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SYNONYMS, ANTONYMS, POLYSEMY,
HOMONYM, AND HOMOGRAPH
1. Synonyms
1.1. Definition of Synonyms
Synonyms are words with the same or similar meanings. Words that are
synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is
called synonymy. The word comes from Ancient Greek syn (σύν) ("with") and
onoma ( νομα) ("name"). In the figurative sense, two ὄ words are often said to
be synonymous if they have the same connotation. Synonyms can be any part
of speech (such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs or prepositions), as long
as both words are the same part of speech.
1.2. Examples of Synonyms
1. About/Approximately
2. Above/Over
3. Abstract/Summary
4. Alike/Same
5. All/Every
6. Almost/Nearly
7. Animated/Lively
8. Anyway/Besides Angry/Mad
9. Apparent/Obvious
10. Applicable/Relevant
11. Appreciable/Considerable
12. Ardour/Passion
13. Arise/Occur
14. Aromatic/Fragrant
15. Association/Organization
16. Attractive/Appealing
17. Away/Absent
18. Awful/Terrible
19. Begin/Start
20. Bucket/Pail
21. Bunny/Rabbit
22. Carefree - Lighthearted
23. Center/Middle
24. Chair/Seat
25. Chef/Cook
26. Children/Kids
27. Choose/Pick
28. Clever/Smart
29. Cold/Icy
30. Come/Arrive
31. Cool/Chilly
32. Couch/Sofa
33. Crash/Accident
34. Crate/Box
35. Cruel - Mean
36. Cut/Clip
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37. Cry/Sob
38. Damp/Wet
39. Decorate - Adorn, Embellish
40. Dresser - Bureau
41. Droop - Sag, Hang Down
42. Enemy/Foe
43. Enjoy/Like
44. Error/Mistake
45. Evil/Bad
46. Exact - Precise
47. Exit/Leave
48. Face - Confront
49. Face - Visage
50. Factual - True
51. Fad - Craze, Trend
52. Faint - Indistinct Vague
53. Faint - Pass Out
54. False/Untrue
55. Fast/Quick
56. Father/Dad
57. Fight/Battle
58. Filthy/Dirty
59. Fire/Flame
60. Flourish - Thrive
61. Flower/Blossom
62. Friend/Pal
63. Funny/Silly
64. Garbage/Trash
65. Get/Receive
66. Grand, Magnificent
67. Happy/Glad
68. Hard/Difficult
69. Harm/Hurt
70. Hat/Cap
71. Hope/Wish
72. House/Home
73. Hurry/Rush
74. Ill/Sick
75. Infant/Baby
76. Jog/Run
77. Kind/Nice
78. Large/Big
79. Late/Tardy
80. Laugh/Giggle
81. Lead/Guide
82. Leap/Jump
83. License - Permit
84. Lid/Cover
85. Lifeless - Dead
86. Lifelike - Realistic
87. Likely - Probable
88. Limit - Restrict
89. Limp - Flaccid
90. Linger - Stay, Wait
91. Lingo - Jargon
92. Listen/Hear
93. Locate, Find
94. Loud/Noisy
95. Love/Adore
96. Mother/Mom
97. Near/Close
98. Ocean - Sea
99. Often, Frequently
100. Own/Possess
101. Paste/Glue
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102. Permit/Allow
103. Plate/Dish
104. Poor/Needy
105. Present/Gift
106. Pull/Tug
107. Quiet/Silent
108. Quiver - Shake
109. Raise/Lift
110. Reply/Answer
111. Rest/Relax
112. Rich/Wealthy
113. Risque - Tasteless
114. Robber/Thief
115. Rubbish, Garbage, Trash
116. Rug/Carpet
117. Sack/Bag
118. Sad/Unhappy
119. Save/Keep
120. See/Look
121. Selfish/Greedy
122. Shack/Hut
123. Ship/Boat
124. Shop/Store
125. Shout/Yell
126. Shove/Push
127. Shut/Close
128. Sleep/Snooze
129. Small/Tiny
130. Smell/Odor
131. Smile/Grin
132. Sniff/Smell
133. Song/Tune
134. Speak/Talk
135. Stone/Rock
136. Stop/Cease
137. Strange/Odd
138. Street/Road
139. Tailored/Tailor-Made
140. Taxi/Cab
141. Teach/Tutor
142. Temper/Mood
