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Unit 15: Vocabulary and Usage : Words often Confused and Misused

41. Freedom (without restraint): Children should be granted the freedom of speech. Notes
Liberty (free from slavery, imprisonment or despotic control): Brutus killed Caesar in order to
grant liberty to the Romans.
42. Famous (used in good sense): Michael Jackson has become famous as a pop-singer.
Notorious (used in bad sense): A notorious dacoit was killed by the police in a fake encounter.
Renowned (heaving dignified kind of reputation): Shakespeare is a renowned English dramatist.
43. House (building for human habitation): The government provides loans for building a new
house.
Home (native land of oneself or one’s ancestors): Cement and bricks cannot make houses the
homes.
44. Humble (having a modest opinion of oneself): He is aware of his humble birth.
Meek (mild and patient or somewhat weak): She is as meek as a lamp.
Modest (not showing too high opinion of one’s abilities): He is modest about his achievements
and possession.
45. Idle (doing no work due to certain circumstances): Owing to the strike, the machines in the
factory are idle.
Lazy (doing no work due to habit): He is a lazy fellow.
46. Infer (conclude, reach to an opinion): I inferred from your remarks that he was a fool.
Imply (give or make a suggestion): His words implied that he was not telling the truth.
47. Limit (confine within limits; restrict): We must limit our needs in proportion to our means.
Circumscribe (marking the limit which intensifies the suggestion of restraint): He is asked to
circumscribe his interests.
Confine (emphasize the limits which cannot be passed): He is confined to bed by illness.
48. Offend (do wrong): Loud noise offends the ears.
Outrage (offended beyond endurance): He was outraged at his misbehaviour.
Affront (insult): The son affronted the father.
49. Pleasure (sensuous enjoyment): Do me the pleasure of dining with me.
Delight (great pleasure): The romantic poets find delight in the lap of nature.
Bliss (perfect joy; a state of being in heaven): Serving mankind is a bliss to the virtuous souls.
50. Place (to put): Please place the lamp on the table.
Keep (maintain in order): Keep the books properly in the shelf.
51. Perform (do a piece of work one is ordered to do): One should perform one’s duties properly.
Execute (carry plan, command, law etc.) The proper execution of the law is more important than
its formation.
Accomplish (complete a task or anything): He accomplished his aims successfully.
52. Power (faculty of body or mind): He is a man of great intellectual power.
Force (power of body or mind which accelerates the action): Christianity has been a force for
good in the lives of many people.
Energy (capacity to do things and get things done): He has so much of energy that he can do the
work of three men.
Strength (quality of being strong): God is our real strength. Might (physical strength): Might is
right.
53. Possible (that can exist or happen): Frost may be possible even in the month of May.
Probable (That may be expected to happen or prove true): Frost may be possible though not
probable in the month of May.

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