SINGULAR AND PLURAL WORDS

Aquarium Aquaria Child Children

Automaton
Automata Court- martial Courts-martial
Alumnus Alumi Commander in-chief Commanders in-chief
Aluna Diaries
Alumnae Diary
Antenna Antennae Dynamo Dynamos
+ Alga Deer Deer
Algac
Axis Dwarf Dwarves
Axes
Datum Data
+ Analysis Analyses Diagnosis Diagnoses
+ Appendix Appendixes Daughter -in - law - Daughters - in- law
Appendices Echo Echoes
Apex Apexes/ Apices EIf Elves
+ Attorney General - Attorneys General Erratumn Errata
+ Boy Boys Equilibrium Equilibria
+ Belief Beliefs

PacORNER
+ Brief Briefs
+ Beef Beeves
+ Bureau
Bureaux/Bureaus
A date or time before which a particular
Brother Brothers/Brethren
+ Basis task must be finished
bases
Bacillus Bacilli (Common Preliminary Examnination
+ Brother - in -law Brothers - in - law Plus -2 2021 -Stage-)
+ City (a) Bottom line (b) Red letter day
Cities
+ Chief (c) Eleventh hour (d) Dead line
Chiefs
+ Calf Ans: (d) Dead line
Calves
One word for come out of sudden plenti
Criterion Criteria ful flow.
Corpus Corpora/Corpuses
(Common Preliminary Examination
Consortium Consortia
Plus -2 2021-Stage-I)
CorCurririgculendum
um
Corrigenda
Curricula
(a) Guest
(c) Gush
(b) Ghost
(d) Bush
Cact us
Crisis
Cacti
Ans:(c) Gush
Crises
Masculine Feminine
(alono) (mo,olelooo)
Abbot Abbess
Actor Actress
Author Authoress
Administrator Administratrix
Bridegroom Bride
Boy scout Girl guide
Benefactors Benefactress
Baron Baroness
Bachelor Spinster
Czar Czarina
Conductor Conductress
Count/Earl Countess
Duke Duchess
Director Directress
Emperor Empress
Executor Executrix
Fiance Fiancee
Friar/Monk Nun
Giant
Giantess
Gentleman
God
Lady
Goddess
Governor/Tutor Governess
Host
Hunter
Hostess
Heir
Huntress
Hero
Heiress
Heroine
Instructor Instructress /
 An army of ants/caterpillars
An army of soldiers
An atlas of maps
Aregiment of soldiers
Abatch of students
A battery of guns
A band of pilgrims
Abask of crocodiles
Aboard of directors
A barren of mules
A band of gorillas, men
}A bank of swans
A belt of asteroids
A bed of oysters
A bunch of flowers/keys
A bunch of grapes
º Ababel of words
Abrood of chickens
A bouquet of roses
A bank of monitors
Abundle of sticks/hay
A bevy of beauties/ladies
A budget of letters/news
A box of cigars
A bevy of quails
Abunting of flags
Aconstellation of stars
Acolony/cloud of bats
A clowder of cats
Also
COMPOUND WORDS
Bookstore Catwalk
Crossbow
Another
Bookshelf Crosscut Cardstock
Aiport Bookend Diskdrive
Anyone Bookkeeper Cheeseburger
Commonwealth Dishwasher
Anybody Bookmark
Afternoon Bookmobile Comedown Daytime
Backside Comeback Deadline
Alongside
Airplane Backspace Cabdriver Daybreak
Anyplace Backache Crewcut Daylight
Anytime Backbreaker
Coffeemaker Dishpan
Airield Backdrop Clockwise Dishwater
Anywhere Backfire
Carrack Drawbridge
Anyhow Background
Cannot Cattail Duckbill
Airlift
Around Crosswalk
Ashtray
Baseball
Become
Commonplace
Crossover
Carhop
Carload
PacoRNER
The word life-long is an example for
Basketball
Backward Carport (LDC Tamil &Malayalam Knowing 2019)
