univocal /yoo-NIV-uh-kul/ - 1. having one meaning only 2. unambiguous
Today's WOTD. More below
equivocal /i-KWIV-uh-kul/ - 1. having two or more possible meanings 2. not easily understood or explained
Had I encountered these two words in the opposite order, I might have interpreted them both correctly. But my (mental) pronunciation error when I saw the WOTD as /,yoo-ni-VOH-kul/ led me to interpret it more in accordance with its obsolete meaning. That pronunciation continued over as I read the second word, which is actually a long-established member of my working vocabulary (along with its antonym, "unequivocal," which I now see has a shorter synonym) that I now misread as /,ee-kwih-VOH-kul/. The reader can probably see how I'd misinterpret, given that pronunciation, as referring to two equally strong voices.
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