Confusing words for NDA and CDS with PYQ.pdf

This pdf contains previous year questions from various government exams

2. ➢Pail:- a bucket.
➢Pale:- lacking colour.
NDA 2 2023
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3. CDS 2 2022
➢Complacent :- overconfident
➢Complaisant :- willing to do something to please another
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4. Plane means somethings that flies
NDA 2 2023
Plain means flat surface
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5. ❖Complement
Complement means "to supplement" or "make complete":
Their two personalities complement each other.
❖Compliment :- Compliment means "to praise or congratulate":
She received a compliment on her sense of fashion.
CDS 2 2022
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6. PRINCIPAL V/S PRINCIPLE
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7. NDA 2 2023

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9. ➢Hail :- balls of ice
➢Hale :- healthy
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10. CDS 2 2023
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11. ➢Sympathy :- Sharing another’s feeling
➢Empathy :- understanding another’s feeling
Sympathy
Empathy
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12. Conscious
Conscience➢Conscience :- sense of right and wrong
➢Conscious :- being awake or aware
NDA 2 2023
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13. ➢Accept :- Agree
➢Except :- Exclude
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14. NDA 2 2023
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16. CDS 2 2022
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17. Emigrate :- to leave a country
Immigrate :- to come
to a different country
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18. NDA 2 2022
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20. ➢AFFECTION (noun)➙liking, admiration,
loveliness,
➢AFFECTATION (noun)➙show off, flaunt,
pomp
Ex:1. He has great affection for his family.
2. She is sincere and without affectation.
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21. Assure :- "Assure" means to promise or to say
with confidence.
Ex:- I assure you that I will not be late.
Ensure:- Ensure is to make certain that
something will happen.
Ex:- Keep stirring the fudge to ensure it does
not set.
Insure :- Insure is to arrange for
compensation in the event of damage, loss,
injury, or death.
Ex:- It is hard to insure my house since the
hurricane.
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22. ➢PERSONAL (adj)➙Individual,
private
➢PERSONNEL (Noun)➙employee,
workforce, Staff
Ex. 1.She is always concerned about
her personal appearance.
2.Army personnel were deployed at
the site.
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23. ❖Adapt : - Adapt means 'to
adjust
❖Adept : - Adept means
"skilled"
❖Adopt :- Adopt means to
"accept as your own"
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24. ❖Allude :-
Allude means "to suggest
indirectly“
Eg:- For the dedicated searchers,
there are clues hidden in the
forest which allude to the treasure's
location.
❖Elude
Elude means "to dodge or escape"
Eg :- He tried to elude the police
but finally, he was caught.
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25. ❖Auger :-
An auger is a tool used for digging holes:
Eg:- It contains a very powerful auger to
crush snow.
❖Augur :-
Augur means "to predict, forecast":
Eg:- These signs augur bad news.
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26. ❖Censor :-
Censor is to Prohibit free expression:
The Principal censored
❖Sensor :- all references to smoking in
school publications.
A sensor is something that interprets
stimulation: The lights
are turned on by a movement sensor.
❖Censure is rebuke, harsh criticism: In
both cases, strong censure of
practitioners followed public
attention
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27. ➢MORAL (adj)➙honest, ethical,
principled
➢IMMORAL (adj)➙corrupt, dishonest
➢AMORAL (adj)➙ lacking a moral
sense, unconcerned with the
rightness or wrongness of
something
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28. JUDICIARY (noun)➙related to justice
JUDICIOUS (adj)➙wise, prudent, sagacious
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29. ➢Gait: stride; the way a
person or animal walks or
runs.
➢Gate: a barrier.
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30. ➢Morning: the start of the day,
between night and
afternoon.
➢Mourning: sorrow over a
tragedy
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31. ➢Meet :- means 'to get together or connect with someone, to
encounter l: Elroy plans to meet a colleague for lunch.
➢Mete :- means 'to distribute’
We had to mete out the last of
the water when we were still 20 miles from civilization on our
hiking trip.
➢Meat :- is flesh that may be eaten: Nathan is a vegetarian
who doesn't eat meat at all.
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32. VOCATION (noun)➙profession
VACATION (noun)➙holiday
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33. ➢Premier :- Premier is generally an adjective
meaning "the best," "of unsurpassed
quality, skill, or importance." As a noun, it
refers to a head of government.
➢Premiere A Premiere is an opening
night or first performance.
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34. ➢VERACIOUS (adj)➙ genuine, authentic,
credible, true
➢VORACIOUS (adj)➙ greedy, hungry,
eager
Ex: 1. He was a strictly veracious reporter.
2. John would not be overweight if he were
not such a voracious eater.
3. He is a veracious reader.
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35. DISCREET (adj)➙ careful, cautious
DISCRETE (adj)➙ separate and distinct
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36. CLIMATIC (adj)➙ related to climate
CLIMACTIC (adj)➙ related to climax, highest or most exciting point of
something
(i) Different parts of the earth have different climatic conditions.
(ii) The climactic scene between the father and the daughter was very
touching.
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37. ELICIT (verb)➙to get/obtain something
with great difficulty
ILLICIT (adj)➙illegal

