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Brain                          Brainful                      Brainless                   Both are used.
Help                           Helpful                       Helpless                    Both are used.
Home                         Homeful                     Homeless                  Both are used.
Hope                          Hopeful                      Hopeless                   Both are used.
End                            Endful                        Endless                     Both are used.
Thought                    Thoughtful                Thoughtless              Both are used.
Time                           Timeful                       Timeless                    Both are used.
Penny                        Penniful                    Penniless                  Both are used.
Event                         Eventful                     Eventless                  Both are used.
Power                        Powerful                    Powerless                 Both are used.

Newspaper Headlines
1) - If someone is ousted from their job,...            they are forced out.              they leave voluntarily.
2) - A pledge is...                  a threat.                      a promise.                              an obligation.
3) - If a document is leaked,...        it is sent officially to the press.       it is sent unofficially to the press.
4) - If something looms,...               it is good news.                                it is bad news.
5) - If the governement gets flak for a policy,...               they are praised.      they are criticised.
6) - An economic boom is                                                   a rapid increase.                  a rapid decrease.
7) - If something bolsters an argument,...                        it helps it.                               it destroys it.
8) - If something is alleged to have happened,...           it happened.                          it didn't happen.      we don't know whether it happened or not.
9) - If a company goes on a spending spree,...               it tries to cut costs.                it spends a lot of money.
10) - An economic slump is                                good news.                           bad news.
11) - If expenditure is slashed,...      a lot more money is spent.      a lot less money is spent.
12) - If prices soar,...                                    they fall.                                      they increase.


Word Origins
act, ag: do, act, drive            Latin, agere: to drive, lead, act, do                        active (adjective): moving about
am, ami: love, like                Latin, amare: to love                                                amorous (adjective): loving
anim: mind, life, spirit, anger   Latin, animus: spirit                                            animal (noun): a living creature
annu, enni: yearly                           Latin, annuus: yearly                                              annual (adjective): yearly
auc, aug, aut: to originate, to increase       Latin, augere: to originate, increase       
                                                                                      augment (verb): to increase, to add to
aud, audit, aur: hear                        Latin, audire: to hear           audible (adjective): can be heard

1)Does this kind of weather ____ you?                                       affect              effect
2)What will ____ the main course?                                              complement  compliment
3)They wanted everybody to ____ their work.                            complement  compliment
4)They're not very ____ so don't give them too much information.discrete  discreet
5)He's an ____ doctor                                                                     eminent                     imminent
6)He managed to think of an _____ solution.                            ingenious      ingenuous
7)Rain is ____.                                                                                 eminent                     imminent
8)Do you ____ visa payments here?                                           accept                        except
9)The building has been ____ since the company went bankrupt.   disused                      misused
10)The charity was accused of having ____ its funds.                        disused                      misused
11)It's a three-____ house.                                                            story                storey
12)The book is so slow that it's ____.                                           illegible          unreadable
13)A ____ gives people advice if they have emotional or other problems.councillor  counsellor
14)Her handwriting's so bad that it's completely ____. illegible          iliterate
15)Did you hear the weather ____ for tomorrow?                     forecast          prediction
16)The price of bus tickets has ____ sharply this year.            risen               raised
17)The police checked every detail carefully; it was an ____ investigation.
exhausting    exhaustive
18)Walking all the way up the hill was ____ so we sat down to rest for a bit.
exhausting    exhaustive
19)The minister read the ____ of the speech and made a few changes.     draught                      draft
20)Pubs sell ____ beer as well as bottles and cans.    draught                      draft

What do you mean by SCUBA diving?  "Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus".

To Put
To put away              -           Put your toys away
To put down              -           Here’s my address put it down before you forget it.
To put forward          -           He intends to put forward a new theory.
To put on                   -           Put on your coat. It’s cold.  /  I am putting a new play on.
To put up with           -           You will have to put up with it.
To put up at               -           I would like to put up at this hotel for the night
To put out                  -           He put his hand out in welcome.  /  Call in the firemen to put                                                    the fire out.
To put off                   -           Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today


I am a five letter word 12345          12345 - as a whole, am a grain !               2345 - energy
345 - u do this daily                         45 – proposition                                           5 - favourite drink !
can u find me ? Wheat

I am 7 Letters word- 1234567.        U can eat Me                        123 is vehicle.          2345was a pop group        456 is a piece of luggage.              567 changes every year.                What am I ?   cabbage


A rich man wants -------------            A poor man has ---------------            u die if u eat -----------one word has to fit in all the three blanks - Nothing

what is wrong when pronounced right and right when pronounced wrong ??
it is WRONG, right?

Bay of Bengal is in which state ?????
Bay of Bengal is in LIQUID state!
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