examination questions, he was altogether
baffled.
ALL TOGETHER:
Meaning: in a group
Sentence: the wedding guests were gathered all together in the garden.
3. ALLUDE:
Meaning: to make indirect reference
Sentence: He alludes to the problem but did not mention it.
ELUDE:
Meaning: to evade or escape from.
Sentence: the thief eluded the police
BRAISE:
Meaning: fry (food) lightly and then stew it slowly in a closed
container.
Sentence: He braised the beef in a wine sauce.
I BRAZE:
Meaning: Form, fix, or join by soldering with an alloy of copper and zinc
at high temperatures.
Sentence: Each joint is turned up tightly and well pinned or brazed.
5. KERB:
Meaning: the edge of a raised path nearest the road
Sentence: She tripped over the Kerb.
CURB:
Meaning: to control or to limit.
Sentence: we must curb our spending next month.
6. FAZE:
Meaning: to disturb, bother, or embarrass
Sentence: Fireworks did not faze the sleeping baby.
PHASE:
Meaning: Any distinct time period in a sequence of events
Sentence: The reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system.
7. MAYBE:
Meaning: An adverb meaning” perhaps” or “possibly”
Sentence: Maybe I will go out tonight.
MAYBE:
Meaning: A verb phrase meaning “might be” or “could be”.
Sentence: I may be going out tonight.
8. MOT:
Meaning: Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
Sentence: the moat was found around the castle.
MOTE:
Meaning: A tiny piece of anything
Sentence: there are millions of tiny dust motes in the air.
9. PLAINTIVE:
Sounding sad
PLAINTIFF:
A plaintiff is a person who lodges a formal complaint against somebody in a court of law.
10.
VALET:
A man’s personal male attendant
VARLET:
A king’s personal male attendant
Monitor
Observer
Mentor
Adviser
11.
COMPLACENT
Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements.”
You can’t afford to be complacent about security”
COMPLAISANT:
Willing to please others or to accept what they do or say without
protest.
12.
PENITENCE:
The action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong.
PENANCE:
The punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance
for wrongdoing.
13.
CREVICE:
A narrow opening or fissure, especially in a rock or wall.
CREVASSE:
A deep open crack, especially one in a glacier.
14.
BENEFICENT:
(Of a person) generous or doing well.
“A beneficent landowner”
BENEFICIAL:
Resulting in good; favorable or advantageous. “The beneficial effect on the economy”