migrate (of birds, animals, and people) = move from one place to another (to live there).

• How do birds know when to migrate and how do their way back home?
• A lot of new software engineers migrated to America where they could earn more.

emigrate (ONLY for people) = leave your own country and make your home in another one.

• Tomy Methipara decided to emigrate to the US.
• Many people emigrate to European countries in search of better prospects.

immigrate (seldom used) = enter a foreign country and make your home there

• He is planning to immigrate to the US next year. (rarely used)
• He is planning to emigrate to the US next year. (commonly used)
• He emigrated from India to the US (here the focus is on India)
• He immigrated to the US from India (here the focus is on the US)

However, the words immigrant and immigration are commonly used.

• Due to the scarcity of jobs, the immigration to Gulf countries has decreased.
• The number of new immigrants to Gulf countries has suddenly decreased.

blockage = state of being blocked

• A blockage in a coronary artery
• The pumps are prone to blockage
• There is a blockage in the drain pipe.

blockade = the enclosing or surrounding of a place to keep goods or people from entering or leaving

• The authorities blockaded roads in and out of the capital.
• Striking lorry drivers agreed to lift their blockades of main roads.
• The militant protesters blockaded the whole area around city hall.

notorious = infamous; famous for something bad.

• A notorious criminal.
• The canal is notorious for its pollution.
• He is a notorious drinker and gambler.
• An area notorious for crime and violence.

notarial = related to the work of a Notary Public(= a type of lawyer who has the authority to see that documents are correctly signed or that they are true copies)

• The will was duly signed and witnessed, and bore a notarial seal.
• Notarial services.
• Notarial fees.
• Based on the records, two lawyers were suspended from the practice of law and notarial practice.

housekeeper = A person, esp. a woman whose job is to organise another person’s house and deal with cooking, cleaning, etc.

• We can’t afford to employ a housekeeper.
• After his wife’s death he decided to employ a housekeeper.

housewife = A married woman who does not have a full-time job outside the house.

• Indira doesn’t want to give up her job and become a housewife.
• Most women in Kerala don’t necessarily give up their jobs and become housewives when they get married.

impassive = showing no signs of feelings; unmoved, expressionless

• She remained impassive as the officer informed her of the tragic news.
• As the jury announced the verdict, the accused remained impassive.
• The lawyer looked impassively at him and said nothing.
• John’s face was impassive.

impassioned = showing or feeling very strong emotions

• The president made an impassioned speech to the people.
• An impassioned plea for justice.
• The lawyer made an impassioned argument in her defence.

jewellery = rings, bracelets, necklaces, watches, precious stones, ornament sets with jewels.

• The stolen jewellery has been recovered by the police.
• The thieves took nothing but cash and jewellery.
• You should keep expensive jewellery(NOT jewelleries) in a bank or safe.

jeweller’s = a shop which sells and repairs jewellery

• Scariachan bought the gold ornaments for his daughter’s wedding at a jeweller’s in Mumbai.
• I saw the same watch in a jeweller’s(NOT jewellery) at Calicut.

reverent = feeling or showing reverence; worshipful

• Solon has/shows/feels great reverence for his professors.
• The Bishop’s sermon was received in reverent silence.
• He touched his music book reverently before he started the recital.

reverend = deserving to be treated with respect (because of age, character, etc.)
The Rev. (usually shortened in writing) used as a title of a clergyman

• The Rev. Father Babu Chelappadan
• The Very Rev. Scaria (Dean)
• The Right Rev. Andrews Thazhath (Bishop)
• The Most Rev. Dr. Mar Aprem Metropolitan (Arch Bishop)

Rev. Mother = Mother Superior of a convent