English Meaning for PA / SA Exams

Accept – Admit

Except – Excluding

Access - Obtain or retrievefrom a storagedevice

Excess - Going beyondlimits

Insure - Providing financialcompensation in theevent of damage

Ensure - to make sure

Affect - Mental state

Effect - The result of an action

Amend - Makeimprovements to

Emend - Correctmistake in

Ball - Round object that ishit or thrown orkicked in games

Bale - A large bundlebound forstorage ortransport

Born - Massive plantigradecarnivorous 

Borne -  Cause to beborn

Buy - Obtain by purchase 

By -‘A preposition with a range of meaning s’

Calendar - A system of timekeeping 

Colander - Bowl-shapedstrainer, usedto wash ordrain foods 

Cannon - A large artillery gunthat is usually onwheels 

Canon - A rule orespeciallybody of rules

Complement - a complete number 

Compliment - A remark (oract) expressingpraise andadmiration

Council - A body serving in anadministrativecapacity

Counsel - A lawyer whopleads cases incourt 

Currant - A Piece of dried fruit

Current - Movingstream of water in theseaHappeningNow

Defuse - Remove thetriggering device 

Diffuse - Move outward 

Disassemble - take apart into itsconstituent pieces 

Dissemble - Make believewith the intentto deceive 

Factious - Dissenting with themajority opinion 

Fractious – Easily irritatedor annoyed