143. Terror/Terrorism
144. Testament/Testomony
145. Throw/Toss
146. Tired/Sleepy
147. To transform/To convert
148. Today/Nowadays
149. Torpid/Lethargic
150. Touchdown/Landing
151. Touchy/Sensitive
152. Transitority/Temporary
153. Transparent/Obvious
154. Trustworthy/Reliable
155. Ultimate/Final
156. Uncared/For Neglected
157. Uncommon/Unusual
158. Uncooked/Raw
159. Undeniable/Indisputable
160. Unforeseen/Unexpected
161. Unfortunate/Unlucky
162. Unhurt/Unharmed
163. Uninjured/Unhurt
164. Unlawful/Illegal
165. Unmarried/Single
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2. Antonyms
2.1. Definition of Antonyms
An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning as another word. It
refers to a word that is completely different from another.They also are
called opposites.
2.2. Examples of Antonyms
1. Absent - Present
2. Abundant - Scarce
3. Accept - Decline, Refuse
4. Accurate - Inaccurate
5. Admit - Deny
6. Advantage - Disadvantage
7. Against - For
8. Agree - Disagree
9. Alive - Dead
10. All - None, Nothing
11. Ally - Enemy
12. Always - Never
13. Ancient - Modern
14. Answer - Question
15. Antonym - Synonym
16. Apart - Together
17. Appear-Disappear, Vanish
18. Approve - Disapprove
19. Arrive – Depart
20. Artificial - Natural
21. Ascend - Descend
22. Attic - Cellar
23. Attractive - Repulsive
24. Awake - Asleep
25. Backward - Forward
26. Bad - Good
27. Beautiful - Ugly
28. Before - After
29. Begin - End
30. Below - Above
31. Bent - Straight
32. Best - Worst
33. Better - Worse, Worst
34. Big - Little, Small
35. Bitter - Sweet
36. Black - White
37. Blame - Praise
38. Bless - Curse
39. Bold - Meek, Timid
40. Borrow - Lend
41. Borrow - Lend
42. Bottom - Top
43. Bound - Unbound, Free
44. Boundless - Limited
45. Boy - Girl
46. Brave - Cowardly
47. Bright - Dim, Dull
48. Brighten - Fade
49. Broad - Narrow
50. Build - Destroy
51. Calm - Windy, Troubled
52. Can - Cannot, Can't
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53. Capable - Incapable
54. Captive - Free
55. Careful - Careless
56. Cheap - Expensive
57. Cheerful - Sad, Discouraged,
Dreary
58. Clear - Cloudy, Opaque
59. Clever - Stupid
60. Clockwise -
Counterclockwise
61. Close - Far, Distant
62. Closed - Ajar, Open
63. Clumsy - Graceful
64. Cold - Hot
65. Combine - Separate
66. Come - Go
67. Comfort - Discomfort
68. Common - Rare
69. Compulsory- Voluntary
70. Contract - Expand
71. Cool - Warm
72. Correct - Incorrect, Wrong
73. Courteous-Discourteous,
Rude
74. Create - Destroy
75. Crooked - Straight
76. Cruel - Kind
77. Dangerous - Safe
78. Dark - Light
79. Day - Night
80. Decrease - Increase
81. Deep - Shallow
82. Definite - Indefinite
83. Demand - Supply
84. Despair - Hope
85. Discourage - Encourage
86. Down - Up
87. Downwards - Upwards
88. Dreary - Cheerful
89. Dry - Moist, Wet
90. Early - Late
91. East - West
92. Easy - Hard, Difficult
93. Empty - Full
94. Encourage - Discourage
95. Enter - Exit
96. Even - Odd
97. Export - Import
98. Exterior - Interior
99. External - Internal
100. Fail - Succeed
101. False - True
102. Far - Near
103. Fast - Slow
104. Fat - Thin
105. Feeble - Strong, Powerful
106. Few - Many
107. Find - Lose
108. First - Last
109. Float - Sink
110. Fold - Unfold
111. Foolish - Wise
112. Forget - Remember
113. Fortunate - Unfortunate
