Pair of Words

Abject, Object

Abject Mean; miserable

Object Aim

Able, Capable

Able Having the Power or Opportunity to do something.

Capable Having the Power or ability to do a particular thing.

Ability, Capacity

Ability The quality of doing something well.

Capacity The potentiality of holding or producing large amount.

About, Almost

About A little more or less.

Almost Nearly.

Absolute, Obsolete

Absolute Real, Undoubted.

Obsolete No Longer Used.

Abstain, Refrain

Abstain To practice self denial, To do without.

Refrain Restrain oneself from some impulsive action.

Accede, Concede, Exceed

Accede Agree to an opinion or proposal.

Exceed To Be greater than.

Acceptance, Acceptation

Acceptance Approval.

Acceptation Generally accepted meaning of a word or phrase

Access, Excess

Access Approach, admittance

Excess State of going beyond limits

Accession Coming in to an office

Accept, Except

Accept Consent to, Receive with favor, to approve.

Except Excluded from, set apart from a list.

Accident, Incident

Accident Mishap

Incident Event, especially one of less importance than others

Accuse, Blame

Accuse Say that somebody has done wrong

Fix on somebody the responsibility for something

Across, Along

Across From one side to the other.

Along Side by side

Adapt, Adopt, Adept

Adapt To make suitable, to adjust

o take or put into practice as one's own what is not so

Addition Process of adding

Edition Form in which a book is published

Admit, Confess

Admit Acknowledged to be true

Confess Own as a fault

Acknowledge Accept or admit the existence or truth of.

Admission, Admittance

Admission Admitting or being Admitted to a society

Admittance Being admitted to a place especially one that is not public.

Advice, Advise

Advice Counsel

Advise Give counsel

Adverse, Averse

Adverse Means unfavorable

Averse Means opposed, disinclined.

Affect, Effect
To produce an effect;
Affect:
To impress or influence the mind or feelings
A change which is a result or consequence
Effect
of an action or other cause.

Affection, Affectation

Affection Love

Affectation Pretention

Afflict, Inflict

Afflict To do harm
Inflict To impose

A Few, Few, The Few

A few A small number

Few Hardly Any

The Few A small number

Aggravate, Irritate

Aggravate

Irritate To excite anger, to provoke

Air, Heir, Ere

Air Air

A person legally entitled to the property or rank

Ere Before

Alibi, Excuse

Alibi A defense on the ground of having been on another place

Excuse Apology, exemption

Allusion, Illusion

Allusion An indirect reference, a hint

Illusion An unreal or misleading image, a deceptive appearance

Alter, Altar
To make different without changing into
Alter
something else, to modify

Altar A place on which sacrifices are offered

Alternate, Alternative

Alternate Occurring by turns

Alternative Offering a choice of two things

Altogether Completely, absolutely

All together All in one company

All Ready, Already

All ready Quit prepared to do something

Already Before or by now or the time in question.

Amiable, Amicable

Amiable Good natured

Amicable Friendly

Amount, Number

Amount Amount is used for weights and volumes

Number Aumber is used with things that are countable

Ancient, Old

Ancient Belonging to time long past

Old Far advance din age

Antic, Antique

Antic Grotesque movement, step or attitude intend to amuse.

Antique Of old time, old fashioned

Apposite, Opposite

Apposite Proper

Opposite Completely different; of a contrary kind

Appraise, Apprise

Appraise Estimate

Apprise To Inform
Apprehend, Comprehend

Apprehend Anticipate with anxiety, fear

Comprehend Grasp the meaning of

Artist, Artiste

Artist A person skilled in one of the fine arts

Artiste A professional singer or dancer

Artisan A person who preactice some handicraft.

Artistic, Artful, Artificial

Artistic Beautiful or giving Aesthetic

Artful Cunning, clever.

Artificial is opposed to natural.

Ascent, Assent

Ascent An upward slope

Assent Agreement as with a proposal

Attention, Intention

Attention Act of attending

Intention Aim

Aural, Oral

Aural Pertaining to ear

Oral By word of mouth

Avocation, Vocation

Avocation A hobby

Vocation Regular employment

Assumption, Presmption
 A thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen,
Assumption
without proof.