Buterflies Carpetbagger (b) compound word
Cardboard (a) phrasal verb
Bypass (C) one word (d) primary word
Caretaker
Because Carsick
Backbone Ans: (b) compound word
Carfare
Blacksmith Cargo Find out the compound word.
Bootstrap Carryall (Field Assi. TSR, WYND - 2017)
Bookcase Cartwheel
Babysitter Courtyard
(a) rainbow (b) yesterday
Bluefish Cornmeal (c) beautiful (d) see
Backstage
Backtrack
Caveman Ans: (a) rainbow
Candlelight
Bookworm
ENGI ISH
 SYNONYMS
Abandon Leave
Avaricious Greedy
Allies Friends
Abhor Hate
Amend Ameliorate
Abundant Plentiful
Absurd Foolish
Adorn Decorate
Admonish Threaten
Abscond Flee
Apposite Suitable
Affluent Wealthy
Abduct Kidnap
Adequate Sufficient
Ambiguous Doubtful
Amateur Novice
Assail Attack
Action Deed
Aromatic
Fragrant
Adjourn Postpone
Anneal
Affable
Temper
Ascend
Friendly
Soar
Awkward
Clumsy
Adversity Misfortune
Agitated Restless
Amicable Friendly
Aim
Object
Affiliate
Ado
Associate
Fuss
Amiable Lovable
Adept Proficient
Abate Decrease
 ANTONYMS
Advance Retreat
Abhor X Love
Accumulate X Scatter
Adroit Clumsy
Adversary Ally
Agile Sluggish
Abide X Vacate
Alcoholic Teetotaller
Abound X Lack
Assembled Dispersed
D Accept X
Refuse/Reject
Attractive X
Repulsive
Attract Repel
D Adversity X
Prosperity
Arrived X
Departed
Attack Defence
Abandon Retain
Abundance X
Scarcity
D Ability X
Inability
Anguish Joy
Amateur Professional
Analyse Synthesize
Able
Alien X
Unable/Incompetent
Native
D Anomaly
D Abridge
X
Consistency
X
Expand
Absurd X
Reasonable
Arrogant X
Humble
+ Back up
PHRASAL VERBS
Support or encourage
+ Back off
Drawback from an action
+ Bear out
To support
+ Bear with
Tolerate
+ Bring out Reveal / Release or publish
+ Bring up Mention / Raising and caring
for a child
+ Bring about - Make something to happen
Bring down Reduce /Make a Goverment
fall
Bring in Introduce
+ Bring off Succeed vwith something dif
ficult
+ Bring forth Produce / Create
Bring on Lead to
Break down - Fail
+ Break up Disperse
+ Break in To forcefully enter
Break through - An act of over comíng an
obstacle
+ Break off End something suddenly
Carry on To continue
+ Carry out To execute
To win / Died of adisease
Carry off
Carry forvward - To keep something for
future use
complete
Carry through- To survive or
sucessfully
Carry away Remove /Lose self control
Call at Visit a place
Call on Visit a person
+ Call up Recollect
Call off Cancel something
Call for Dmand
 FOREIGN WORDS AND PHRASES
Ab initio
From the beginning
Ante Meridiem (a.m) Before noon
+ Ad hoc
Formed or created with aspecial purpose
Ad interim In the mean time or
temporarily
Ad infinitum
Endlessly
Alma mater Formerly attended school or college
+ Ad valorem According to value
A prima vista At first sight
Au fait Having a good or detailed knowledge
Alfresco In the open air
Au fond At the bottom
Anno domini In the year of the Lord
Anno mundi In the year of the world
Bona fide Sincere/in good faith
Bon voyage To wish a good journey
Bon vivant A person with a sociable and luxurious lifestyle
Bete noire -