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114. Found - Lost
115. Frequent - Seldom
116. Fresh - Stale
117. Generous - Stingy
118. Gentle - Rough
119. Give - Receive, Take
120. Glad - Sad, Sorry
121. Go - Stop
122. Great-Tiny,
123. Grow - Shrink
124. Happy - Sad
125. Harmful - Harmless
126. Harsh - Mild
127. Hate - Love
128. Heaven - Hell
129. Heavy - Light
130. Help - Hinder
131. Here - There
132. Hero - Coward
133. High - Low
134. Hill - Valley
135. Hinder - Help
136. Honest - Dishonest
137. Horizontal - Vertical
138. Humble - Proud
139. Immense - Tiny, Small
140. Important - Trivial
141. In - Out
142. Include - Exclude
143. Increase - Decrease
144. Inferior - Superior
145. Inhale - Exhale
146. Inner - Outer
147. Inside - Outside
148. Internal - External
149. Join - Separate
150. Junior – Senior
151. Known - Unknown
152. Landlord - Tenant
153. Large - Small
154. Lawful - Unlawful, Illegal
155. Left - Right
156. Left – Right
157. Lengthen - Shorten
158. Lenient - Strict
159. Less - More
160. Like - Dislike, Hate
161. Likely - Unlikely
162. Long - Short
163. Loose - Tight
164. Loss - Win
165. Major - Minor
166. Mature - Immature
167. Maximum - Minimum
168. Merry - Sad
169. Minor - Major
170. Minority - Majority
171. Miser - Spendthrift
172. Misunderstand- Understand
173. Nadir - Zenith
174. Narrow - Wide
175. Never - Always
3. Polysemy
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3.1. Definition of Polysemy
Polysemy (pron.: /pə l s mi/ or / p l si mi/ from ˈ ɪ ɨ ˈ ɒ ɨ ː Greek:, poly-, "many" and
sêma, "sign") is the capacity for a sign (e.g., a word, phrase, etc.) or signs
to have multiple related meanings. A polyseme is a word or phrase with
different, but related senses.
3.2. Examples of Polisemy
1. Accept - Take willingly, receive as suitable, agree, admit (responsibility),
to believe that something is true etc etc.
2. Aggregation – 1) Coming together, 2) Result of coming together; those
who come together
3. Bed – 1) Something sleepers lie upon, 2) What a stream lies on
4. Bolt – means “to lock”, “not to move”, while at the same time it may be
interpreted as “moving very quickly”.
5. Book – 1) A bound collection of page, 2) A text reproduced and
distributed (thus, someone who has read the same text on a computer has
read the same book as someone who had the actual paper volume)
6. Box - A type of tree, a container, a seating area, and to fight with fists.
7. Butt – 1) Part of a cigarette, 2) your rear-end.
8. Center – 1) of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or
intellectually, 2) an area that is approximately central within some larger
region (“it is in the center of town”)
9. Count – To say the numbers in the right order, to calculate, include,,
consider, (n) total, saying numbers,measurement etc.
10. Court – 1) Seek favor, 2) Assembly of those seeking favor; the president
of the court ("judge")
11. Crane – 1) A bird, 2) A type of construction equipment, 3) To strain out
one's neck.
12. Delegation – 1) Granting authority to another. 2) Those to whom authority
has been granted
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13. Express – 1)verb: to put something into words, push out, squeeze out. 2)
adjective: fast, such as an express train, express mail.
