i. _______________ chickens every week.
II. He wants to _______________ in his career.
III. Who will _______________ the candles on the cake?
IV. We will take the machine to you _______________.
a) steel, ascend, kindle, mend
b) asso, light, ascend, fix
c) asso, ascend, light, fix
d) asso, kindle, ascend, fix
i. ass chickens every week.
II. He wants ascend in career. III. who will light up the candles on the cake? IV. We will bring the machine to you. to repair.The words below are homonyms, that is, they have the same pronunciation and different meanings.
Asso (verb) and steel (noun)
Ascend (rise) and light (set fire) Fix (repair) and fix (produce sound)Find the antonyms of the highlighted words in the sentences below.
i. That place was a true example of anarchy.
II. we saw animals exotic.
III. Write texts verbose.
a) organization, native, concise
b) organization, outsiders, redundant
c) chaos, eccentric, redundant
d) organization, natives, eloquent
i. important - significant
II. difficulty - contrariety
III. permanent - ephemeral
The following words are synonymous:
important and significant, difficulty and annoyance.Permanent means it lasts a long time, while ephemeral means it lasts for a short time.
Stable means it can last for a long time, while ephemeral means it lasts for a short time.Indicate the only alternative in which there is a pair of paronyms.
The words length (size) and greeting (salutation) are paronyms, because they are similar in writing and pronunciation.
The following words are spelled the same, but have different pronunciations, so they are homonyms:
- spoon (ô) is a verb and spoon (é) is a noun;
- game (ó) is a verb and game (ô) is a noun;
- support (ó) is a verb and support (ô) is a noun.
Indicate the only alternative in which the word beast has a denotative meaning.
In the sentence "In the jungle, they heard the roar of the wild beast.", the word wild is being used in its real, denotative sense.
In sentences a) and b), the word "beast" is being used figuratively (meaning that he is an expert or very good at something):
a) he Overcame obstacles and showed that he is a true beast. b) He is a genius at physics.In sentence c), the word "wild beast" is being used figuratively (meaning that someone is very angry):
c) When he saw what he had done, he was furious.(UCDB-MT) Mark the incorrect alternative.
The meanings of the words cell and saddle are reversed. A cell is a chain, while a saddle is a horse. Cela and saddle are homonymous words, because they have the same pronunciation and, sometimes, they have the same spelling.
In this case, as they are spelled differently, they are called heterographic homophones. (homophone = same pronunciation and heterographic = different spelling).
(FGV-SP) Select the correct alternative regarding the spelling/meaning relationship.
The word discretion is a characteristic of someone who is discreet.
Correction of the remaining alternatives:
a) To dream, just close your eyes. (to close means to close, while to saw means to cut)
d) His expenses were huge. (bulky means exaggerated, while bulky means puffy)
e) He still had incipient knowledge of Mathematics. (incipient means beginner, while incipient means ignorant)
The tribe of those who prefer to stay on the sidelines of the bits and bytes race is not dwarfed. But it's the die-hards who make technology easier.
In this journalistic note, the expression “against the tide” is linked, in terms of the meaning it assumes, to the word:
The word renitente means nonconformist. In this context, it means that it is the non-conformists who make technology easier, because there are many people (the tribe) who prefer to stay on the sidelines.
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