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Words Pronounced Differently when Capitalized 49 words

Some words chage their pronunciation when capitalized. Source:http://jeff560.tripod.com/words3.html

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  1. amend
    make amendments to
  2. Ares
    (Greek mythology) Greek god of war; son of Zeus and Hera; identified with Roman Mars
  3. askew
    turned or twisted to one side
  4. august
    profoundly honored
  5. bad
    having undesirable or negative qualities
  6. begin
    set in motion, cause to start
  7. breathed
    uttered without voice
  8. clement
    (of weather or climate) physically mild
  9. colon
    the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
  10. concord
    a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
  11. degas
    remove gas from
  12. embarrass
    cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
  13. espy
    catch sight of
  14. ewe
    female sheep
  15. forest
    the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
  16. forget
    dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
  17. guy
    an informal term for a youth or man
  18. herb
    a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
  19. ill
    affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
  20. job
    a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
  21. jubilate
    to express great joy
  22. Junker
    member of the Prussian aristocracy noted especially for militarism
  23. kin
    a person having kinship with another or others
  24. levy
    impose and collect
  25. Lima
    capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century
  26. magdalen
    a reformed prostitute
  27. male
    being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation
  28. Manes
    a Persian prophet who founded Manichaeism (216-276)
  29. mare
    female equine animal
  30. millet
    any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
  31. mobile
    moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place)
  32. mole
    a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin
  33. muster
    gather or bring together
  34. natal
    relating to or accompanying birth
  35. nestle
    move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
  36. nice
    pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
  37. placer
    an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral
  38. polish
    make (a surface) shine
  39. quiche
    a tart filled with rich unsweetened custard; often contains other ingredients (as cheese or ham or seafood or vegetables)
  40. ravel
    disentangle
  41. reading
    written material intended to be read
  42. said
    being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
  43. scone
    small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle
  44. seat
    any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
  45. slough
    a hollow filled with mud
  46. tang
    a tart spicy quality
  47. Tangier
    a city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar
  48. vital
    performing an essential function in the living body
  49. xi
    being one more than ten