14. Face – 1) The front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and
ear to ear (he washed his face), 2) Deal with (something unpleasant) head
on (He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes)
15. Fair – 1) Adjective. Meaning lovely or beautiful. 2) Noun. Meaning a
gathering of people to sell and barter goods, or to enjoy entertainment
16. Fast – can be interpreted as “staying still” and “moving quickly”.
17. Firm – 1) adjective: secure, solid. 2) noun: a business organisation, a
company
18. Fix. It has many meanings such as 1.attach, 2.Arrange 3.Get ready (food
or drinks) 4.repair 5. punish, 6.set right (the hair).
19. Fleet – 1) Group of vehicles, 2) Swift.
20. Foot – 1) The part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint 2) pay
for something pick (“foot the bill”)
21. Funny - Amusing, Strange, suspicious / illegal, crazy, entertaining, witty,
humorous, comic, hilarious.
22. Head - 1) Part of the body above neck, 2) Person in charge of an
organisation
23. Hospital – 1) Activity or place for lodging guests, 2) Place for treating the
ill
24. Hunt – 1) Seeking something, especially game animals, to kill or capture,
2) Those engaged in a search and taking
25. Light – 1) A non-heavy object, 2) what the sun gives off.
26. Lock – 1) A fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed,
2)Become rigid or immoveable
27. Love – Affection, romantic(fall in love with), Enjoyment, (love of
learning), a score in games like tennis, Love-all).
28. Magazine – 1) A periodic publication containing pictures and stories and
articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to, 2) it product
consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object
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29. Man – 1) Humankind (both male and female, old and young),
2)Specifically a male human being, 3) Even more specifically an adult
male human being.
30. Militia – 1) Military or defense activity, 2) Those engaged in or subject to
being required to engage in defense activity
31. Milk - The verb milk (e.g. "he's milking it for all he can get") derives from
the process of obtaining milk.
32. Ministry – 1) Serving the needs of others , 2) Those engaged in serving the
needs of others
33. Mole – 1) A small burrowing mammal, 2) Consequently, there are several
different entities called moles (see the Mole disambiguation page).
Although these refer to different things, their names derive from 1. :e.g. A
Mole burrows for information hoping to go undetected.
34. Movement – 1) Motion, change in position, 2) Result of motion or change;
those who move or change
35. Note – 1) noun: something written down in just a few Also, 2) verb
meaning to notice, e.g., to note something, to take note of someone's
comment.
36. Nurse – 1) Serving the needs of others, 2) Someone engaged in serving the
needs of others
37. Odd – 1) Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing;
without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove, 2) Not
easily explained, it is odd that his name is never mentioned
38. Organ – 1) noun: a musical instrument such as a pipe organ or an electric
organ. 2) noun: a specific part of the body such as the heart or liver.
39. Pack – A large indefinite number, a complete collection of similar things,
a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
40. Paint – 1) Noun: substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a
surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to
form a hard coating, 2) Verb: make a painting
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41. Pale – 1) Pale (adj): Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan;
as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue, 2) Pale (noun): wooden strip
forming part of a fence
42. Paper – to a substance made out of wood pulp or to a daily publication
printed on that substance.
43. Play – Something done for pleasure, a drama, a game, etc.
44. Police – 1) Make orderly (lawful), 2) Law enforcers
45. Rent – 1) Payment at intervals for use of a property, 2) (as tenant) to
occupy for rent; (as landlord) to grant occupation for rent
46. Sanction – the verb means “to permit”, while the phrase “to put a
sanction”- “not permit”.
47. Service - 1) Doing for others, 2) Those who serve (especially
military)
48. Shine – 1)The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish;
sheen, 2) Be distinguished or eminent (His talent shines)
49. Sound – means a noise, a body of water, a state of health etc.
50. Spam – Stuff you get in your email, the left over ham.
51. Stalk – 1) The stem of a plant, 2) Verb meaning to follow and harass either
an animal or person.
52. Stand – 1) the position where a thing or person, 2) stands a mental position
from which things are viewed
53. Table – A piece of furniture, dining table, facts / numbers, maths,
(multiplication / addition tables, (V) to present.
