English (Précis and Composition) 2016
Adverse:
Meaning: having a negative or harmful effect on something
Use in sentence: The match has been canceled due to adverse weather conditions.
Averse:
Meaning: strongly disliking or opposed to
Use in sentence: Few MPs are averse to the attention of the media.
Altogether:
Meaning: Completely, Entirely
Use in sentence: When he first saw the examination questions, he was altogether baffled.
All together:
Meaning: In a group
Use in sentence: The wedding guests were gathered all together in the garden.
Allude:
Meaning: To make indirect reference
Use in sentence: He alluded to the problem but did not mention it.
Elude:
Meaning: To evade or escape from.
Use in sentence: The thief eluded the police.
Braise:
Meaning: Fry (food) lightly and then stew it slowly in a closed container.
Use in sentence:He braised the beef in a wine sauce.
IBraze:
Meaning: Form, fix, or join by soldering with an alloy of copper and zinc at high temperature.
Use in sentence: Each joint is turned up tightly and well pinned or brazed.
Kerb:
Meaning: The edge of a raised path nearest the road
Use in sentence: She tripped over the kerb.
Curb:
Meaning: To control or to limit.
Use in sentence: We must curb our spending next month.
Faze:
Meaning: To disturb, bother, or embarrass, To disrupt the composure of
Use in sentence: Fireworks did not faze the sleeping baby.
Phase:
Meaning: Any distinct time period in a sequence of events
Use in sentence: The reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system.
Maybe:
Meaning: An adverb meaning "perhaps" or "possibly.
Use in sentence: Maybe I will go out tonight.
May be:
Meaning: A verb phrase meaning "might be" or "could be."
Use in sentence: I may be going out tonight.
Moat:
Meaning: Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
Use in sentence: The moat was found around the castle.
Mote:
Meaning: A tiny piece of anything
Use in sentence: There are millions of tiny dust motes in the air.