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It has been so unbearably hot here in the desert that some of the troops have begun to desert. The sentence above contains a set of A. antonyms. B. synonyms. C. homonyms. D. heteronyms.

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Answer: D. heteronyms

Step-by-step explanation:

Heteronyms are words that are spelled identically but are pronounced differently and have different meanings so desert is pronounced in two different ways it's a heteronyms. trust me it was on my quiz and it was right:)

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"in the desert" and "begun to desert" are both spelt identically but have different meanings- so D. heteronyms
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