54. To get (verb) – It mean "procure" (I'll get the drinks), "become" (she got
scared), "have" (I've got three dollars), "understand" (I get it) etc
55. Truck – 1) A conveyance with wheels, 2) Conveying with cargo, those
who transport cargo, traveling with vigor
56. Viking – 1) Raiding, 2) Those who raid (especially of Scandinavian
origin)
57. Walk – Went walking, went for a walk, walk the dog, Hill Walk Drive
58. Way – 1) How something is done or how it happens (a lonely way of life),
2) a line leading to a place or point (didn't know the way home)
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59. Wedding – 1) Joining a couple in matrimony, 2) Those engaged in joining
a couple in matrimony; time or place of doing so
60. Wood – 1) A piece of a tree, 2) A geographical area with many trees.
4. Homonymy
4.1. Defnition of Homonimy
The word homonym comes from the Greek (homonumos), meaning
"having the same name", which is the conjunction homos, "common,
same" and onoma meaning "name". In linguistics, a homonym is, in the
strict sense, one of a group of words that share the same spelling and the
same pronunciation but have different meanings.
4.2. Examples of Homonymy
1. Ade – drink type, as in lemonade/ Aid – to help or assist/ Aide - assistant
2. Affect – change/ Effect – result or consequence
3. Air – atmosphere (the stuff we breathe)/ Aisle - walkway
4. Allowed – permitted/ Aloud – out loud
5. Ant – picnic pest/ Aunt – relative, as in your mom’s sister
6. Arc – curve/ Ark – noah’s boat
7. Ate – chewed up and swallowed/ Eight – number after seven
8. Bare – uncovered/ Bear – grizzly animal
9. Base – bottom part/ Bass – deep or low
10. Be – to exist/ Bee – buzzing insect
11. Beach – sandy shore/ Beech – type of tree
12. Beat - to pound/ Beet – type of edible plant
13. Berry – fruit from a bush/ Bury – to put underground
14. Berth – tie up/ Birth – to be born
15. Bite – nibble/ Byte – 8 bits (computer data)
16. Blew – past of blow/ Blue – color of ocean
17. Boar – pig/ Bore – not interesting
18. Borough – area or district/ Burrow – dig through/
19. Bow – bend or curtsy/ Buoy – floater/ Boy – young man
20. Brake – stop pedal/ Break – smash
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21. Bread – bakery food/ Bred – form of breed
22. Broach – mention/ Brooch - pin
23. Brows – eyebrows/ Browse – look around
24. Burro – small donkey/ Bough – branch
25. Buy – purchase/ By – Beside/ Bye – Short For Goodbye
26. Cell – compartment/ Sell - vend
27. Cent – penny coin/ Sent – did send
28. Cereal – breakfast food/ Serial - sequential
29. Chile – country in south America/ Chili – bean stew/Chilly – frosty
30. Chord – musical tone/ Cord - rope
31. Cite – quote/ Site – location/ Sight - view
32. Close – opposite of open/ Clothes - clothing
33. Complement – enhance; go together/ Compliment - praise
34. Council – committee/ Counsel - guidance
35. Creak – squeak/ Creek – stream of water
36. Crews – gangs/ Cruise – ride on a boat
37. Dear – darling/ Deer – woodland animal
38. Dew – morning mist/ Do – operate/ Due - payable
39. Die – cease to exist/ Dye - color
40. Doe – female dear/ Dough – uncooked bread
41. Dual – double/ Duel - battle
42. Ewe – female sheep/ You - second-person personal pronoun
43. Eye – sight organ/ I - me
44. Fair – equal/ Fare - price
45. Fairy – elflike creature with wings/ Ferry - boat
46. Faze – impact/ Phase - stage
47. Feat – achievement /Feet – plural of foot
48. Fir – type of tree/ Fur – animal hair
49. Flea – small biting insect/ Flee – run/ Flew – did fly
