Top 60 Confusing Words Starting From “A”

There are lots of words in English that confuse us with their definitions, pronunciations, and even their placement in parts of speech. Therefore, today, we have brought up some important confusing words starting from A. 

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Aid (v) – to help (money or supplies)
(सहायता देना; मदद करना)

e.g.

• We must aid one another to grow in our life

 

Aide (n) – assistant; helper
(सहायक)

e.g.

• I’ve hired an aide as I’m quite busy with my work.

 

Ail (v) – to suffer from sickness or a disease
( बीमार होना)
e.g.

• I’m ailing from fever. Therefore, I can’t go for work today.

 

Alighted (v,adj) – to come down from something
(उतरना बस या ट्रेन से)
e.g

• We’re looking for him but he has already alighted from the train.

 

Lighted (adj) – burning
( जलता हुआ)
e.g.

• Extinguish the lighted candles.

 

Altogether – entirely, completely
( पूरी तरह से)
e.g.

• Mohan is quite rude by nature whereas his brother is altogether different from him. n

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All together – everyone in the same place (एक ही जगह हर कोई का होना।)
e g.

• We’re five people and we were all together playing a game when that incident took place.

 

illusion (n) – A false idea or belief
e.g.

• He is under the illusion that he’s here superior to us.

 

Allusion (n) – an indirect reference (संकेत)
e g.

• The title of this post seems to be an allusion to his new project.

 

Elusion (n) – the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning); act of escaping
e.g.

• The prisoner had been eluding the police for 3 days.
• The prisoners’ elusion is a security warning to the police.

 

Altar (n) – a place of worship (पूजा का स्थान)

e.g.

• One of the religious scholars claimed that the leader’s offer to sacrifice to God in the altar was not accepted

 

Alter (v) – to change or modify
(आंशिक परिवर्तन करना)

• We’ve altered a bit to our product and now will look a bit more attractive.

 

Ambiguous (adj) – open to more than one interpretation ; unclear or doubtful in meaning (किसी चीज को दो या दो से अधीक तरीके से बताया जा सकता है।)

e.g.

• Whenever you ask sth to him, he will answer you in a highly ambiguous way.

 

Ambivalent (adj) – Having mixed feelings; uncertain or unable to decide. (क्या करें क्या न करें वाली feeling होना।)

e.g.

• The couple was somewhat ambivalent about having a child.

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Amend (v) – to make change for the betterment of sth (संशोधन करना)
e.g.

• It’s really not good to keep amending our constitution every single year

 

Emend (v) – to correct or revise a written text

(किसी चीज से गलती को बाहर निकालना)

e.g.

• I’m gonna ask my teacher to emend this paragraph.

 

Amuse (v) – to entertain through funny stuff. (मन बहलाना)
e.g.

• She often amuses herself by watching videos.
  The magician amused us with his extraordinary talent.

 

Bemuse (v) – to confuse or bewilder; dull the senses
e.g.

• I’m literally bemused by her questions.

 

Amoral – unconcerned with morality; lacking a sense of right and wrong (नीतिहीन)
e.g.

• Cheating in exams is amoral.

 

Immoral (adj) – deliberately violating principles of morality (right and wrong).

e.g.

• Everybody knows that eating meat is immoral.

 

Anecdote (n) – short story with a message (छोटी सी कहानी)
e.g.

• My grandfather used to tell me lots of anecdotes to make me happy.

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Antidote (n) – a remedy that works against poision (एक औषधी जो जहर के खिलाफ काम करता है।)

e.g.

• We need an antidote in case of getting bitten by a snake.

 

Eager (adj) – (+ve connotation)
having keen interest
e.g.

• He is eager to get married.

 

Anxious (adj) – (-ve connotation) (चिंतित)
worried, concerned

e.g.

• I’m anxious about my future.

 

Appraise (v) – to estimate/assess the performance (मूल्यांकन करना)
e.g.

• One needs to be highly educated in order to appraise him.

 

Apprise (v) – to inform sb of sth. (सूचना देना/बतलाना)
e.g.

• You must be apprised of the problems which you might face
• We’ll apprise the customer for the advantage of our products.

 

Appreciable (adj) – noticeable; able to be perceived or estimated. (ध्यान देने योग्य)
e.g.

