Saturday, July 31, 2010

homonyms

Homonym is a word that is the same in form or sound as another but different in meaning. E.g. pale and pail, here are the homonyms listed alphabetically that you have to learn carefully.
1. Air = (atmosphere) heir =(inheritor)
2. Aisle =(passage) isle =(island)
3. Alley =(Passage) ally =(a friend)
4. Anker =(a measure) anchor =(of a vessel)
5. Ant =(insect) aunt =(relative)
6. Bacon =(pork) baken =(baked)
7. Bare =(naked) bear =(animal, to carry)
8. Beat =(to strike) beet =(vegetable)
9. Brake =(to a wheel) break =(opening; to part)
10. Cannon =(large gun) canon =(a law, a rule)
11. Cast =(to throw) caste =(rank)
12. Ceiling =(for a room) sealing =(fastening)
13. Collar =(neck wear) color =(hue)
14. Dam =(wall for stream) damn =(to doom of curse)
15. Decease =(death) disease =(sickness)
16. Die =(to expire) dye =(to color)
17. Elude =(to escape from) illude =(to deceive)
18. Eruption =(bursting) irruption =(sudden invasion)
19. Fair =(beautiful, just) fare =(food, price)
20. Find =(to discover) fined =(punished)
21. Foul =(unclean) fowl =(pearl of fool)
22. Guilt =(crime) gilt =(gold on surface)
23. Heal =(to cure) heel =(part of fool)
24. Holy =(pure sacred) wholly =(completely)
BSI silabus

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