Homophones

Question 1

Basted/based

Answer 1

Pour liquid on meat to keep it moist

Question 2

Caret/karat/carat

Answer 2

Circumflex accent/unity of measure of gold/unity of measure of a jewel size

Question 3

Buoy

Answer 3

Floater

Question 4

Beau

Answer 4

Boyfriend

Question 5

Bough

Answer 5

Branch of tree

Question 6

Cache

Answer 6

Store away

Question 7

Cannon/canon

Answer 7

Arm/set of traditions

Question 8

Chord/cored

Answer 8

Group of notes sounded together/remove the tough central part of the fruit

Question 9

Complacent/complaisant

Answer 9

Self-satisfied/willing to please others

Question 10

Coolie/coulee

Answer 10

Unskilled laborer/small stream

Question 11

Creak/creek

Answer 11

High pitched sound/natural stream of water

Question 12

Dam/damn

Answer 12

Barrier preventing a flow of water/to condemn

Question 13

Disburse/disperse

Answer 13

Pay it out

Question 14

Discreet/discrete

Answer 14

Cautious/distinct

Question 15

Doze/does

Answer 15

Sleep in lightly/female deer

Question 16

Elicit/illicit

Answer 16

To bring forth a reaction or response/illegal

Question 17

Ewe/you/yew

Answer 17

Female sheep/tree

Question 18

Fete/fate

Answer 18

Celebratory event

Question 19

Flue/flu/flew

Answer 19

Chimney for smoke or gases

Question 20

Fowl/foul

Answer 20

Chicken

Question 21

Franc/Frank

Answer 21

Type of money/member or an ancient group of people (ancestors of French)

Question 22

Frieze/frees/freeze

Answer 22

Strip of decoration

Question 23

Friar/fryer

Answer 23

Member of religious order (a man)

Question 24

Fir/fur

Answer 24

Tree

Question 25

Gait/gate

Answer 25

Manner of walking

Question 26

Guerilla/gorilla

Answer 26

Member of a group that fights

Question 27

Guild/gild

Answer 27

Group of people with common interests/ applying a layer of gold

Question 28

Hoard/horde

Answer 28

“A collection” of someone who keeps everything/ large group of people

Question 29

Latter/ladder

Answer 29

Last item in a list of 2 or more things

Question 30

Leach/leech

Answer 30

To drain

Question 31

Leek/leak

Answer 31

Plant

Question 32

Lyre/lier/liar

Answer 32

Music instrument/Someone that rests in a horizontal position

Question 33

Sided/cited/sighted

Answer 33

Having sides of a specified number or type

Question 34

Scull/skull

Answer 34

To row

Question 35

Soar/sore

Answer 35

To fly aloft or about

Question 36

Wails/whales/wales

Answer 36

Cry of pain

Question 37

Vice/vise

Answer 37

Immoral habit/tool