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Vocabulary – Multiple-meaning Words

Many English words have two or more definitions. These words are called homographs because they are spelled the same but have different meanings.

Look at the table below. One word or phrase on the right does not have the same meaning as the word on the left. Choose that word or phrase. The correct answer will turn blue when you click on it.

sweet a candy pop very nice sugary
match a game between two teams a large amount of something a marriage partner a small stick for starting fire
trade to exchange things a kind of skilled work to make a deal a kind of characteristic