List of Important Pair of Words from CSS Past Papers
[2000 to 2011]
Pair of Words from CSS year 2000
Need:
Meaning: require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable:
Sentence: I need your help now
Knead:
Meaning: work (moistened flour or clay) into dough or paste with the hands or massage or squeeze with the hands.
Sentence: She kneaded his back
Queue:
Meaning: a line of people, usually standing or in cars, waiting for something
Sentence: There was a long queue of traffic stretching down the road.
Cue:
Meaning: a signal for someone to do something
Sentence: They started washing up, so that was our cue to leave the party.
Quarts:
Meaning: a unit of liquid measure of capacity.
Sentence: You spilled a quart of water on my table.
Quartz:
Meaning: a hard mineral consisting of silica, found widely in igneous and metamorphic rocks.
Sentence: The rocks i have used contain some quartz, which may help to create the effect we want.
Choral:
Meaning: of a chorus or a choir,
Sentence: Choral singing became a matter of national pride.
Coral:
Meaning: the hard, stony skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
Sentence: What you will not find here are pristine corals.
Discrete:
Meaning: separate and distinct.
Sentence: These are discrete projects, and their funding records should be kept separate.
Discreet:
Meaning: careful and prudent in one’s speech or actions, especially in order to keep something confidential.
Sentence: Discreet silence over the matter.
Epic:
Meaning: An epic is a story or long poem telling the tale of a fictional or historical hero.
Sentence: Epic tale that favors the bizarre.
Epoch:
Meaning: a period of time considered in terms of noteworthy and characteristic events, developments, persons, etc
Sentence: Epoch of the final decline of democracy.
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,Libel:
Meaning: Law a published false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation; a written defamation.
Sentence: He was found guilty of a libel on a Liverpool inspector of taxes.
Liable:
Meaning: legally bound or obligated, as to make good any loss or damage that occurs in a transaction; responsible.
Sentence: Chief Officer should be vicariously liable for the actions of their officers.
Mail:
Meaning: Postal material for a specific person or organization.
Sentence: I have send him a letter by air mail.
Male:
Meaning: Characteristic of or appropriate to this sex; masculine
Sentence: The king had no male descendant.
Banned:
Meaning: something that is prohibited.
Sentence: The death penalty is banned in New York and New Jersey.
Band:
Meaning: a group of people working together, particularly in the field of music.
Sentence: 9 zero Band's new album, i remember being instantly impressed.
Barred:
Meaning: provided with one or more bars
Sentence: Barred owls roosting by the side of the road!
Bard:
Meaning: an ancient person who composes and signs poems about heroes and epic events.
Sentence: Bards of the time could recite, or chant, long epic poems.
Pair of Words from CSS year 2001
Brooch:
Meaning: a small piece of jewelry with a pin at the back that is fastened to a woman's clothes
Sentence: She wore a small silver brooch.
Broad:
Meaning: very wide
Sentence: We walked down a broad avenue lined with trees.
Collision:
Meaning: an accident that happens when two vehicles hit each other with force
Sentence: There has been a collision on the southbound stretch of the motorway.
Collusion:
Meaning: agreement between people to act together secretly or illegally in order to deceive or cheat someone
Sentence: It is thought that they worked in collusion with the terrorist network.
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, Fain:
Meaning: glad; ready
Sentence: He is fain to do all things himself.
Feign:
Meaning: to pretend to feel something, usually an emotion
Sentence: You know how everyone feigns surprise when you tell them how old you are.
Hoard:
Meaning: to collect large amounts of something and keep it in a safe, often secret, place
Sentence: During the siege people began hoarding food and supplies.
Horde:
Meaning: a large group of people
Sentence: Hordes of students on bikes made crossing the road difficult.
Illusion:
Meaning: an idea or belief which is not true
Sentence: He had no illusions about his talents as a singer.
Delusion:
Meaning: when someone believes something that is not true
Sentence: He's under the delusion that he will be promoted this year.
Persecute:
Meaning: to treat someone unfairly or cruelly over a long period of time because of their race, religion, or political
beliefs or to annoy someone by refusing to leave them alone
Sentence: Religious minorities were persecuted and massacred during the ten-year regime.
Prosecute:
Meaning: to officially accuse someone of committing a crime in a court of law, or (of a lawyer) to try to prove that a
person accused of committing a crime is guilty of that crime
Sentence: He was prosecuted for fraud.
Prescribe:
Meaning: to say what medical treatment someone should have
Sentence: The drug is often prescribed for ulcers.
Proscribe:
Meaning: to not allow something
Sentence: The Athletics Federation has banned the runner from future races for using proscribed drugs.
Respectfully:
Meaning: in a way that shows you want to be polite or honor someone
Sentence: As the body was carried through the crowd, people drew back respectfully.
Respectively:
Meaning: relating or belonging to each of the separate people or things you have just mentioned
Sentence: In the 200 meters, Lizzy and Sarah came first and third respectively.
Complacent:
Meaning: Satisfied
Sentence: We can't afford to become complacent about any of our products.
