Thursday, April 8, 2010

GRE: KNOW SOME UNIQUE WORD PAIRS 2ND

14) Bode vs. Abode
Bode (v): foreshadow, portend
Abode (n): a house or home

15) Eon vs. Peon
Eon (n): an indefinite and very long period.
Peon (n): landless; agricultural worker, bond servant



16) Gape vs. Agape
Gape (v): stare with one’s mouth open wide in amazement or wonder
Agape (adj): (of a person’s mouth) wide open.

17) Lithe vs. Blithe
Lithe (adj): slim, supple, and graceful.
Blithe (adj): cheerfully or thoughtlessly indifferent.
                 : (literary) happy or joyous

18) Lumber vs. Slumber
Lumber (v): move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.
Slumber (v): sleep; (n): a sleep

19) Muse vs. Amuse
Muse (v): (often muse on) be absorbed in thought.
Say to oneself in a thoughtful manner.
Amuse (v): make (someone) laugh or smile
               : provide interesting occupation for; entertain

20) Onus vs. Bonus
Onus (n): a burden, duty, or responsibility.
Bonus (n): a sum of money added to a person’s wages for good performance.

21) Ravel vs. Gravel
Ravel (v): fall apart in to tangles; unravel or untwist; entangle
Gravel (n): a loose mixture of small stones often used for paths and roads.

22) Sunder vs. Asunder
sunder (v): literary spilt apart
asunder (adj): into parts; apart.

23) Vow vs. Avow
Vow (n): a set of such promises committing one to a prescribed role or course of action, especially marriage or a monastic career.
(v): solemnly promise to do something
Avow (v): assert or confess openly

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