Most Important English Vocabulary Part - I
List of Homophones and Homophones -
Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings while Homophones are words that sound the same when you pronounce them, but have different meanings. We have selected these words for maximum usefulness. All these have appeared in recent years in different exams. it will be helpful in upcoming exams like ssc cgl, ssc chsl as well as IBPS PO Clerk and SBI PO.
- Ade – drink type, as in lemonade
- Aid – to help or assist
- Aide - assistant
- Affect - change
- Effect – result or consequence
- Err – to make a mistake
- Aisle - walkway
- Isle - island
- Allowed - permitted
- Aloud – out loud
- Ant – an insect living in organized colonies
- Aunt – relative, as in your mom's sister
- Arc - curve
- Ark – Noah's boat
- Ate – chewed up and swallowed
- Bare - uncovered
- bear – grizzly animal
- berry – fruit from a bush
- bury – to put underground
- bee – buzzing insect
- beach – sandy shore
- beech – type of tree
- beat - to pound
- beet – type of edible plant
- berth – tie up
- bite - nibble
- byte – 8 bits (data)
- blew – past of blow
- blue – color of ocean
- boar - pig
- bore – not interesting
- bore - to drill
- borough – area or district
- burrow – dig through
- burro – small donkey
- bough - branch
- bow – bend or curtsy
- buoy – floater
- boy – young man
- brake – stop pedal
- break – smash
- bred – form of breed
- broach - mention
- brooch - pin
- brows - eyebrows
- cell – compartment
- sell - vend
- cent – penny coin of USA
- sent – past form of send
- cereal – breakfast food
- serial - sequential
- Chile – country in South America
- chili – bean stew
- chilly – frosty
- chord – musical tone
- cord - rope
- cite - quote
- site - location
- sight - view
- complement – enhance; go together
- compliment - praise
- council - committee
- counsel - guidance
- creak - squeak
- creek – stream of water
- crews - gangs
- cruise – ride on a boat
- dear - darling
- deer – woodland animal
- dew – morning mist
- due - payable
- die – cease to exisT
- dye - color
- doe – female deer
