Slide 1 : “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter-it’s the difference between the lightening bug and the lightening”
-Mark Twain
Effective communication demands precise word choices and often you see people fumbling for that right word. This occurs because there is a whole array of words in a genre and picking the right one is a problem.
Slide 2 : Culture: the way of life of particular group of people or nation.
Tradition: belief passed on from generation to generation.
Custom: behavior or action specific to a place or society.
Ritual: a religious ceremony performed in a set order.
Slide 3 : Industry: the field of commercial activity involving manufacture of specific goodsor sale of services.
Company: a commercial body which is in one or more industries.
Trade: the buying and selling of goods and services.
Factory: a building where goods are manufactured.
Slide 4 : Society: people living together in an order in country or region.
Community: a group of people with common race, religion or profession.
Situation: a set of circumstances in which one finds oneself surrounded by
Incident: a happening, an occurrence.
Slide 5 : Adopt: to choose as one’s own
Adapt: to adjust oneself to
Adept: skillful, good at doing something, dexterous.
Effect: result, to bring about
Affect: influence adversely.
Slide 6 : Anxious: filled with worry or apprehension on anxiety
Eager: looking forward with pleasure
Continual: recurring at intervals, intermittently
Continuous: occurring without interruption.
Slide 7 : Disinterested: free of selfishness or bias
Uninterested: not interested
Discover: to uncover or bring to light something that existed
Invent: to create something new
Slide 8 : Home: any place where one lives and goes back
House: the building where one lives
Intervene: come in between people or events so as to alter the situation positively
Interrupt: to stop the progress
Interfere: to prevent any activity from continuing (negative)
Slide 9 : Likely: probably
Liable: legally responsible
Marriage: the formal union of man and woman making them husband and wife
Wedding: the ceremony and celebrations accompanying a marriage
Slide 10 : Advice: counsel
The teacher gave many pieces of advice to the students before the exam.
Advices: information's
The invigilator gave advices to the students before exam.
Cloth: unfinished product
Clothes: garments
We give cloth to the tailor to get the clothes back
Slide 11 : Force: strength
Forces: troops
Forces landed at the disputed site.
Content: satisfaction
Contents: parts
I am contented with the contents of this book.
Slide 12 : Light: radiance, less in weight
I prefer light snacks in the afternoon.
Lights: lamps
We need to switch on the lamps in the night.
People: masses
Millions of people in the world do not have the access to the food and health facilities.
Peoples: countries
India, Japan, Korea and China are the peoples of Asia.