Q6: Pairs of words in sentences

Understanding the topic

The instruction is to use five pairs in sentences that clearly illustrate their meanings, and "clearly" is the word that carries the marks, because a sentence that merely contains the word earns nothing.

(iii) Defenestration, Dénouement

Defenestration: During the disturbance near Anarkali, the defenestration of a chair from a third-floor office brought the police within minutes.

Dénouement: The dénouement of the story arrives only in its last paragraph, when the old man's long silence is finally explained.

(iv) Vallum, Vellum

Vallum: Walking the ruins at Taxila, Bilal traced the vallum, the earthen rampart still ridged along the fort's old boundary.

Vellum: Zainab's grandmother kept a page of calligraphy on vellum, the fine calfskin still smooth after sixty years.

(vi) Sere, Seer

Sere: By the end of June the fields around Tharparkar were sere, the grass burnt brown after weeks without rain.

Seer: Villagers near Multan still speak of a seer who claimed to read a traveller's future from the dust on his shoes.

(vii) Crepuscular, Crepitation

Crepuscular: The crepuscular light along Karachi's seafront draws families out in the half hour after sunset.

Crepitation: The crepitation of dry pine needles under Usman's boots gave away his position on the Murree trail.

(viii) Uxoricide, Uxorious

Uxoricide: The court recorded the charge as uxoricide, the killing of a wife by her husband.

Uxorious: Faisal is so uxorious that he will not accept a dinner invitation before consulting his wife.

Two pairs you should not attempt

Pair (i) offers "Blurt, Blert" and pair (ii) offers "Aeipthy, Apathy". Blert and Aeipthy are not standard English words. Blert survives only as regional British slang for a fool, and Aeipthy appears to be a misprint. Since the paper lets you choose any five pairs, leave both alone. Writing a confident sentence for a word that does not exist costs more than skipping it.