Abdicate; It means to relinquish or renounce office.
It is applied in the case of rulers or kings
Resign ; It also means to renounce office but it is generally used
for the persons other than kings etc.
Accept ; It means to receive
Except ; It means to omit or exclude
Adapt ; Means adjust, make suitable
Adopt ; Take up something by choice like a plan or a child.
Adherence; It suggests the idea of attachment
Adhesion ; It is physical attachment
Agreement; Agreement is a general term implying mutual
understanding
Contract ; Contract applies to formal and binding agreement with
specified terms
Amateur ; An amateur cultivates a particular art, science as a hobby
Novice ; A novice is a beginner
Answer ; An answer is response given to a question
Reply ; A reply is a mere formal answer
Ascetic ; Means austere or pertaining to the practice of asceticism,
a mode of life involving strict self-discipline and self-denial
Assassinate; Is to murder suddenly, treacherously or by stealth
Kill ; It means to deprive of life
Authentic ; It means authoritative
Genuine ; It means real or true
Avocation; A hobby or casual occupation is an avocation
Vocation ; One’s regular employment, profession, or occupation is
his vocation
Affect ; To pretend, to produce adverse
Effect ; Result; to accomplish
Alter ; To change
Altar ; A place of sacrifice
Abject ; Mean, extreme
Object ; Aim
Abate ; Grow less
Abet ; Help in a bad sense
Abstain ; To keep away from a thing
Refrain ; To keep away from an action
Admit ; To accept a statement made by another as true
Confess ; To acknowledge one’s fault or sin
Amiable ; Lovely
Amicable ; Friendly
Artist ; One skilled in fine art
Artisan ; Mechanic
Ascent ; Going upward
Assent ; Agreement
Balance ; Balance usually means the difference b/w two sides of an account
Rest ;It applies both to persons and things and means ‘what is left over
after the separation of a part
Banish ; To out a person from a country just like exile
Expel ; To throw out a person from an institution such as school
Beside ; It means at or by the side of, or near by
Between ; It applies to two
Among ; It applies to more than two
Bale ; Bundle
Bail ; It means a security
Battle ; A single engagement b/w two armies
War ; A series of battles
Beneficent; Kind
Beneficial ; It means useful
Blunder ; It means a very serious mistake
Error ; Departure from what is correct
Mistake ; A mistake arises, when we take one thing for another or
judge a thing wrongly
Censor ; A censor is an official who passes judgment on written or
printed matter, motion picture
Censure ; The word censure means condemnation or strong disapproval
Ceremonial; It applies to things
Ceremonious; It applies to persons and things. But both suggest ritual
or customary behaviors
Character; A person’s character is what he actually is
Reputation; His reputation is what he is believed to be
Choice ; One has a choice in reference to two or more things
Preference; It emphasizes the desire for one thing rather than another
Cite; We cite a person or passage as authoritative by
mentioning the person or passage
Quote ; We quote the words of another by reproducing them
exactly
Coarse ; It means rough
Course ; It is a line of action; text book
Complement ; That which completes
Compliment; It means regards
Continual ; With some breaks
Continuous; Without a break
Canon ; It means a rule
Cannon ; It refers to a gun
Canvass ; To seek votes or business
Canvas ; A rough type of cloth
Career ; It means course of life
Carrier ; One that carries like truck etc
Concert ; It is a sort of performance
Consort ; It refers to a husband or a wife
Corps ; Division in the army
Corpse ; It means a dead body
Council ; It is an assembly or conference
Counsel ; It means advice or an advocate
Decent ; It means respectable or good enough
Descent ; Coming down
Dissent ; It means disagreement
Differ ; It means to disagree
Defer ; To postman
Difference; Disagreement
Deference; It means respect
Defy ; It means a challenge
Deify ; It means a sort of worship
Draft ; It means a rough copy or plan
Drought ; It refers to lack of rain
Eminent ; A famous person
Imminent; That which is about to happen or bound to happen
Emigrant ; One who leaves a country to settle down in another
Immigrant; One who comes into a country from another to live there
permanently
Excursion ; It means a picnic
Incursion ; It refers to an invasion
Facility ; It means a convenience
Felicity ; It means a joy
Fatal ; That which ends in death
Fateful ; Something which is important
Goal ; It means an object or aim
Goal ; It means a jail
Hall ; A big room
Haul ; To catch
Hoard ; It means to collect
Horde ; It means wandering tribe
Idle ; It means without work
Lazy ; It means slow or shirker
Insight ; It means understanding
Incite ; To instigate
Imperial ; It means royal
Imperious; It means proud or arrogant
Impudent; It means disrespectful
Imprudent; Unwise
Judicial ; Pertaining
Judicious ; Sensible, wise
Journey ; Used for distance on land
Voyage ; A journey by sea
Momentary; That which is short-lived
Momentous; It means very important
Moral ; Relating to morality or morals
Morales ; State of discipline and sprit etc.
Ordinance; It means a commandment
Ordnance; It means cannon
Precedent; It means a previous example
President ; It means head of a state
Prescribe ; To fix or advise use of
Proscribe ; To forbid the use of
Remember; To call to mind without any effort
Recollect ; To call to mind something with some effort
Soar ; To fly
Sore ; It means in pain
Suit ; To agree with or a court case
Suite ; A set of room
Wave ; Move to and fro; beckon
Team ; A group of players
Waive ; Forgo; not to insist on
Teem ; It means full of
Waste ; Expend uselessly
Vale ; It means a valley
Waist ; Part of body b/w hips and ribs
Veil ; It means a covering
Vain ; Proud; useless
Wail ; It means a cry
Vein ; Tube in body taking blood to heart
Vacation ; Holidays, leisure
Vane ; Weathercock
Vocation ; Profession
Wane ; Decrease