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prefect ~ perfect
[different first vowel sound]
“Prefect” (noun) is ‘a senior student given powers and responsibilities for keeping order and discipline among students; the head of the police department in Paris; the title of the chief administrative officer in some countries’,
the student prefect team, The King’s School, Chester
e.g.
The prefect made the students walk in silence while going to the prayer hall.
{For more information on prefect, you may visit: http://www.kingschester.co.uk/senior-prefects.}
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“Perfect” (adjective) means ‘very suitable for the purpose; complete; without a fault’,
a perfect circle
e.g.
This is a perfect location for our holiday camp.
Her English is perfect, but she is a perfect fool.
{In English grammar, a perfect tense is either the present perfect or the past perfect or the future perfect.}
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