Vocabulary Building Exercise 4

Ponder over the questions and clues given below and then compare your solution with the answers which are hidden in the white background and will be visible when you click the button at the bottom.

A)  Spelling Check
Here are five words that have been spelled incorrectly. Find their correct spelling without the aid of dictionary or spell checker?
 

B) Homonyms
Homonyms are words that are pronounced the same but have different spellings and meaning. Can you tell the difference in the following words.

discreet, discrete
discreet: restrained
discrete: distinct

flair, flare
flair: style
flare: a blaze of light

populace, populous
populace: population
populous: heavily populated

pore, pour
pore: to study carefully; a tiny opening
pour: to make liquid flow in a stream

C) Vocabulary Building Exercise

Here are five words with jumbled spelling. The task is to rearrange the letters according to the correct spelling and to indicate what form of word it is - whether noun, verb, adjective, adverb etc. and what are the other forms if any. Further to find how many synonyms each word has. 

a) eeehmntv
b) acioorsuv
c) aeirtvy
d) iioolntv
e) aceilnuvz

We can find each word with the help of meaning given below as clues. 

a) eeehmntv
Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid, Marked by or full of vigor or energy; strong. 

b) acioorsuv
Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous. Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or a pursuit; greedy, 


c) aeirtvy
Adherence to the truth; truthfulness. See synonyms at truth. Conformity to fact or truth; accuracy or precision. Something that is true. 


d) iioolntv
The act or an instance of making a conscious choice or decision. A conscious choice or decision. The power or faculty of choosing; the will. 


e) aceilnuvz
To improve the strength, resiliency, and freedom from stickiness and odor of (rubber, for example) by combining with sulfur or other additives in the presence of heat and pressure. 

Answers

a. vehement (adjective)
vehemence or vehemency - noun
vehemently - adverb

Synonyms
vigorous: forcible, forceful, vehement, violent, violent: violent, vehement, forcible, strong, assertive: vehement, thundering violent ,forceful: vehement, emphatic, insistent, reiterative, positive, affirmative fervent: impassioned, vehement, earnest, zealous, excitable: vehement, boisterous, rambunctious, tempestuous, turbulent, 
stormy, uproarious, clamorous, violent


b. voracious - adjective

voraciously - adverb
voracity or voraciousness - noun

Synonyms: voracious, gluttonous, rapacious, ravenous. The central meaning shared by these adjectives is “having or marked by boundless greed”: a voracious observer of the political scene; a gluttonous appetite; rapacious demands; ravenous for power.

Other Synonyms: taking: devouring, all-devouring, all-engulfing, voracious, ravening, ravenous, hungry, greedy: voracious, omnivorous, open-mouthed, gluttonous devouring, voracious, edacious, wolfish



c. veracity - noun
veracities is plural

Synonyms: veracity, veraciousness, truthfulness, truth-telling, truth-speaking truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, nothing but fact, fidelity, fidelity to fact, verisimilitude, realism, exactitude, accuracy openness, frankness, candor, manifestation bona fides, scout's honor, no kidding love of truth, honesty, 
sincerity, probity simplicity, ingenuousness, artlessness downrightness, plain speaking, plain dealing, being straight with one, plainness baldness, plain words, words


d. volition - noun
volitional - adjective
volitionally - adverb

Synonyms: will: will, willing, volition



e. vulcanize - Verb transitive
vulcanized, vulcanizing, vulcanizes

- adjective
vulcanization - noun
vulcanizer- noun

Synonyms: harden: indurate, temper, vulcanize, toughen be tough: mercerize, vulcanize, temper, anneal, strengthen heat: fuse, weld, vulcanize, cast, found