Heteronyms

(ah-fect) to change;

(af-fect) feeling or emotion

(alt-er-nit) another choice;

(alt-er-nait) switch back and forth

(ap-prope-ri-ate) to take possession of;

(ap-prope-ri-it) suitable

(air) 100 square meters (a hundredth of a hectare);

(ahr) plural present tense of ‘to be’

(a-rith-me-tic) a branch of mathematics;

(air-ith-met-ic) characteristic of arithmetic

(at-trib-ute) to ascribe;

(at-trib-ute) characteristic

(ax-ez) plural of axe;

(ax-eez) plural of axis

(base) a stringed instrument;

(bass) a fish

(rhymes with ‘how’) to incline the head in greeting;

(rhymes with ‘tow’) weapon that is used for shooting arrows;

(rhymes with ‘how’d’) inclined the head in greeting;

(rhymes with ‘towed’) bent

(buf-fet) to hit;

(buf-fay, boof-fay) a meal at which guests serve themselves from dishes on display

(cloze) to shut;

(clohss) nearby

(com-bine) threshing machine;

(com-bine) put together

(con-duct) behaviour;

(con-duct) to direct or manage

(con-flict) disagreement or fight;

(con-flict) to be in opposition

(con-sole) upright case; also, computer terminal;

(con-sole) to comfort

(con-sort) companion or partner;

(con-sort) to keep company

(con-struct) something constructed;

(con-struct) to assemble

(con-tent) substantive part;

(con-tent) satisfied

(con-test) competition;

(con-test) to dispute

(con-tract) agreement;

(con-tract) to shrink or to agree on a project

(con-vert) one whose belief was changed;

(con-vert) to change one’s belief

(con-verse) opposite;

(con-verse) to talk

(con-vict) prisoner;

(con-vict) to find guilty

(crookd) bended;

(crook-ed) bent

(de-lib-er-ate) carefully considered;

(de-lib-er-ate) to consider

(des-ert) arid region;

(de-sert) to leave; also, something deserved

(die-jest) collection of published material;

(die-jest) absorb nutrients

(doo) to accomplish;

(doe) musical note

(duz) performs;

(doze) multiple one female deer

(rhymes with ‘‘love’’) a bird;

(rhymes with ‘‘hove’’) jumped off

(door) compartment that is opened by pulling out;

(draw-er) one who draws

(ee-lip-sez) plural of ellipse;

(ee-lip-seez) plural of ellipsis

(en-trance) entry way;

(en-trance) to captivate

(eve-ning) the time of day between afternoon and night;

(eve-en-ing) making even

(ex-cuze) to let someone off;

(ex-kyewss) justifying explanation

(howss) building that serves as living quarters;

(howz) to provide with living quarters

(in-cense) substance that produces a pleasant aroma when burned;

(in-cense) to anger

(in-tern) a worker in training;

(in-tern) confine to a prescribed area

(in-val-id) someone who is sick or disabled;

(in-val-id) not valid

(lam-in-it) a layered construct;

(lam-in-ate) to construct by layering

(hard ‘th’) foam or suds;

(soft ‘th’) one who installs lath (lattice)

(leed) to guide;

(led) a metallic element

(min-it) sixty seconds;

(my-noot) tiny

(mod-er-it) not excessive or extreme;

(mod-er-ate) to preside over

(rhymes with ‘cow’) pile of hay stored in a barn;

(rhymes with ‘tow’) to cut grass

(mult-i-ply) to perform the mathematical operation of multiplication;

(mult-i-plee) in a multiple manner

(num-ber) a discrete value or quantity;

(num-mer) more numb

(nun) woman in a religious order;

(noon) the fourteenth letter of the hebrew alphabet

(ob-ject) thing;

(ob-ject) to protest

(ove-er-head) operating expenses; also, an overhead projector;

(ov-er-head) high; above the level of the head

(pay-stee) like glue;

(pass-tee) meat pie

(pate) top of the head;

(pat) porcelain paste; (pa-tay) a minced food

(per-fect) flawless;

(per-fect) to make flawless

(peer-ee-odd-ic) occasional;

(pure-eye-odd-ic) an iodine compound

(per-mit) document giving permission;

(prez-ent) gift;

(pre-zent) to introduce

(prihm-er) elementary book;

(pry-mer) undercoat of paint

(pro-duce) vegetables;

(pro-duce) bring forth

(pro-ject) task;

(pro-ject) to forecast; also, to show a movie

(pro-test) an objection;

(pro-test) to object

(puhs-ee) having pus;

(pooh-see) kitten

(ray-ven) a black bird;

(rav-en) hungry

(reb-el) one who refuses allegiance or opposes;

(re-bel) to refuse allegiance or oppose

(rec-ord) a documented account;

(re-cord) to set down to preserve

(rec-ree-a-shun) entertaining or relaxing pastime;

(ree-cree-a-shun) something that is remade, recreated

(ref-yoos) garbage;

(ref-yooz) to deny

(ree-lay) a race in which members of a team take turns racing;

(ree-lay) to lay again;
(rih-lay) to pass along

(re-peat) repeated television show;

(re-peat) to perform again

(re-run) repeated television show;

(re-run) to run again

(re-zine) to quit;

(re-sign) to sign again

(ree-zoom) to restart;

(reh-zoom-ay) document of professional experience

(rhymes with ‘‘cow’’) a fight;

(rhymes with ‘‘tow’’) a series of objects; also, to propel a boat with oars

(sake) purpose;

(sah-kee) alcoholic drink

(see-cret-ed) placed out of sight;

(see-creet-ed) emitted

(sep-ar-ate) to set apart;

(sep-ret) not joined together

(soe-wer) one who sews;

(soo-wer) channel for human waste

(rhymes with ‘‘tough’’) outer layer or covering that is shed;

(rhymes with ‘‘cow’’) a hole filled with deep mud or mire;
(rhymes with ‘‘through’’) a marsh

(rhymes with ‘‘cow’’) a pig;

(rhymes with ‘‘tow’’) to plant seed

(sub-ject) the theme; also, one ruled by another;

(sub-ject) to force upon

(sus-pect) one suspected of a crime;

(sus-pect) to have suspicion

(tare) to rip;

(teer) a drop of the clear liquid emitted by the eye

(yoon-yon-ized) belonging to a union;

(un-i-on-ized) not converted into ions

(rhymes with ‘‘find’’) to coil up;

(winned) moving air

(woond) to injure;

(wound) coiled up