• There’s an appreciable improvement in his communication.
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Appreciative (adj) – feeling or showing gratitude
(किसी के प्रति अपना आभार व्यक्त करना)
e.g.

• I’m extremely appreciative of your support.

 

Any one – refers to an unidentified individual (कोई एक।)
e.g.

• My mother asked me to take any one chocolate out of ten.

 

anyone (pron) – any person (कोई व्यक्ति)
e.g.

• Anyone that wants to do sth remarkable in his life is to be very consistent and persistent of what they’re doing.

 

Anyway (adv) – used as a support to a previous statement. (बहरहाल)
e.g.

• I don’t watch funny videos but anyway I’ve subscribed to your channel.

 

Any way – whichever path.. (जो भी रास्ता/कोई भी रास्ता)
e.g.

• You can take any way to reach my home.

 

Arise (v) – come into existence (a problem) ;to come up. (दिखना/किसी समस्या या आदि का अस्तित्व में आना)
e.g.

• Let me know if any problem arise while solving these questions.

 

Rise (v) – moving from down to up; moving upward (निचे से ऊपर की तरफ उठना।)
e.g.

• We must not crush the truth of anything or anybody because that is going to be risen in the future for sure.

e.g.

• Raise your hands if you know the difference between “rise” and “raise”.

 

Round – circular in shape.
e.g.

• We need a round table.

 

Around – in the area of the vicinity (आसपास के क्षेत्र में)
e.g.

• I went to your home but there was nobody around. Therefore, I dropped the parcel around your door.

 

vicinity – surrounding area

 

Assassination (n) – the act of killing usually a public figure (हत्या)
e.g.

• He had prepared for the assassination of the opposition leader but it got revealed.

 

Assignation (n) – a secret rendezvous (meeting) between lovers (प्रेमियों के बीच एक secret meeting)
e.g.

• He is quite nervous about the assignation with an old woman.

 

Assignment (n) – a duty that is assigned to you (सौंपा हुआ काम)

 

Atheist (n) – a person who denies the existence of God (नास्तिक)
e.g.

• My brother was an atheist. Therefore, I gave him Satyarth Prakash which helped him again to turn into a believer.

 

Agnostic (n) – a person who is not sure about the existence of God (अनीश्वरवादी)
e.g

• He’s been an agnostic for most of his adult life.

 

Attenuate (v) – to reduce in strength; to weaken
(किसी चीज की ताक़त को कम करना)
e.g.

• The poison in his body was attenuated by the antidote.

 

Extenuate (v) – to lessen the seriousness of sth (crime, offense…) by making partial excuses
e.g.

• You should have apologized for the offense that you’ve committed but you’re trying to extenuate that.

 

Avocation (n) – a hobby or minor occupation persuade for pleasure

e.g.

• Painting is my avocation that’s why I do but for making money out of it.

 

vocation (n) – profession or occupation for which you are trained
e.g.

• I’m trying hard to find my vocation.

 

Auger (n) – a tool used for boring or drilling holes in wood
e.g.

• We need an auger for boring a hole in the wood.

 

Augur (v) – to be a good or bad sign of anything in the future. (अच्छी या बुरी चीजों का संकेत होना।)

e.g.

• I have got a job and this job augurs well for my career’s growth.

 

Abdicate (v) – to resign; to give up a position (त्यागना)
e.g.

• He was abdicated as a teacher because of drinking alcohol at work.

 

Abengate (v) – to deny, self-denial; following ascetic practices (मना करना)

 

Avenge – to punish sb who has hurt your family or friends. (किसी और के लिए बदला लेना।)
e.g

• you had hurt my sister. Therefore, I will avenge my sister by hurting you.

 

Revenge/Vengeance(n,v) – to punish sb who has hurt you.
You’ve hurt me in every corner of my life and now I want to get my revenge.

e.g.

• You’ve hurt me in every corner of my life. Therefore, I I want to seek revenge against you

 

Vengeance – punishment in return for an injury or a wrong; unusual force or violence

 

Abduct (v) – to kidnap (अपहरण करना)
e.g.

• She called her father and pretended to be abducted in order to extort a great amount of money from him.

 

Abductee (n) – a person who has been abducted.. (अपहरणकर्ता)
e.g.

• Police ensure that the abductee should not be harmed by the abductor

 

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