CSS Past Papers of Solved Pair of Words English (Précis and Composition) 1975
English (Précis and Composition) 1975
Amiable:
Meaning: describes a person or their behavior that is pleasant and friendly
Use in sentence: So amiable was the mood of the meeting that a decision was soon reached.
Meaning: describes a person or their behavior that is pleasant and friendly
Use in sentence: So amiable was the mood of the meeting that a decision was soon reached.
Amicable:
Meaning: relating to behavior between people that is pleasant often despite a difficult situation
Use in sentence: His manner was perfectly amicable but I felt uncomfortable.
Meaning: relating to behavior between people that is pleasant often despite a difficult situation
Use in sentence: His manner was perfectly amicable but I felt uncomfortable.
Considerable:
Meaning: large or of noticeable importance
Use in sentence: The fire caused considerable damage to the church.
Meaning: large or of noticeable importance
Use in sentence: The fire caused considerable damage to the church.
Considerate:
Meaning: kind and helpful
Use in sentence: She promises to be quieter and more considerate in future.
Meaning: kind and helpful
Use in sentence: She promises to be quieter and more considerate in future.
Ingenious:
Meaning: very clever and skillful
Use in sentence: She was ingenious at finding ways to work more quickly.
Meaning: very clever and skillful
Use in sentence: She was ingenious at finding ways to work more quickly.
Ingenuous:
Meaning: honest, sincere and trusting/ showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness
Use in sentence: It has to be said it was rather ingenuous of him to ask a complete stranger to look after his luggage. (Pair Repeated: 1)
Meaning: honest, sincere and trusting/ showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness
Use in sentence: It has to be said it was rather ingenuous of him to ask a complete stranger to look after his luggage. (Pair Repeated: 1)
Momentary:
Meaning: lasting for a very short time
Use in sentence: Be careful not to make even momentary short circuits with metal tools.
Meaning: lasting for a very short time
Use in sentence: Be careful not to make even momentary short circuits with metal tools.
Momentous:
Meaning: very important because of effects on future events
Use in sentence: Whether or not to move overseas was a momentous decision for the family.
Meaning: very important because of effects on future events
Use in sentence: Whether or not to move overseas was a momentous decision for the family.
Virtuous:
Meaning: having good moral qualities and behavior
Use in sentence: He described them as a virtuous and hard-working people.
Meaning: having good moral qualities and behavior
Use in sentence: He described them as a virtuous and hard-working people.
Virtual:
Meaning: describes something that can be done or seen using a computer and therefore without going anywhere or talking to anyone
Use in sentence: In tests, we have found the virtual machine runs at a reasonable speed.
Meaning: describes something that can be done or seen using a computer and therefore without going anywhere or talking to anyone
Use in sentence: In tests, we have found the virtual machine runs at a reasonable speed.
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