Confusing Words H & I Series

CONFUSING WORDS H & I – SERIES

Ø  HARE (an animal like a large rabbit) - The hare was hunted down by the pack of dogs,

HEIR (successor) - The king, unfortunately, had no worthy heir.

  

Ø  HAIL (small hard balls of ice falling from the sky like rain; call someone) - 1. The fierce hailstorm destroyed the whole crop. 2. It is best to hail a taxi.

HALE (in good health) - The soldiers who made it to the Antarctic are quite hale and hearty.

Ø  HEAR (perceive sound without any special effort) - I can hear the noise coming from the opposite room.

LISTEN (to make a special effort to hear something) - The students listened attentively,

Ø  HONORARY (serving without pay) - He is an honorary surgeon at the hospital.

HONOURABLE (worthy of honour) - He is an honourable member of the community.

Ø  HOARD - to store, accumulate
HORDE - a tribe or a group

Ø  HOME (a place where one lives and ⁱs happy) - He has a cosy little home.

HOUSE (a structure to live in with no emotional involvement as such) - He has a big house full of beautiful furniture.

Ø  HUMAN (pertaining to man) - It is but human to err

HUMANE (kind, benevolent) Our society needs to adopt a more humane approach to those living with AIDS.

Ø  HUNG (suspended or supported from above) -- I hung the towel on the clothesline.

HANGED (to put to death by suspending by the neck) -The convict Was hanged at dawn.

    

Ø  IDEAL (perfect) - The ideal solution to the Kashmir problem is yet to be found.

IDOL (object of worship) – Their religion does not encourage idol worship.

    

Ø  IMAGINARY (fictitious, opposed to real) - Don't let the imaginary ghosts under your bed steal your sleep.

IMAGINATIVE (full of imagination, skilled at thinking originaliy) - Isaac Asimov was an imaginative writer.

     

Ø  IMMANENT -- Inherent, by birth

IMMINENT - impending, in the near future

EMINENT - Important, respected

  

Ø  IMMORAL (corrupt, evil, having no morality) - Going by the current trend, an immoral politician is no longer a surprise.

AMORAL (without moral standards) - It would appear that politics have sunk to new amoral levels.

Ø  IMPUDENT (rude, disrespectful) - The impudent student asked the teacher his age during a lecture.

IMPRUDENT (unwise) - The imprudent utilisation of the nation '_s resources has left us underdeveloped.

    

Ø  INDIGENOUS (native; originating in a particular region) - The agni missile is indigenously developed.

INGENUOUS (gullible; innocent) - An ingenuous customer is likely to be defrauded.

INGENIOUS (clever, inventive) - It was an ingenious solution to the vexing problem.

INDIGENT (poor) - In India many people are so indigent that they cannot manage a square meal.

Ø  INTELLIGENT (talented, clever) - The intelligent student always wins.

INTELLIGIBLE (understandable) - His message was not intelligible because there was too much noise in the background.