Word groups,homonyms,synonyms,and antonyms

Hey guys! J. Today we are going to discuss about word groups, homonyms, ,synonyms, and antonyms .

Well,words are related in many ways :-D . Sometimes they have similiar sounds but different meanings,such as steak ( = a slice of meat ) and stake ( = a piece of wood driven into the ground as a mark ). These are called HOMONYMS.

Other words are closely associated in meaning,such as victory ( = the defeat of an enemy ) and triumph ( = a briliant victory ). These are called SYNONYMS.

Certain words carry opposite meanings,such as optimist ( = one who hopes for the best ) and pessimist ( = one who expects the worst ). These words are ANTONYMS.

Learn to distinguish between homonyms in order to avoid confusion in spelling which will result in such “boners” as, “ I feel a little horse today.“ ( horse = an animal ; hoarse = husky voiced ). Use a variety of synonyms to make your writing more vivid and colorful by avoiding the deadly monotony of sameness: “ It was a nice party . We all had a nice time. I wore a nice dress and a nice pair of shoes”. Build up your vocabulary by learning the antonyms for a word whenever you consult the dictionary; for example, when you look up revere,you will find the following antonyms : despite,defame,dishonor,revile.

Two or more words that are pronounced alike but are different in spelling and in meaning are called homonyms. Ok,let’s see some examples of homonyms :

To,two,too	Hear,here	Sent,cent,scent	Capital, capitol	Course, coarse	Session, cession
Pail,pale	Our,hour	By,buy	There,their, they’re	Straight, strait	Council, counsel
Mee,meat,mete	Right,write	Eight,ate	Way,weigh	Mail,male	Patients, patience
Road,rode	Break,brake	Peace,piece	Blue,blew	Led,lead	Hymn,him
Son,sun	Steel,steal	Pair,pare,pear	Ring,wring	Grown,groan	Stationary, stationery
Know,no	Whole,hole	Through,threw	Bow,bough	Air,heir,ere	Altar,alter
Some, sum	Red , read ( past form)	So,sow,sew	Plain,plane	Forth,fourth	Compliment,complement
Would,wood	Great,grate	Sight,site,cite	Seen,scene	Principle,principal	Serial,cereal

Ok,see you for the next discussion! :-*