50. Flower – blooming plant/For – on behalf of
51. Flu – illness/ Flour – powdery, ground up grain
52. Fore – front/Four – one more than three
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53. Forth – onward/Fourth – number four
54. Gorilla – big ape/Guerrilla - warrior
55. Grease – fat/ Greece – country in europe
56. Groan – moan/ Grown – form of grow
57. Hair – head covering/ Hare – rabbit-like animal
58. Hall – passageway/Haul - tow
59. Halve – cut in two parts/Have - possess
60. Hay – animal food/ Hey – interjection to get attention
61. Heal – mend/Heel – back of foot
62. Hi – hello/High – up far
63. Hoarse – croaky/Horse – riding animal
64. Hole - opening /Whole - entire
65. Holey – full of holes/Holy – divine/ Wholly - entirely
66. Hour – sixty minutes/Our – belonging to us
67. I’ll – i will/ Isle - island
68. Knead – massage/Need - desire
69. Knew – did know/New – not old
70. Knight – feudal horseman/Night - evening
71. Knot – tied rope/Not - negative
72. Know – have knowledge/ No – opposite of yes
73. Lead – metal/ Led - was the leader
74. Lessen – make smaller/ Lesson - class
75. Loan – lend/Lone - solitary
76. Made – did make/ Maid - servant
77. Mail – postage/ Male – opposite of female
78. Marry – to wed/Merry – very happy
79. Meat – animal protein/Meet - encounter
80. None – not any/Nun – woman who takes special vows
81. Oar – boat paddle/Or – otherwise/Ore - mineral
82. Oh – expression of surprise or awe/Owe – be obligated
83. One – single/ Won – did win
84. Overdo – do too much/Overdue – past due date
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85. Pail – bucket/ Pale – not bright
86. Pain – hurt/ Pane – window glass
87. Peace – calm/Piece - segment
88. Peak – highest point/Peek - glance
89. Plain – ordinary/Plane – flight machine plane - flat surface
90. Pole – post/Poll - survey
91. Poor – not rich/Pour – make flow
92. Pray – implore god/Prey - quarry
93. Principal – most important/Principle - belief
94. Rain – water from sky/Rein - bridle
95. Rap – tap/ Wrap – drape around
96. Real – factual/Reel - roll
97. Right – correct; not left/Write - scribble
98. Ring – encircle/ Wring - squeeze
99. Role – function/Roll - rotate
100. Rose – flower/ Rows - lines
101. Sail – move by wind power/Sale – bargain price
102. Scene – landscape/Seen - viewed
103. Sew – connect with thread/ So – as a result/ Sow - plant
104. Soar – ascend/Sore – hurt place
105. Sole – single/Soul - essence
106. Some – a few/ Sum - amount
107. Steal – swipe/ Steel - alloy
108. Tail – animal’s appendage/Tale - story
109. Their – belonging to them/There – at that place/They’re – they are
110. To – toward/Too - also
111. Toe – foot appendage/Tow – pull along
112. Vary – differ/Very - much
113. Wail – howl/Whale – huge swimming mammal
114. Waist – area below ribs/Waste - squander
115. Wait – kill time/Weight – measurable load
116. War – battle/Wore – did wear
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117. Warn – caution/ Worn - used
118. Way – path/ Weigh – measure mass
119. We – us/ Wee - tiny
120. Weak – not strong/ Week – period of seven days
5. Homograph
5.1. Definition of Homograph
A homograph (from the Greek: μός, ὁ homós, "same" and γράφω, gráphō,
"write") is a word that shares the same written form as another word but
has a different meaning. When spoken, the meanings may be distinguished
by different pronunciations, in which case the words are also heteronyms..
Homograph disambiguation is critically important in speech synthesis,
natural language processing and other fields.
