Daniel Dalton / BuzzFeed. Effervescence: bubbles in a liquid. 38. And finally, a word that embiggens the soul: Daniel Dalton / BuzzFeed. Cromulent: appearing legitimate but actually being spurious. This study investigates the use of words with multiple meanings in an authentic English novel. Two samples of content words with at least two dictionary meanings were drawn from J.K.Rowling’s Below are some of the most commonly confused and misused words in English. Advice/Advise Advice is a noun: Chester gave Posey good advice. Advise is a verb: Chester advised Posey to avoid the questionable chicken salad. Affect/Effect Affect is usually a verb: Chester’s humming affected Posey’s ability to concentrate. Homonyms, or multiple-meaning words, are words that have the same spelling and usually sound alike, but have different meanings (e.g. dog bark, tree bark). Beginning in kindergarten, children learn to use context to determine which meaning of a multiple-meaning word is correct in a sentence. Word study including homonym practice games and Unique English words have interesting meanings, pronunciations and spellings. The 16 terms on this list will make you sound smarter in your everyday conversations and may even impress native English speakers! Click to learn "flummox," "thwart" and other unique words in English to grow your vocabulary. To get technical for a minute, our multiple meaning words can be put in one of three categories: Homophones: words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings. For example: ‘son’ and ‘sun’. Homonyms: words that sound the same, are spelled the same, but have different meanings. Here are 126 rare words with beautiful meanings: 1. Zephyr. Noun: a calm, gentle breeze. This word stems from the name Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind. 2. Eunoia. Noun: beautiful thinking 1 / 14. CHIARI_VFX/Getty Images. Tomato, tomahto. Or rather, tuh-MAY-toes, tuh-MAH-toes. We aren’t talking about homonyms (same spelling but different meaning); homophones (same pronunciation You will find activities to help you learn the meaning, pronunciation and spelling of new words. Learning vocabulary will help you improve your language level and communicate in English confidently and effectively. The pages are organised by topic and include interactive exercises to help you learn and remember the new words. One way to learn new words is to focus on words that have the same sound as the word you already know. This can help you remember the new word more easily. Oo words are not difficult, but the meaning and pronunciation of some of these words may be difficult for beginners. SzEf.