A person or thing one particularly dislikes

Bon mot -

A clever remark

Carpe diem Enjoy the present

+ Corrigendum Correction in a book
+ Carte blanche
Full power /Complete freedom to act
Coup d'etat The sudden overthrow of a goverment to replace the leading figures
 NE WORD SUBSTITUTES
One who devotes his life to the welfare of
A Government by one man
others
- Altruist Autocracy
A Government by the nobility
. One who appreciates beautiful things
- Aesthte - Aristocracy

One who is able to use both hands equally Supplementary matter at the end of a book
well -Appendix
- Ambidextrous A short interesting story about some real per
Son or event
A perSon who helps someone to commit a
- Anecdote
crime X To free from blame
- Accomplice Acquit
, One who travels in an air balloon, airship or A collection of literary pieces such as poems,
other aircraft short stories
Aeronaut - Anthology
Self evidently true and accepted One who entertains by performing difficult
- Axiom physical actions
- Acrobat
AperSon chosen to settle the issue between
parties engaged in a disputes A person with incredible self-discipline and
- Arbitrator
starves body for the good of soul
Ascetic
*A person who does something only for Aplace where birds are kept
pleasure and not for money
- Amateur
Aviary
A militaryestablishment for the ammunition
* One who does not believes in God of war materials
- Atheist - Arsenal
e One who does not know whether God exist ¢ A person who leaves his religion
or not -

Apostate
-Agnostic Schedule or list of items
One who strongly supports a particular belief - Agenda
or political movement Group of many islands
Apostle - Archipelago
A person who tells the future of man by the Aplace for keeping fish and other aquati
position of the,stars mals
Astrologer -

Aquarium
 WORDS OFTEN CONFUSED
" Adapt -to adjust or fit to the condition
" Adept - well skilled
" Adopt -totake a child of other par
ents legally as your own child
" Amiable -Having or displaying a pleas
ant manner
" Amicable - Friendly
" Advice (noun) - An opinion recommended
" Advise (verb) - To give advice
" Affect -To influence
Effect - To cause

Ascent -Upward movement

" Assent -To agree
Alter - To change
Altar - Sacred platform
Alternate -to succeed by turns
Alternative -Choice between two or more
things
" Allude -call attention to indirectly
Elude - to avoid

" Allusion - indirect reference

" Illusion - false belief

" Altogether -completely

" All together -everyone or everything in one
place
Beside - Next to
" Besides - Additionally
 SPELLING TEST
" Benefactor
Acquire
Annihilate
" Beginning
Assassination " Barrage
Achieve Bungalow
Accommodate Bouquet
" Accurate Bourgeois
" Archaeology Bourgeoisie
Barbecue
Acquitted
Amateur " Blissful
" Believe
Attribute
" Anomalous " Belligerent
" Brethren
Anarchy
" Anniversary " Blithesome
" Attendance " Conceive

" Abscess " Collaborate

Anaemia " Committee

Argument Colloquial
Acquaintance " Commence

Address " Connoisseur

Adulteration " Correlate

Atheist " Centenary

Alienate " Corresponding
" Accessible Clamorous
" Afforestation " Colleague
" Colonel
" Apprentice
" Battalion Catalogue
" Business " Convener

" Bureaucracy " Consequence

 IDIOMS AND THEIR MEANINGS
At your beck and call under someone's absolute control
A bolt from the blue Sudden and totally unexpected
A Pipe dream An impracticable plan
A man of weight A man of importance
At an arm's length To keep away at a distance
A wild goose chase Foolish or hopeless search
Apple of discord Cause of dispute
At the drop of ahat Willingness to do something without hesitation
ºAt s0xes and sevens In a state of confusion or in complete disorder
A hot potato - A controversial issue
Apple pie order Perfect
A queer fish - A person of strange behaviour
Achilles heel - A deadly weakness
Astone's throw - A short distance
At sea In a state of confusion
Asnake in the grass - A deceitful person who pretends to be a friend
At daggers drawn In a state of open hostility
At the eleventh hour - At the last possible moment
A cock and bull story - An imaginary story used as an excuse
All ears Very eager to hear
At all costs -