Presumption An idea that is taken to be true on the basis of probability.

Avenge, Revenge

Avenge To obtain satisfication by punishing a wrong doer.

Revenge Retaliate or Vinficate

* He has no object in life.

* He is an able teacher.
* He is not yet able to attend the school.
* Man is capable of doing both good and evil.
* He is capable of running three miles at a stretch.

* He has no ability of doing this kind of work

* He has great capacity for hard work.

* He is about eight years old.

* He was almost dead when he was brought out of the river.

* You should punish him if you have absolute proof of his guilt.

* The obsolete equipment was put to auction.

* He abstained from smoking all his life.

* On hearing his fooling talk, I could not refrain from laughing.

* He acceded to my request.
* He conceded that he had been unkind to his friend.

* London exceeds Glasgow in size and population.

* The proposal met with acceptance in the meeting.

* We ought to go by the acceptation of a word or expression.

* He is proud of his access to the education minister.

* Excess of everything is bad.

* Queen's accession to the throne was marked by unprecedented rejoicing.

* I accepted his invitation to dinner.

* All except Akram were present in class.

* He was killed in a road accident.

* The border incidents may lead to war.

* He was accused of theft.

* He blamed his teacher for his failure.

* He swam across the river.

* The dog was running along its master.

* A clever man adapts himself to the situation.

* Some Pakistanis have adopted western ways of life.

* The new edition of this book has been published.

* I admit that he is honest.

* In the court he confessed his guilt.

* I acknowledged the receipt of the letter.

* He got admission to government college, Lahore.

* He could not gain admittance to the room.

* He acted upon his father's advice.

* The father advised his son to go to the college in time.

* I can no longer fight against adverse circumstances.

* As a former CIA director, he is not averse to secrecy

* The pay increase will greatly affect their lifestyle.

* My advice has no effect on him

* Parents have great affection for their children

* Cultured men dislike affectation.

* Milton was afflicted with blindness in his old age.

* He gave us a few suggestions on the art of teaching.

* He has few friends in the city.

* I can not offend the majority for the sake of the few.

* You have aggravated the situation

* Do not irritate him; he may lose his temper

* Fresh air is good for health.

* After his death, his heirs distributed his property among themselves

* Do something ere you die.

* His alibi that he was out of the country was found to be true.

* Most students usually have some ready excuse for coming late.

* A writer should explain his allusions to books and events.

* He Cherishes the illusion that every one admires him.

* The teacher corrected the essay and altered it a little

* Sooner or later everyone has to go to the altar of death

* The post in some villages is delivered on alternate days.

* You will have to do this work; there is no alternative.

* We went there all together

* I am ready to go to school.

* He has already performed his tasks

* He is amiable and is liked by all.

* I have amicable relations with him.

* I have still a great amount of work to do.

* There are a large number of books in our library.

* I like to read ancient history

* Old people can not be so active as young people.

* The antics of the clown at the Russian circus greatly amused the spectators.

My hobby is coin-collecting and I have a number of antique coins with me.

* Your comment was quite proper and apposite

They bade good- bye to each other and walked away in opposite directions.*

* The accountant appraised the cost of the house.

* The principal was apprised of the situation.

* Before giving an answer; comprehend the question fully.

* He asked an artist to paint his picture.

* Some of the leading artistes took part in the concert.

* Most of the Pakistani Arisans lead a very hard life.

* The Hall had veeb decorated in a very artistic manner.

* He is very artful boy, beaware of him.

* Tow- Life is articial.

* We were dead tired after climbing the steep ascent.

* The president gave his assent to the new bills

* Pay full attention to your studies.

* I have no intention to go there.

* Aural aids are used in education now-a- days

* He appeared in the oral test.

* He is a soldier and painting is his avocation.

* His vocation is teaching.

* Underlying presumptions about human nature

* The judge avenged the wrong done to the helpless child.

* He took revenge on the neighbour who had ridiculed him.