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[2000 to 2011]
Pair of Words from CSS year 2000
Need:
Meaning: require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable:
Sentence: I need your help now
Knead:
Meaning: work (moistened flour or clay) into dough or paste with the hands or massage or squeeze with the hands.
Sentence: She kneaded his back
Queue:
Meaning: a line of people, usually standing or in cars, waiting for something
Sentence: There was a long queue of traffic stretching down the road.
Cue:
Meaning: a signal for someone to do something
Sentence: They started washing up, so that was our cue to leave the party.
Quarts:
Meaning: a unit of liquid measure of capacity.
Sentence: You spilled a quart of water on my table.
Quartz:
Meaning: a hard mineral consisting of silica, found widely in igneous and metamorphic rocks.
Sentence: The rocks i have used contain some quartz, which may help to create the effect we want.
Choral:
Meaning: of a chorus or a choir,
Sentence: Choral singing became a matter of national pride.
Coral:
Meaning: the hard, stony skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
Sentence: What you will not find here are pristine corals.
Discrete:
Meaning: separate and distinct.
Sentence: These are discrete projects, and their funding records should be kept separate.
Discreet:
Meaning: careful and prudent in one’s speech or actions, especially in order to keep something confidential.
Sentence: Discreet silence over the matter.
Epic:
Meaning: An epic is a story or long poem telling the tale of a fictional or historical hero.
Sentence: Epic tale that favors the bizarre.
Epoch:
Meaning: a period of time considered in terms of noteworthy and characteristic events, developments, persons, etc
Sentence: Epoch of the final decline of democracy.
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,Libel:
Meaning: Law a published false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation; a written defamation.
Sentence: He was found guilty of a libel on a Liverpool inspector of taxes.
Liable:
Meaning: legally bound or obligated, as to make good any loss or damage that occurs in a transaction; responsible.
Sentence: Chief Officer should be vicariously liable for the actions of their officers.
Mail:
Meaning: Postal material for a specific person or organization.
Sentence: I have send him a letter by air mail.
Male:
Meaning: Characteristic of or appropriate to this sex; masculine
Sentence: The king had no male descendant.
Banned:
Meaning: something that is prohibited.
Sentence: The death penalty is banned in New York and New Jersey.
Band:
Meaning: a group of people working together, particularly in the field of music.
Sentence: 9 zero Band's new album, i remember being instantly impressed.
Barred:
Meaning: provided with one or more bars
Sentence: Barred owls roosting by the side of the road!
Bard:
Meaning: an ancient person who composes and signs poems about heroes and epic events.
Sentence: Bards of the time could recite, or chant, long epic poems.
Pair of Words from CSS year 2001
Brooch:
Meaning: a small piece of jewelry with a pin at the back that is fastened to a woman's clothes
Sentence: She wore a small silver brooch.
Broad:
Meaning: very wide
Sentence: We walked down a broad avenue lined with trees.
Collision:
Meaning: an accident that happens when two vehicles hit each other with force
Sentence: There has been a collision on the southbound stretch of the motorway.
Collusion:
Meaning: agreement between people to act together secretly or illegally in order to deceive or cheat someone
Sentence: It is thought that they worked in collusion with the terrorist network.
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, Fain:
Meaning: glad; ready
Sentence: He is fain to do all things himself.
Feign:
Meaning: to pretend to feel something, usually an emotion
Sentence: You know how everyone feigns surprise when you tell them how old you are.
Hoard:
Meaning: to collect large amounts of something and keep it in a safe, often secret, place
Sentence: During the siege people began hoarding food and supplies.
Horde:
Meaning: a large group of people
Sentence: Hordes of students on bikes made crossing the road difficult.
Illusion:
Meaning: an idea or belief which is not true
Sentence: He had no illusions about his talents as a singer.
Delusion:
Meaning: when someone believes something that is not true
Sentence: He's under the delusion that he will be promoted this year.
Persecute:
Meaning: to treat someone unfairly or cruelly over a long period of time because of their race, religion, or political
beliefs or to annoy someone by refusing to leave them alone
Sentence: Religious minorities were persecuted and massacred during the ten-year regime.
Prosecute:
Meaning: to officially accuse someone of committing a crime in a court of law, or (of a lawyer) to try to prove that a
person accused of committing a crime is guilty of that crime
Sentence: He was prosecuted for fraud.
Prescribe:
Meaning: to say what medical treatment someone should have
Sentence: The drug is often prescribed for ulcers.
Proscribe:
Meaning: to not allow something
Sentence: The Athletics Federation has banned the runner from future races for using proscribed drugs.
Respectfully:
Meaning: in a way that shows you want to be polite or honor someone
Sentence: As the body was carried through the crowd, people drew back respectfully.
Respectively:
Meaning: relating or belonging to each of the separate people or things you have just mentioned
Sentence: In the 200 meters, Lizzy and Sarah came first and third respectively.
Complacent:
Meaning: Satisfied
Sentence: We can't afford to become complacent about any of our products.
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