Homonyms vocab 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 canon | a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired |
| carat | unit of weight for precious stone; measure of gold's fineness |
| karat | the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy |
| caws | sounds of crows |
| censer | a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual) |
| sensor | any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner |
| quire | the twentieth part of a ream of paper |
| clause | (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence |
| cocks | He cocks the gun before it will fire |
| cox | the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew |
| conker | the inedible nut-like seed of the horse chestnut |
| choral | a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune, related to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir |
| chorale | a hym or song sung to a traditional or composed melody in church |
| council | a body serving in an administrative capacity |
| councilor | a member of a council |
| cygnet | a young swan |
| signet | a seal used in place of a signature |
| draught | current of air (through a room or to a fire); act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time |
| eerie | so strange as to inspire a feeling of fear |
| ayrie | WHO KNOWS!! lol |
| aye | an expression "yes" |
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