Basic Details
Word: Purification
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: The process of making something clean and pure by removing dirt, germs or other harmful things.
Synonyms: cleansing, filtering, refining
Antonyms: pollution, contamination
How to Spell Purification
Syllables: pu - ri - fi - ca - tion
Tricky part: Pure loses its e: the word is puri, not pure, followed by fi-ca-tion. Students write purefication or purificasion.
Watch out for: purefication, purificasion, purrification
Memory tip: Climb the ladder pure - purify - purification. The e of pure drops at the second step, and the y of purify becomes i before cation.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Our science class visited a water purification plant near the lake.
Example 2: Charcoal is used in the purification of water in many home filters.
Example 3: The village got a new purification unit, and families stopped falling ill from dirty water.
Fun Fact
Activated charcoal, used in many water filters, is so full of tiny pores that a single gram of it can have a surface area of more than 500 square metres.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
pur_fic_tion
a) e, e
b) e, a
c) i, a
d) i, e
Show answer
c) i, a. It is puri, then fi, then cation: i first and a second.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word: purification
a) filtering
b) cleansing
c) pollution
d) refining
Show answer
c) pollution. Pollution makes water or air dirty, the opposite of purifying it.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
fcritaiupoin
a) purification
b) publication
c) ratification
d) punctuation
Show answer
a) purification. A p, a u and three i's: only purification uses them all.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A simple purification method for drinking water at home is ____.
a) stirring with a spoon
b) freezing in a tray
c) adding sugar
d) boiling
Show answer
d) boiling
2. The purification of gold means ____.
a) painting it
b) selling it
c) removing other metals from it
d) making it heavier
Show answer
c) removing other metals from it