(i) The police couldn’t illicit any information
from the prisoner.
(ii) They were prosecuted for illicit liquor
selling.
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38. EMACIATION (noun)➙ decay,
degeneration, weakness
EMANCIPATION (noun)➙ freedom,
liberty
Ex: 1. She was very thin, almost to the
point of emaciation.
2. The church encouraged the
emancipation of the slaves.
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39. DESERT (noun/verb)➙ sandy area, abandon,
leave
DESSERT (noun)➙ sweet dish
Ex: 1. He was deserted by his friends
2. The heat in the desert was extreme.
3. We had ice-cream and apple pie for
dessert.
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40. ADORE (verb)➙ admire, appreciate
ADORN (verb)➙ decorate
Ex: 1. We adore him for his generosity.
2. He loves to adore herself with jewels.
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41. ANNUAL (adj)➙ a period of one year
ANNUL (verb)➙ to declare invalid / nullify
Ex: 1. The company published its earnings in the annual
report.
2. The manager has the power to annul inappropriate
decisions.
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42. APPRAISE (verb)➙ evaluate, assess, judge
APPRISE (verb)➙ inform or tell
Ex: (1)The employer should appraise the
ability of his employees.
(2)I thought it was right to appraise Priya
of what had happened.
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43. Shear means 'to cut off":
We shear sheep's wool in the spring and we
shear the hedges in the summer.
Sheer means "pure, unadulterated":
Felicity found the amusement park a sheer
pleasure.
Sheer also means "transparent": Perry Winkle
hung sheer curtains in the living room.
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44. ACCESSORY (noun)➙ addition, adjunct, attachment, extra,
supplementary
ACCESSARY (noun)➙ a person who helps another in crime, accomplice
(1) The shop sells expensive accessories for women.
(2) The car has accessaries such as music system, alarm bell etc.
(3) He was charged with being an accessary to the murder.
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45. SIGHT (noun)➙ the ability to see, view
SITE (noun)➙ place/location
CITE (verb)➙ mention/quote
Eg:- It was a wonderful sight.
Eg:- The construction site was far from the
city.
Eg:- He cited many examples to express the
idea contained in the poem.
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46. Statue :- A statue is a carved or shaped
imitation of an object:
Ex :- There is a statue of a large bird is
in her garden.
Statute :- A statute is law:
Ex:- The government publishes new
statutes each year.
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47. Vane :- A vane is blade that rotates:
I don't know how hard the wind blew; it
blew the weather vane off the roof.
Vain :- Vain means "fruitless, hopeless, or
without result":
"she stayed there, in the vain hope that he
would return“
Vein :- Vein refers to the tubes that carry
blood back to the heart:
The veins are usually smaller than the
arteries.
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48. ACCESS (noun/verb)➙to
get, obtain, approach, enter
EXCESS (adj)➙plentiful,
abundant
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49. EGOIST (noun)➙one who is arrogant, selfish and self
centered
EGOTIST (noun)➙one who believes in self- praise, braggart,
show-off
Ex: 1. An egoist is a person who is his own best friend.
2. You need to be an egotist to succeed in politics.
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50. COMPREHENSIVE (adj)➙ vast, detailed, elaborate
COMPREHENSIBLE (adj)➙ understandable, clear, explicit
Ex: 1. She has a comprehensive knowledge of the subject.
2. Her words were barely comprehensible.
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51. FLARE (noun/verb)➙ fire, burn, explode,
outburst, out of control
FLAIR (noun)➙ natural ability to do
something, aptitude, talent
Ex: 1.There was a sudden flare as a fuel
tank exploded.
2.He was a born mechanic with a flair for
design.
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52. ADVERSITY (noun)➙ a difficult or unpleasant situation
ADVERSARY (noun)➙ enemy, rival, opposer, competitor
Ex:(i) She turned adversity into opportunity.
(ii) He defeated his old adversary with great ease and comfort.
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53. ACCENTUATE (verb)➙ to emphasize or to make something
more noticeable.
ATTENUATE (verb)➙ reduce, decrease
1. She accentuated her beautiful eyes with makeup.
2. The government hopes that the air strikes will attenuate the
number of terrorists hiding in the mountains.
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54. GENTLE (adj)➙ calm, kind, moderate
GENTEEL (adj)➙ aristocratic, elite, refined, stylish
Ex: (a)The weather is gentle.
(b)He is very gentle to his kids.
(c)He appears to have genteel manners.
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55. KNAVE (noun)➙a dishonest person
NAIVE (adj)➙innocent, inexperienced,
gullible
Ex: (i) The knave and his conspirators are
plotting to rob the bank.
(ii) They were naive and easily misled.
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56. VENERABLE (adj)➙ honourable, respectful
VULNERABLE (adj)➙ weak, easily affected or attacked,
susceptible, prone, unguarded
Ex: (i) People with open heart are vulnerable to the
deepest wound.
(ii) The cathedral is a venerable building.
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57. LUXURIOUS (adj)➙ lavish, comfortable and
expensive
LUXURIANT (adj)➙ abundant, plenty
Ex: (i) The forests are luxuriant in green vegetation.
(ii) He lives in a luxurious apartment.
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58. FOREWORD (noun)➙ a short introduction to a book,
preface
FORWARD (adverb)➙ towards the front, ahead
Ex: (a)The boy was asked to write a foreword to the
book.
(b)Technology has taken us a big step forward.
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59. TORTUOUS (adj)➙twisted, complicated
TORTUROUS (adj)➙causing pain or suffering,
torture
(i) They walked through the tortuous streets of
the old city.
(ii) After three years of torturous imprisonment,
he was finally set free.
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60. Vicious :- Vicious means "cruel and mean":
A vicious dog attacked the young boy.
Viscous :- Viscous means thick and sticky : Honey
and tar are Viscous substances.
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61. ➢Yoke: a harness for oxen.
➢Yolk: the Yellow part of an egg
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62. ➢Pour :- To pour is to dispense liquid
from one container into another:
Ex:- She poured some milk into the glass.
➢Pore :- A pore is to study or read
intensely:
Ex:- Aman pored over the materials
nightly.
➢Pore also means "a small opening in
skin through which moisture or air
moves“
Ex:- Pores are all over our bodies.
➢Poor:- deprived, not having money
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