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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.
prescribed - proscribed
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Solution
prescribed (set down rules) – proscribed (prohibited)
The students were advised to follow the guidelines prescribed by the Directorate of Government Examinations.
The tourists were proscribed from taking selfies from the suicide point in Kodaikanal.
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