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Common Homophones
A set of seventy flash cards of common homophones.
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09/02/2011

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Precedent
Definition
A decision that can be subsequently used as an example.
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Principal
Definition
First, or among the first, in importance or rank.
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Predominantly
Definition
In the greatest number or amount.
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Practical
Definition
Concerned with actual facts and experience.
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Morbid
Definition
Showing a strong interest in unpleasant or gloomy subjects.
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Moribund
Definition
At the point of death or in terminal decline.
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Impromptu
Definition
Done without planning or organization.
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Blatant
Definition
So obvious or conspicious as to be impossible to hide.
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Practicable
Definition
Capable of being carried out or put into effect.
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Predominately
Definition
To dominate or control somebody or something.
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Principle
Definition
An important underlying law or assumption required in a system of thought.
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Precedence
Definition
The right or need to be dealt with before somebody or something else.
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Persuade
Definition
To urge somebody to perform a particular action.
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Further
Definition
That is more than, or adds to, the quantity or extent of something.
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Venial
Definition
Easily forgiven or excused.
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Incredible
Definition
Impossible or very difficult to believe.
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Incredulous
Definition
Unable or unwilling to believe something.
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Fecund
Definition
Producing an abundance of offspring or new growth.
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Salutary
Definition
Of value or benefit to somebody or something.
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Flagrant
Definition
Very obvious and contrary to standards of conduct or morality.
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Quandary
Definition
In a state of uncertainty or indecision.
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Connote
Definition
To have an addtional or implied meaning.
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Epigram
Definition
Witty saying.
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Trouper
Definition
An actor or other entertainer typically one with long experience.
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Emigrate
Definition
Leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another.
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Apprise
Definition
To inform or give notice to somebody about something.
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Immigrate
Definition
Come to live permanently in a foreign country.
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Laudatory
Definition
Expressing praise or admiration.
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Venal
Definition
Open to persuasion by corrupt means.
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Disinterested
Definition
Impartial and free from bias.
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Epigraph
Definition
A short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme.
Term
Empathy
Definition
The ability to understand another's feelings.
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Ingenuous
Definition
Showing innocence and a lack of worldly experience.
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Extant
Definition
Still in existence.
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Demur
Definition
To show reluctance to do something.
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Ameliorate
Definition
To improve something or to make it better.
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Breech
Definition
The rear part of the barrel of a gun.
Term
Exulted
Definition
To be extremely happy or joyful about something.
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Flaunt
Definition
Openly disregard a rule, law or convention.
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Contemptible
Definition
Deserving to be treated with contempt.
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Assent
Definition
To agree to something or to express agreement.
Term
Extemporaneous
Definition
Prepared in advance but delivered without notes.
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Laudable
Definition
Admirable and worthy of praise.
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Invidious
Definition
Producing resentment by unfairly slighting someone.
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Arrogate
Definition
Take or claim without justification.
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Amicable
Definition
(of relations between people) characterized by or done in friendliness.
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Enormity
Definition
A grave crime or sin.
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Abjure
Definition
To give up a previously held belief.
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Contemptuous
Definition
A strong dislike or lack of respect.
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Discrete
Definition
Completely separate and unconnected.
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Imply
Definition
To make something understood without expressing it directly.
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Insidious
Definition
Slowly and subtly harmful or destructive
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Aggrandize
Definition
Increase the power, status, or wealth of.
Term
Farther
Definition
Used to indicate the extent to which one thing or person is or becomes distant from another.
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Infer
Definition
To conclude something on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
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Tortuous
Definition
Full of twists and turns.
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Reticent
Definition
Unwilling to communicate very much.
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Amiable
Definition
Friendly and pleasant to be with.
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Adjured
Definition
To make an earnest appeal.
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Expedient
Definition
Appropriate, advisable or useful in a situation that requires action.
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Presently
Definition
Not at this exact moment but in a short while.
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Turgid
Definition
Tediously pompous or bombastic.
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Insipid
Definition
Dull because lacking in character and lively qualities.
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Dilemma
Definition
A situation with unsatisfactory choices.
Term
Suffuse
Definition
Gradually spread through or over.
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Incipient
Definition
Beginning to appear or develop.
Term
Convince
Definition
To make somebody sure or certain of something.
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Turbid
Definition
A confused or muddled literary style.
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Sympathy
Definition
Capacity to share feelings.
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Uninterested
Definition
Not interested.
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