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Question
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
illicit - elicit
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Solution
illicit (adj- illegal) – elicit (v – to evoke a response)
Two hundred miners perished after consuming illicit liquor in Bihar.
The police personnel tried to elicit the truth about the murder of the schoolgirl in a pump set from the arrested relative and three other culprits.
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