Homophoines, homographs Flashcards
1
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air
A
heir
2
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aisle
A
isle : an island or peninsula, especially a small one.
3
Q
allowed
A
aloud
4
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altar
A
alter
5
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ate
A
eight
6
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bail
A
bale : bundle
7
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ball
A
bawl : shout or call out
8
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bare
A
bear
9
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beach
A
beech : a large tree with smooth grey bark, glossy leaves, and hard, pale fine-grained timber.
10
Q
bean
A
been
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beat
A
beet : beetroot
12
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bell
A
belle
13
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berth : docking site
A
birth
14
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blew
A
blue
15
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boar
A
bore
16
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board
A
bored
17
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bough
A
bow
18
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blew
A
blue
19
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boar
A
bore
20
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board
A
bored
21
Q
bough : main branch of the tree
A
bow
22
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boy
A
buoy : guiding marker
23
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brake
A
break
24
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buy
A
by/bye
25
ceiling
sealing
26
cell
sell
27
cent
sent/scent
28
cereal
serial
29
cheap
cheep
| : chirp
30
check
cheque
31
coarse
course
32
core
corps : unit
33
council
counsel
34
crews
cruise
35
current
currant
36
dear
deer
37
dew
due
38
die
dye
39
doe
dough
40
draft
draught : current of air
41
earn
urn
42
ewe
you
43
faint
feint : a deceptive or pretended blow, thrust, or other movement, especially in boxing or fencing
44
fair
fare
45
feat : acheivement
feet
46
find
fined
47
fir : an evergreen coniferous tree with upright cones and flat needle-shaped leaves,
fur
48
flea
flee
49
flew
flu
50
flour
flower
51
fore
four
52
foul
fowl
53
gait : a person's manner of walking
gate
54
gilt : covered thinly with gold leaf or gold paint
guilt
55
grate : shredding
great
56
groan
grown
57
hail : pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.
hale : healthy
58
hair
hare
59
hall
haul : drag
59
hall
haul : drag
60
heal
heel
61
hear
here
62
heard
herd
63
heart
hart : male deer
64
higher
hire
65
him
hymn
66
hoard
horde : a group of people
67
hole
whole
68
holy
wholly : complete
69
hour
our
70
idle
idol
71
key
quay
72
knead
need
73
knew
new
74
knight
night
75
knot
not
76
knows
nose
77
lain
lane
78
lead
led
79
leak
leek
80
lessen
lesson
81
loan
lone : single
82
loot :
noun
private property taken from an enemy in war.
"the rooms were stuffed with the loot from Francis's expeditions into Italy"
verb
steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot.
"desperate residents looted shops for food and water"
lute : string instrument ( pear shaped)
83
made
maid
84
mail
male
85
main
mane
86
mantel :
The meaning of MANTEL is a beam, stone, or arch serving as a lintel to support the masonry above a fireplace.
lintel : A lintel is a structural horizontal support ( rectangle) used to span
(the full extent of something from end to end; the amount of space that something covers) an opening in a wall or between two vertical supports.
mantle : cloak , cape
87
meat
meet
88
medal
meddle
89
missed
mist
90
muscle
mussel
91
none
nun
92
oar : a pole with a flat blade, used to row or steer a boat through the water.
ore
93
one
won
94
pail
pale
95
pain
pane : sheet of glass , glass
96
pair
pear/ pare
pare : trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges.
97
pause
paws
98
peace
piece
99
peal :
a loud ringing of a bell or bells.
"the bell rang again, a long, loud peal"
peel
100
peer
pier : dock
101
place
plaice :
| a North Atlantic flatfish
102
plain
plane
103
plum
plumb :
measure (the depth of a body of water).
"I plumbed the depth and found the bottom of the shelf to be seven metres down"
104
pore
pour
105
practice
practise
106
pray
prey
107
praise
prays
108
principle
principal
109
profit
prophet
110
rain
rein/reign
rein : a long, narrow strap attached at one end to a horse's bit, typically used in pairs to guide or check a horse in riding or driving.
he reined in his horse and waited
111
raise
rays /raze
raze : demolish
112
rap
wrap
113
read
reed : a tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family, which grows in water or on marshy ground.
114
right
rite / write
rite : ritual
115
ring
wring : squeeze
116
road
rode
117
role
roll
118
root
route
119
rose
rows
120
rye : a cereal plant that tolerates poor soils and low temperatures.
wry : scoff meaning
121
sale
sail
122
scene
seen
123
sea
see
124
seam
seem
125
sew
sow
126
sight
site
127
soar
sore
128
sole
soul
129
son
sun
130
soot
suit
131
stair
stare
132
stake : pole , shares
steak
133
stationary
stationery
134
steal
steel
135
stile : an arrangement of steps that allows people but not animals to climb over a fence or wall.
style
136
suite
sweet
137
tail
tale
138
tares : a type of plant
a vetch : a widely distributed scrambling herbaceous plant of the pea family, which is cultivated as a silage or fodder crop.
tears
139
taught
taut : tight
140
tea
tee
141
tear
tier
142
team
teem : be full of
143
their
there
144
threw
through
145
throne
thrown
146
tide
tied
147
tire
tyre
148
to
two/too
149
told
tolled :
bell began to ring out
charge a toll for the use of (a bridge or road).
150
vain
vane/ vein
vane : a broad blade attached to a rotating axis or wheel which pushes or is pushed by wind or water and forms part of a machine or device such as a windmill, propeller, or turbine.
151
vale : valley
veil
152
waist
waste
153
wait
weight
154
weak
week
155
wood
would
156
yoke : harness
yolk
