Hello hoipolloi,
This quiz was based on a few commonly misused words.There are a lot of words that we use without even knowing the exact difference between them.These kind of words are a part of the substitution based category questions in CAT.
Here are a few of the pairs that you can try finding the difference between.
- simple/simplistic
- practical/practicable
- gracious/graceful
- equable/equitable
- older/elder
- sensual/sensuous
- credible/credulous
- incredible/incredulous
- climatic/climactic
- laudatory/laudable
- between/among
- each other / one another
- primary/primarily
- perceptive/perceptible
- loyal/faithful
- luxurious/luxuriant
- biennial/biannual
- economic/economics/economical
- underline/undermine
- toward/towards
- upon/on
- though/although
- war/fight
- mistake/error
- epidemic/endemic
- uninterested/disinterested
- distrust/mistrust
- auspicious/opportune
- careful/cautious
- cause/reason
- clothes/clothing
- discover/invent
- dual/double
- ground/earth
- hire/rent
- shore/coast
- delusion/illusion
- inured/immured
- gantlet/gauntlet
- disprove/disapprove
- factitious/factious
- premier/premiere
- presumptive/presumptuous
- fortuitous/fortunate
- instantaneously/instinctively
- ambiguous/ambitious
- diversity/divergent
- gratified/grateful
- corrode/corrupt
- further [ further : in addition to /farther : distance]
- distrust [distrust : curiosity/ mistrust : not to trust]
- true [ real : Being or occurring in fact or actuality/true : Consistent with fact or reality; not false or erroneous]
- disinterested [disinterested : neutral / uninterested : not interested]
- eldest [older can be used for both animate and inanimate objects but elder is used only for animate and preferably among family members]
Hello Ma'am,
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to knw.. flammable and inflammable mean the same right? Any difference when it comes to usage?
Dear Soumya,
ReplyDeleteThere is no difference between the two words.Since people sometimes misunderstood inflammable as not flammable [since the prefix in- also means not] the word flammable is no longer used.The opposite of flammable/inflammable is nonflammable/noninflammable.
Hello Ma'am,
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In a story if the protogonist is feeling sorry for what he did and seeks atonement and we as readers empathise with his feelings.
ReplyDeleteCan we say "There is a kind of vicarious atonement in reading his story." [Considering the defination 'Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person: "vicarious pleasure']
Or is it that vicarious atonement is only related to Jesus Christ i.e. Substitutionary Atonement and cannot be used any other way.
I appreciate and am thankful for the efforts you take, to help people with their English.
Dear Anand,
ReplyDeletes per my little knowledge and understanding of the language the usage of the word vicarious in the given context would be appropriate.
Hello Ma'am,
ReplyDeleteI have always been confused in the usage of these words.Can you please help me with their usage difference:
a lot/alot
toward/towards
though/although
Plz help.Thanx.
Hello mam,
ReplyDeleteis there a difference between panacea and panache?Are they a homophone pair?
Hello Maam,
ReplyDeleteI need a list of Roots of Words and how to use them if possible.
will be very kind of u
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