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kaffir:
(also ‘kafir’)
a kaffir
a black African {used as an insulting word, therefore, not to be used in formal situations};
(in Islam) a non-Muslim; an infidel
(kaffir lime)
{Note: ‘kaffir’ was used for the language of Xhosa, a tribe in South Africa — ‘Xh’ in Xhosa is said with a ‘k’ sound, as in “king” — ‘kosa’, and [...]
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P & P — List K:
kaffir ~ keeper ~ kept woman ~ keyboarder ~ keypuncher/cardpuncher ~
Khan ~ kicker ~ kid ~ kidnapper ~ kike ~ killer ~ killjoy ~ kin ~ king ~
king maker ~ kingpin ~ kisser ~ kitchen maid ~ Kiwi ~ kleptomaniac ~
knacker ~ knave ~ knight ~ Knight errant [...]
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jurist ~ juror:
Both these words are related to the law of the land; however, there is some clear distinction/difference in their usage.
Please, go to “jurist” and “juror” in People & Profession for more information!
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junction ~ juncture:
[different second sound]
“Junction” is ‘a place where people, roads, or railway lines meet or cross; joining’,
(a spaghetti junction, Atlanta city, USA)
e.g.
The traffic is usually heavy at the road junctions.
Our railway station is a busy junction; one can get trains to any part of the State.
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“Juncture” is ‘a point in [...]
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judicial ~ judicious:
“Judicial” means ‘(of a process, system, inquiry, proceedings, decision, etc.) related to or concerned with a court of law; impartial (not supporting any one particular person or party)’,
e.g.
The wife of the lock-up death victim appealed for a judicial inquiry into her husband’s death, i.e. she wanted a [...]
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judicial ~ judicious:
“Judicial” means ‘(of a process, system, inquiry, proceedings, decision, etc.) related to or concerned with a court of law; impartial (not supporting any one particular person or party)’,
e.g.
The wife of the lock-up death victim appealed for a judicial inquiry into her husband’s death, i.e. she wanted a [...]
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journey ~ travel ~ voyage:
These three words express basically the same idea: ‘to go or move from one place to another’.
However narrow it may seem, the distinction (difference in usage) is there and we need to have at least some general idea of what each of them stands for:
on a [...]
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jangle ~ jingle ~ jungle:
[slightly different pronunciation]
“Jangle”, as a noun, is ‘an unpleasant metallic noise’; and, as a verb, it is ‘to make or give out harsh metallic noise; to argue or quarrel noisily’,
two people jangling
e.g.
Some inexperienced burglar set the burglar-alarm off and it kept jangling until father turned it off.
The [...]
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juvenile:
(short form: ‘juvie‘)
some juveniles
a young boy or girl who is not a baby but not yet fully grown, aged between 12 and 18;
a juvenile (a popular film actor, the central character in “The Lord of Rings” movie)
an actor or actress who plays such a person (a juvenile character in a play or film)
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justice:
(a symbol, usually a statue, that represents justice & judicial system, seen at courts of law and law schools
a judge and a part of the title of a judge of a court of law, e.g. “Justice Adam White is the presiding judge in today’s court.” (Some people consider using ‘justice’ in place of [...]
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