Confusing Words Clarified Group Z

Confusing Words Clarified Group Z

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zap, zap, zap

zap (ZAHP)

To attack, destroy, or to kill someone or something quickly: "An early heavy frost might zap the beginning blossoms on our fruit tree."

zap (ZAHP)

To heat or to cook something in a microwave oven: "You can zap your muffin in the microwave if you want to."

zap (ZAHP)

1. To move quickly or suddenly: "Pain can zap through your legs at night if you have a deficiency in magnesium."

2. To send something or someone quickly from one place to another through electronic means: "You can zap important messages from your laptop to the computer at work."

zeal, zest, zest

zeal (ZEEL)

1. Enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal and tireless diligence in its furtherance: "She was a politician known for her zeal or passion for reform."

2. A strong feeling of interest and enthusiasm that makes someone very eager or determined to do something: "Our son started to do his homework with renewed zeal after getting his first grade of 'A'."

"The local school principal enforced regulations with excessive zeal."

zest (ZEST)

1. Lively excitement with a feeling of enjoyment and enthusiasm: "She had a zest for life or she enjoyed life very much."

2. A lively quality that increases enjoyment, excitement, or energy: "His use of humor added zest to his stage performance."

zest (ZEST)

Thin strips or scrapings of the skin of a citrus fruit used as flavoring in cooking or baking: "The recipe said to add one spoonful of orange zest to the cake batter."

I am reading a book about Julia Child who was a fine cook and demonstrated great zeal in her passion for food.

When she talked, she spoke with zest about her recipes which often included zest as a flavoring.

zing, zing

zing (ZING)

A quality that makes something exciting, interesting, etc.: "A red scarf can add zing to a simple black outfit."

zing (ZING)

1.To move very quickly and make a humming sound: "If you shoot a gun, the bullets can zing past our ears."

2. To insult or criticize someone in a sharp, clever, or playful way: "Her opponents have run television ads which zing her."

zip, zip, zip

zip (ZIP)

To close, open, or to connect something with a zipper: "Please zip up your jacket because it is quite cold outside."

zip (ZIP)

To move or to act very quickly: "When vehicles zip past you on the street it can be very loud."

zip (ZIP)

Nothing at all: "She knows zip or nothing about the rules of the game."

zoom, zoom

zoom (ZOOM)

To move quickly: "When the children are on their bikes they always zoom around on the parking lot."

zoom (ZOOM)

1.To increase suddenly: "Housing prices can zoom up quickly when lots of people live in a small country."

2.To adjust the camera to make the image seem to be bigger and closer: "The TV cameras can zoom in to show the main character's face in detail."