Let's not get confused with these words

sometimes we come across  certain words that often confuse us. Let's  find the difference  of these common  word. 

Malady - a disease or an illness.

melody - a pleasing  note or tunefulness

mansion  - a large dwelling - house

mention - refer to or remark about 

maize - Indian corn

maze - a network of paths

navel - the small hollow,in front of the abdomen 

naval -  of the navy

night - the time after sunset 

Knight - a military  follower, a person of noble  birth. 

oar -  wooden pole with a flat blade, to row a boat with an oar

ore  -a mineral from which, metal is extracted

odour  - smell

ardour  - warm emotion, passion

overseas  - across  the sea

oversee -  control  or look after

Pallor  - paleness of the face

Parlour  - a private room like a beauty parlour

HAVE YOU HEARD OF THIS RARE DISEASE- TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA

Trigeminal Neuralgia

I have never heard of this rare disease after a trending news of  a Bollywood  star  suffering from it was  published. 

I tried to find out what it is, let me share it with you  all. 

Trigeminal neuralgia  is a rare chronic pain, affecting the trigeminal  nerve in the face. It is described  as a sharp shooting pain or like having an electric  shock  in the jaw, teeth or gums. It generally  lasts  from a few seconds  to about two minutes. 

This  disease  is not very easy to diagnose .

In other  words  it is a compression  of a trigeminal  nerve. This nerve transmits sensations  of pain  from face, teeth  and mouth  to the brain. 

WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY INTONATION

INTONATION 

When people talk,their voices go up and down and get louder and quieter.This natural variation is called intonation.If a person's voice stays the same,it will sound robotic and send the audience to sleep.Stressing important words or phrases helps to create a good rhythm,and will emphasise those points

SOME LATIN PREFIXES

Ab, (from) - abuse,avert,abstract

Ad , (to) - adjoin,

Ambi - (on both sides) - ambition,ambiguous,amputate.

Ante - (before)  antedate.

Bene - (well) benefit.

Bis - ( twice,two)  biscuit,bisect,binoculars.

Circum - (around) circumference,circuit.

Contra - (against) contradict,

De - (down) descend,dethrone,depose

Dis-  (apart)  disjoin.

Demi - (half)  demigod.

Ex - (out of)  extract.

Extra - (outside of) extraordinary,extravagant.

Pen - (almost) peninsula.

Per - (through)  pervade.

Post - (after) postpone,postscript,postdate.

Pre - (before) prevent,predict.

Pro - (for) pronoun

Re - (back ,again) reclaim,refund,renew,return.

Retro -  (backwards) retrospect,

Semi - (half) semicircle,semicolon.

Sub - (under) subordinate,subdue

Super - (above)  superfine,superfluous.

Trans - (across) transmit.

Vice -(in place of) viceroy,vice-President

  

ENGLISH PREFIXES

Prefixes are small words or letters placed before a word. Some of them can be seen here:

A  -, (on,in,out)abed,aboard,ashore,ajar,asleep,arise,awake,alight.

Be -(by) beside,bedtime,besmear,

For -(throughly) forbear,forgive,

Fore - (before)forecast,foretell.

Gain - (against) gainsay.

 In -(in)  income,inland,inlay.

Mis -(wrong) mislead,misdeeds,misjudge.

Over - (above,beyond) overflow,overcharge.

To - (this)to- day,to-night,to-morrow

Un -(not) untrue,unkind,unholy.

Under - (beneath,below)  Undersell,undercharge,undergo,underground.

With - (against) withhold,withstand,withdraw

Long words....Do you fear them?

HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA is  a phobia of long words.

A  funny song by Byrant Oden will make you remember the word hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

DID YOU KNOW THESE FEARS?

LUTRAPHOBIA: the fear of otters

NUCLEOMITUPHOBIA: the abnormal fear or hatred of nuclear weapons.

ODONTOPHOBIA: the fear of dental work.

OCTOPHOBIA: the fear of   figure eight

PENTHERAPHOBIA: the fear of your mother - in - law.

GLOBOPHOBIA: the fear of balloons

ABLUTOPHOBIA: the fear of bathing.

PUPAPHOBIA - the fear of puppets

CYNOPHOBIA - the fear of dogs.