5.2. Examples of Homograph
1. Agape - wide open/a greek word meaning “love”
2. Attribute - a characteristic or quality/to think of as belonging to or
originating in some person, place or thing
3. Axes - the plural of ax or axe/the plural of axis
4. Bark - the sound of a dog/the skin of a tree
5. Bass - a deep voice or tone/a kind of fish
6. Bat - a piece of sporting equipment used in baseball/a winged animal
associated with vampires
7. Bear – to carry; support/ animal
8. Blue - the color/ the feeling of sadness
9. Bow - to bend at the waist/the front of a boat/a pair of tied loops
10. Buffet - to hit, punch or slap/a self-serve food bar
11. Bustier - an undergarment/more busty
12. Compact - small/to make small/a small case for holding makeup
13. Compound - to mix or combine/an enclosed area with a building or group
of buildings inside
14. Content - happy or satisfied/all that is contained inside something
15. Contract - an agreement/to get, acquire or incur
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16. Coordinates - brings into proper place or order/a set of numbers used to
calculate position
17. Desert - a hot, arid region/to leave
18. Digest - a condensed version of some information/to change food in the
stomach into a form that can be absorbed by the body
19. Discount - a reduction in price/to underestimate the significance of or give
no credence to
20. Does - female deer (plural)/present, third person singular form of the verb
“do”
21. Down - in a lower position/soft, furry feathers
22. Entrance - the place of entry/to bewitch, delight or enrapture
23. Evening - late afternoon/making more even
24. Fair – adjective: free of clouds or rain /noun: a competitive exhibition of
farm products ppearance/reasonable
25. Fine - very good/sharp or keen/delicate or subtle/a sum of money paid to
settle a matter
26. Fluke - a stroke of luck / the fins on a whales tail
27. Frequent - occurring regularly/to visit a place with regularity
28. Incense - a substance that produces a pleasant odor when burned/to
infuriate or make very angry
29. Lap - to drink with tongue/ a circuit
30. Lead - to go first with followers behind/a type of metal
31. Lean – thin/ rest against
32. Lie - horizontal position/ falsehood or untruth expressed as truth
33. Live - being alive (liv) - Live - a performance in person/ broadcasting
something as it happens (lie-eev)
34. Minute - 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour/extremely small
35. Miss - unmarried woman/ to overlook
36. Moped - acted sad or gloomy/a bicycle with a motor
37. Number - a numeral/to count/more numb
38. Number - numeral describing quantity (num-bur) - Number comparative
form of the word numb (nummer)
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39. Object - a thing you can see or touch/a goal/a noun that receives the action
of a verb/to be opposed to
40. Plain - ordinary looking/ flat country
41. Plane - a tool/ a tree
42. Pluck - to remove feathers/ bravery
43. Porter - a weak beer/ a man who carries luggage
44. Proceeds - advances or continues on/the money or profit gained from some
sale or venture
45. Produce - to create or make/fresh fruits and vegetables
46. Project - a plan or proposal/to throw or hurl forward/to cause a shadow or
image to fall upon a surface
47. Putting - the present participle of put/the present participle of putt
48. Quail – cower/ bird
49. Refuse - waste or garbage/to reject or decline to accept
50. Rose - A flower of the rose bush - Rose - simple past tense of ‘rise’
51. Row - a fight/to propel a boat forward using oars/a line
52. Second - 1/60th of a minute/after the first
53. Shake – noun: building material used as siding or roofing/ noun: frothy
drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream/ verb: get rid
of (Example: "I couldn't shake the car that was following me")/ verb:
move or cause to move back and forth
54. Skip - to jump/ to miss out
55. Subject - under some authority or control/to bring under authority or
control/to make liable or vulnerable/a topic/the noun in a sentence about
which something is said in the predicate
56. Tear - to rip/a drop of water from the eye
57. Train - a loco and trucks/ to teach
58. Type - to write via keyboard/ a sort
59. Wind - to turn/moving air
60. Wound - turned/an injury
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REFERENCES
Http://clk.about.com
Http://en.wikipedia.org
Http://examples.yourdictionary.com
Http://grammar.about.com
Http://homeworktips.about.com
Http://wikianswer.com
Http://www.abcteach.com
Http://www.dailywritingtips.com
Http://www.enchantedlearning.com
Http://www.english-for-student.com
Http://www.home.alphalink.com
Http://www.usingenglish.com
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