Would a gofer or a gopher dig holes in your yard? During a bullfight, does the matador run a risk of being gored or gourd? When you visit the zoo, would you see a gorilla or a guerilla? After completing twelve years of school, do you participate in a gradation or graduation?
pocket gopher, wikimedia commons
gofer, gopher
A gofer an employee or assistant whose duties include menial tasks such as running errands.
Daniel’s job as a gofer for the lawyer turned out to be more exhausting than he had thought it would be.
A gopher is any burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae, of North and Central America, having a thickset body, short legs, and cheek pouches. It is also known as a pocket gopher.
A gopher uses it sharp claws and teeth to excavate underground tunnels and burrows. For the property owner, this quickly turns into a nightmare.
gored, gourd
To be gored is to be pierced or stabbed with a horn or tusk.
The bull gored the distracted matador.
A gourd is the fruit of any of various cucurbitaceous or similar plants, esp the bottle gourd and some squashes, whose dried shells are used for ornament, drinking cups, etc.
There are six main shapes into which a gourd can be classified: bottle gourd, canteen gourd, kettle gourd, pear gourd, tall-body gourd, or specialty shape gourd.
gorge, gouge
A gorge is a deep ravine, especially one through which a river runs.
Red River Gorge is a popular tourist attraction in Stanton, Kentucky.
As a noun, gouge an act of extortion. As a verb, gouge means to extort from, swindle, or overcharge.
Many of the shop owners in the run-down part of town will try to gouge their customers.
gorilla, guerrilla or guerilla
A gorilla is the largest anthropoid ape inhabiting the forests of central W Africa. It is stocky and massive, with a short muzzle and coarse dark hair
When born, a gorilla infant weights about three to four pounds and is helpless.
A guerrilla or guerilla is a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.
The word guerrilla is of Spanish origin and means “little war.”
University of Maryland graduation ceremony, wikimedia commons
gradation, graduation
A gradation is a series of systematic stages, a gradual progression
She bought the blanket where the gradation of color went from royal blue to battleship gray.
Graduation is the ceremony at which school or college degrees and diplomas are conferred.
In Japan during graduation, instead of wearing a cap and gown, the students wear their school uniform.
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grade. grayed
Grade has many definitions. One of them is a letter, number, or other symbol indicating the relative quality of a student’s work in a course, examination, or special assignment; mark
Marci made an “A” on her trigonometry test.
An item whose color has faded and dimmed can be described as grayed.
The grayed rug was once brilliantly colored.
glacier, pixabay
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