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100 Heteronyms You Should Know

July 3, 2026

100 Heteronyms You Should Know

No. Item Definition
1. abuse mistreatment; to misuse
2. address location; to speak to
3. advocate supporter; to support publicly
4. aggregate total; to gather together
5. ally partner; to join with
6. alternate substitute; every other
7. attribute quality; to ascribe
8. axes tools; cuts with an ax
9. bass low tone; a kind of fish
10. bellyache stomach pain; to complain
11. benefit advantage; to help
12. bow bend forward; front of ship
13. buffer cushion; to lessen impact
14. catalog list; to make a list
15. close near; to shut
16. combat fighting; to fight
17. compound mixture; to intensify
18. compress squeeze; compressed package
19. conduct behavior; to lead
20. conflict serious clash; to clash
21. console control unit; to comfort
22. contract agreement; to shrink
23. convert person changed; to change
24. delegate representative; to assign
25. desert dry land; to abandon
26. detail particular; to assign work
27. digest summary; to break down
28. discharge release; to release formally
29. discount price reduction; to disregard
30. dove bird; dived
31. entrance entryway; to enchant
32. escort companion; to accompany
33. estimate rough calculation; to judge roughly
34. excerpt short passage; to take out
35. exploit feat; to use selfishly
36. export goods sent out; to send out
37. extract concentrated substance; to remove
38. ferment yeasty process; to stir unrest
39. finance money management; to fund
40. frequent common; to visit often
41. gallant brave; polite and chivalrous
42. graduate degree holder; to complete studies
43. impact effect; to strike forcefully
44. import goods brought in; to bring in
45. incense fragrant smoke; to enrage
46. increase rise; to make larger
47. inlay decorative insert; to set in
48. insult offense; to offend
49. invalid not valid; sick person
50. jumbo very large; a large jet
51. laminate layered material; to coat in layers
52. lead to guide; a metal
53. liberal open-minded; generous amount
54. mandate official order; to authorize
55. minute sixty seconds; very tiny
56. neglect lack of care; to ignore
57. object thing; to protest
58. offset counterbalance; printing method
59. outfit set of clothes; equip
60. overlap shared area; to extend over
61. overrun excess amount; to invade
62. perfect flawless; to improve fully
63. permit allow; official pass
64. prefix word part; to add before
65. presage omen; to foreshadow
66. present gift; to introduce
67. process procedure; to handle methodically
68. produce make; fruits and vegetables
69. progress advance; move forward
70. project plan; to throw forward
71. protest objection; to object publicly
72. raven black bird; to devour
73. read interpret text; already interpreted text
74. rebel resister; to defy authority
75. record document; to capture sound
76. refuse decline; garbage
77. research study; to investigate
78. resume continue again; job summary
79. retail sales activity; sell directly
80. row line; noisy argument
81. sake purpose; Japanese rice wine
82. sewer drain channel; person who sews
83. slough shed skin; swampy area
84. sow plant seeds; female pig
85. subject topic; to expose to
86. supine lying face up; inactive
87. survey study; to examine broadly
88. suspect person doubted; to doubt
89. task job; to assign work
90. tear rip; drop from the eye
91. tense strained; verb time form
92. torment severe suffering; to torture
93. transfer move; moved person or ticket
94. transpose switch order; transfer music key
95. travail painful effort; labor pains
96. update latest version; bring current
97. upset disturbance; to disturb
98. use purpose; to employ
99. wind air movement; to twist
100. wound injury; twisted around

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