Homophones (ugh) Flashcards

(57 cards)

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Defused

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Deactivate an explosive device or reduce the danger or tension in a hard situation

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Diffuse

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Spread over a wide area

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Disburse

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Pay out money 💸

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Disperse

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To move apart in a irregular, random way

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Discreet

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Polite and mindful about what you say

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Discrete

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Separated or divided

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Doze

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Sleep lightly, short sleep

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8
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Does

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Many female deers

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Urn

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Vase on a pedestal used for many purposes, such as keeping someone’s ashes

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Elicit

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Call forth or draw out something

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Illicit

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Illegal, not legally permitted

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12
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Ewe

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Female of the sheep

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Yew

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Coniferous tree with small poisonous red fruits

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Accede

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To agree to

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Feat

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Great , courageous achievement

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Fete

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Festival

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17
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Fate

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Will or principle of the universe’s choice, decision

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Flue

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Channel in chimney to bring out the smoke from the fire (cheminée)

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Flew

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Past tense of fly

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20
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Foul

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Offensive to the senses (smell, etc) or in a sport, a invalid action

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Franc

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Monetary unit of Switzerland

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Franc

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Monetary unit of Switzerland and other countries

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Frank

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Honest, sincere (franc, franchement)

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Frees

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3rd person present of free

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Frieze
Broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration
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Friar
Member or any of certains religious orders of men (christianity)
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Fir
Coniferous tree
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Gait
Manner of walking (demarche)
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Gait
Manner of walking
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Guerilla
Person who participates in a small independent grp who fights
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Guild
Medieval association of craftsman or merchants often having power
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Gild
Cover in gold⚱️
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Hangar
Building used to hold aircraft of spacecraft
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Hanger
Someones who hangs something OR piece of wood, plastic or metal ment to hang clothes
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Hoard
Collect and often hide away a supply of
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Hoarde
Large group of people
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Hoarse
Sounding rough and harsh, like a sore throat
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Aisle
Passage between seats in theatres, churches or airplanes OR passage between shelves at the supermarket
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Latter
The second option between two choices OR situated nearer to the end of something than to the beginning
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Leech
Animal who suck blood out of the skin
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Leak
The release of something
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Leek
Vegetable related to the onion (poireau)
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Lier
An object of living being which or who lies horizontally
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Lyre
Music instrument similar to the harp
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Sided
Having sides
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Cited
Quoted
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Scull
Each of a pair of small oars used by a single rower
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Through
From the beginning to the end
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Soar
Fly high in the sky or even glide
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Vice
Wicked behavior, wrongdoing
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Vise
A tool with two jaws used to hold in place an object
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Waist
Narrowed part of the body between the chest and the hips
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Wales
A country located next to England
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Wails
Past tense of wail, meaning to let out a high-pitched cry
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Which
Asking for info but specifying one or more people or things from a defined set
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Rite
Religious or other formal ceremony or act
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You
Used to refer to the person/people that the speaker is adressing