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portion (POHR shuhn) (noun)
1. An individual share or part: Sally asked, "Richard, would you like to have a portion of pie for dessert?"
2. A dowry or inheritance: The heiress' portion of her father's estate was considerable, and as a result, many suitors sought her hand.
3. An individual's lot or fate: Because Mike broke a window at school, the silly boy's portion was to clean up the playground after school for the next two weeks.
2. A dowry or inheritance: The heiress' portion of her father's estate was considerable, and as a result, many suitors sought her hand.
3. An individual's lot or fate: Because Mike broke a window at school, the silly boy's portion was to clean up the playground after school for the next two weeks.
potion (POH shuhn) (noun)
A drink or a mixture of liquids: Dr. Benjamin mixed a potion for her patient to drink which she said would help her cough.
Bruces's stepmother gave him a portion of a secret potion which she had made for the occasion.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group P; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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(Latin: horny, hornlike; horny [tissue] pertaining to the cornea, the horny transparent anterior portion of the external covering of the eyes)
(Greek: iris [relating to the eye]; the rainbow; colored circle, colored portion of the eye [originally, "something bent or curved"])
(Latin: the fasting [intestine], the portion of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum [so named because early anatomists typically found this organ to be empty in dissection]; original meaning, "hungry, not partaking of food")