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How to understand the meaning of the wordThe one you see for the first time? You can't do without a good dictionary. Not surprisingly, even people with a good education often confuse similar words. And it turns out quite awkward when a literate person puts the wrong meaning into the word. Even if the word is often used by everyone.

Today's edition. "Site" Ask readers to check how subtle they feel the difference between similar words. Take this little test of ten simple questions. Can you answer without error?



How to understand the meaning of the word

1. It is easy to guess that the words “immigration” and “emigration” have different meanings. But what exactly does it mean to move from one country to another for economic, personal, political or other reasons?
2. If a person needs to carefully close the door, what action should he perform: “feign” or “feign”?
3. What do you call a cheerful group of young people? Not everyone suspects, but there’s a huge difference between “company” and “campaign.” Can you feel it?
   
   
   
   
4. What term can replace the phrase “dance evening”? Choose the right option from just two options: “score” or “ball”.
5. “Crime” and “Commit” are also one letter apart. However, will the literate reader be able to answer without hesitation which of these words is connected with violation of the law?
6. How can I designate an extension to the house? Choose between "limit" and "chapel". Can you define these words exactly?
7. To make a bed or to make a bed? The difference in writing is minimal, but there is. And not every person is able to feel it in meaning.
   
   
   
   
8. The average person almost never talks about giants. Not everyone sees the difference between a colossus and a colossus. So what do you call a giant?
9. "Frost out" or "cold out"? Choose the word for the earth covered with frost. Interestingly, the terms and meanings have something in common.
10. As for the last pair, here you need to find the difference between “interspersed” and “interspersed”. What is the term for alternation?
    
    
    
    

Meanings and answers

1. The way out of the country is called emigration. Immigration is the entry of citizens of other countries.
2. The door can only be faked. To transform something into something else. For example, frost turned water into ice.
3. Campaign can be called a variety of events. A group of young people can only be called a company.
4. Large (and not only) dance evenings are called balls. But points measure, for example, the intensity of earthquakes or sea disturbances. Students get points in exams, etc.
5. If we talk about violations of the law, then the word “crime” is appropriate. You can get to work. For example, waves can come to the shore.
   
   
   
   
6. An extension to the house is an aisle. The limit is usually called the border, this term is actively used in mathematics, in economic calculations. Although in everyday speech you can hear something like “nerves at the limit”.
7. You can take someone by surprise. But when it comes to the bed, it is usually covered. Therefore, it would be right to “make the bed”.
8. In ancient Greece, colossos were called large statues. Therefore, over time, this word has become applicable to some particularly prominent in size entities.
9. Frost is called shallow rain. But precipitation in the form of ice crystals on branches and the ground is called frost.
10. Probably the most difficult question in our little test. But if "mixed" is more applicable to the disorder, then it is "interlaced" that is used for alternation.
    
    
    
    

How many correct answers did you get? If you make a lot of mistakes, take our other literacy test. Find out which phrases to avoid in speech.