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A while

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Refers to a period of time

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Awhile

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Designates an action occurring during a short time

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Abjure

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To renounce

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Adjure

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To urge or command

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Conceive

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Come up with an idea

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Perceive

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To notice or understand

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Dribble

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To bounce a ball continuously or to fall slowly in drops

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Drivel

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To talk nonsense

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Elegy

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Reflective poem

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Eulogy

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Speech about someone who has recently died

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Meddle

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Get involved with others’ affairs

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Mettle

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Grit or strength of character

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Shear

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Type of very sharp scissors

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Sheer

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Completely or to move suddenly in another direction

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Upmost

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Highest, either physically or in rank

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Utmost

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To the greatest extent or degree

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Warrantee

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The person to whom a guarantee is made

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Warranty

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Guarantee that promises to repair or replace a purchase

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Auger

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Sharp tool for making holes

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Augur

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To predict something for the future

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Bouillon

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Broth

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Bullion

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A mass of gold or silver

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Feat

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Achievement

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Fete

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Celebration or party

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Forbidding

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Threatening

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Foreboding

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Feeling something bad might happen

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Historic

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Something monumental or of great importance

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Historical

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Related to history

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Regime

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Government

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Regimen

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Imposed routine or prescription

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Riff

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A musical phrase or personal take or opinion of something

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Rift

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Crack or breakdown in good relations

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Deprecate

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To dismiss

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Depreciate

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Diminish in value

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Disinterested

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Indifferent

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Uninterested

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Not interested or concerned

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Lay

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To put down or position for use

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Lie

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To be prone or reclining

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Ordinance

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Decree or piece of legal legislation

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Ordnance

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Artillery or ammunition

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Phenomena

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Plural of phenomenon

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Phenomenon

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Something that can be observed

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Rye

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Plant similar to wheat

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Wry

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Dry and often mocking humor

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Sear

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To burn

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Seer

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Someone who claims to be able to predict the future

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Succor

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Form of aid or assistance

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Sucker

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Lollipop

Gullible person

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Callous

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Cruel or insensitive

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Callus

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A hardened area of skin

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Chord

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Group of notes played together

Something that creates emotional resonance

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Cord

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Rope or string

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Contemporaneous

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Of the same time period

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Contemporary

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Current or occurring at the same time

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Avocation

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Hobby

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Vocation

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Main occupation

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Adduce

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Offer as an example to support a theory

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Deduce

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Determine by reasoning

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Anonymous

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Unknown

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Eponymous

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Having a person’s name in the title

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Belabored

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Attack verbally or explain excessively

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Beleaguered

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To be harassed or under stress

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Clench

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Hold tightly

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Clinch

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To make certain or final

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Drenched

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To soak

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Quenched

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To end by satisfying

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Locus

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The location where something occurs

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Locust

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Migratory grasshopper

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Maw

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Mouth or jaws

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Yaw

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Side to side movement of a ship

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Prolific

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Inventive and productive

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Profligate

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Wildy extravagant

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Demur

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Object or oppose

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Demure

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Quiet and polite

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Gauge

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To judge or measure

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Gouge

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Punctured hole or groove

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Spar

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Friendly argument

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Spur

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Something that causes a reaction

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Stringent

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Very strict or severe

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Strident

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Loud and forceful

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Vestige

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Trace or sign left by something

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Visage

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Appearance

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Amenable

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Willing to agree or accept something

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Amendable

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Able to change or modify

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Arrant

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Of the worst kind

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Errant

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Wandering or straying outside the proper path

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Breach

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Broken area or violation

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Broach

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Open up for discussion

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Decorative

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Ornamental

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Decorous

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Decent or in good taste

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Discreet

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Not likely to attract attention

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Discrete

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Separate or individual

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Feted

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Publicly celebrated

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Fetid

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Smelling strongly and unpleasantly

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Torpid

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Lacking activity

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Turgid

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Swollen or bloated

Upper Intermediate English (13 decks)

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