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Heteronyms #3

A heteronym is a word that has a different meaning and pronunciation from another word with the same spelling. How many of these can you figure out?

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Last updated: March 7, 2024
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Definition 1
Definition 2
Heteronym
Not present
To keep (oneself) away
Absent
An abridgement or summary of a longer publication
To consider (something) theoretically or separately from something else
Abstract
To influence or alter
A mood or emotional state
Affect
To perform by turns, or in succession
One designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty
Alternate
To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone
A characteristic or quality of a thing
Attribute
More than one tree felling tool
More than one imaginary line around which an object spins
Axes
Made something holy
Having divine aid
Blessed
Bent oneself out of respect or deference
Having a curved bend
Bowed
Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated
A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base
Complex
A clash or disagreement, often violent
To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
Conflict
An argument in support or justification of something
(sports, dialectical) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring
Defense
To separate food in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements
Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list including a week's postings
Digest
A heroic or extraordinary deed
To make unfair use of someone else's labor, person, or property to one's own advantage
Exploit
A perfume used in the rites of various religions
To anger or infuriate
Incense
To become larger or greater
An augmentation
Increase
A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field
To imprison somebody, usually without trial
Intern
To assemble from thin sheets glued together
Material formed of thin sheets glued together
Laminate
Goods offered or intended for sale
To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods
Merchandise
One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics
To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
Moderate
Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality
To improve or hone
Perfect
To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for
An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal
Permit
Moves, passes, or goes forward or onward; advances
Revenue; gross revenue
Proceeds
In tatters
Scolded or told off; tormented; bantered
Ragged
Following after the first one with nothing between them
To transfer temporarily to alternative employment
Second
To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect
Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else)
Separate
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