Regardless of the price or effort

At odds with opposed to
At a snail's pace Very slowly
A fish out of water - To be in an uncomfortable position
A Dark Horse - Aperson whose abilities are hidden or unknown
An axe to grind Selfish motive
A wet blanket
- A person who spoils other people's happiness
 Ant
Antling, larva
" Antelope Calf
" Buffalo Calf
" Bear Cub
" Bird
" Bat
Fledgling/Chick/ Nestling
" Bee
Pup
Larva
" Beetle Grub
" Butterfly Caterpillar/ Pupa/Chrysalis
" Bull Calf
" Cat Kitten, kit
" Cow Calf
Crocodile Crocklet
" Cheetah Cub
"Camel Calf (foal)
" Cattle Calf
Crane Chick
" Cockroach Nymph
" Chicken Chick, Pullet
Deer Fawn/Calf/ Pricket
" Dog Puppy/pup
" Dolphin Calf, pup
" Duck Duckling
" Donkey Foa/Colt
" Dove Squab/Chick
Eagle Eaglet
" Elephant Calf
" Fish Fry, alevin, fingerlings
" Fox Cub
Fly Maggot
" Frog Tadpole/ Froglet
" Goose Gosling
" Giraffe Calf (Cub)
" Goat Kid
" Gorilla Infant
" Hippo Calf
" nuSc (M) Colt/Foal
" Horse (F) Filly
" Hare Leveret
A Ant Hill
A Alligator Nest

A Ape Logging, nest

Aradillo Burrow
Aardvark Burrow, den
Beaver Lodge, Burrow
Bees Hives
Bird Nest
Bear Cave, Den
Badger Hole, Setts
Bat Roost, Cave
Buffalo Barn, stable, Pasture
Beetle Land
Bittern Nest
Cows Shed
Cat Cattery, Lair
Cheetah SavannaLair.
Chicken Coop
A Crow Nest
A Crocodile Nest
A Camel Desert
A Chimpanzee Tree
A Dog Kennel
Dove nest

A Dolphin Dolphinarium
A Donkey Barn
Deer Grasslands
Apes Gibber

Ant Cry
Antelopes Snort

Bats Screech

Bird Chirp
Bears Growl, roar
Bees Hum, Buzz
Buffalo Drone

Bull Bellow

Badgers Growl

Bitterns Boom

Calves Bleat
Cattle Moo

Chickens Cluck

Cocks Crow

Cat Mew

Cows Moo, Low

Cicada Sing, Chirp
Crickets Chirp, Creak
Phobias
Acrophobia
Achluophobia
# Arachnophobia
Fear of height
- Fear of darkness
- Fear of Spider
$ Anthrophobia Fear of people
Androphobia Fear of men
$ Astraphobia Fear of thunder and
lightning
$ Ailurophobia Fear of cats
$ Anthophobia Fear of flowers
$ Aurophobia Fear of gold
$ Algophobia Fear ofPain
$ Ambulophobia Fear of walking
& Autophobia Fear of Solitude
8 Bibliophobia Fear of books.
$ Bathophobia Fear of depth
$ Cibophobia Fear of food
# Cyberphobia Fear of computers
$ Chiroptophobia - Fear of bats
$ Chrematophobia - Fear of money
$ Cynophobia Fear of dogs
# Entomophobia - Fear of insects
# Gynophobia - Fear of women
$ Gerontophobia - Fear of Growing old
# Gamophobia - Fear of marriage
# Glossophobia Fear of Speaking in
public
# Haemophobia Fear of blood
8 Hypnophobia Fear of sleep
Heliophobia Fear of sun

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Hippophobia
Hydrophobia
- Fear of Horse
- Fear of water
# Ichthyophobia - Fear of fish
Limnophobia Fear of lakes
8 Melanophobia Fear of the colour black
Methyphobia Fear of alcohol
Musophobia Fear of mice
Neophobia Fear of anything new
Nephophobia Fear of clouds