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152 Cards in this Set
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able
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cable, disable, enable, fable, label, sable, stable, table, unable, unstable
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abolish
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demolish, polish, tallish
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abortive
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sportive, supportive
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about
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boy scout, blow-out, bout, clout, devout, doubt, freak out, flout, gout, lout, out, pout, roundabout, route, scout, shout, snout, spout, sprout, stout, trout, wash-out, worn-out
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above
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dove, glove, ladylove, love, mourning dove, dove, of, shove, turtle dove
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absurd
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bird, blackbird, bluebird, curd, heard, herd, hummingbird, ladybird, mockingbird, overheard, third, word, yellowbird
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abuse
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accuse, confuse, cues, deduce, diffuse, disuse, duce, excuse, induce, infuse, introduce, juice, misuse, obtuse, peruse, produce, profuse, reduce, refuse, reproduce, seduce, Syracuse, use
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abyss
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amiss, analysis, armistice, bliss, carcass, cowardice, dismiss, emphasis, hiss, hypothesis, kiss, miss, nemesis, office, prejudice, Swiss, synthesis, this
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academic
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endemic, epidemic, polemic, systematic
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accept
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adept, crept, except, intercept, kept, overslept, slept, stepped, swept, wept
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account
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amount, count, dismount, fount, mount, paramount, tantamount
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ace
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base, bass, brace, case, chase, commonplace, debase, disgrace, displace, embrace, encase, erase, face, grace, lace, mace, misplace, pace, place, race, replace, space, steeplechase, trace, unlace, vase
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ache
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bake, brake, break, cake, fake, flake, forsake, headache, heartache, keepsake, make, mistake, opaque, quake, rake, sake, shake, snake, stake, steak, take, wake
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achey
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flaky, quaky, shaky, snaky
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achieve
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believe, bereave, conceive, disbelieve, eve, grieve, heave, leave, perceive, receive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, sleeve, weave
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achievement
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bereavement
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acre
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baker, breaker, dressmaker, faker, heart breaker, make, matchmaker, pacemaker, peacemaker, Quaker, shaker, strikebreaker, taker, troublemaker, undertaker, watchmaker
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across
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albatross, boss, cross, double-cross, floss, gloss, loss, moss, rhinoceros, sauce, toss
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act
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abstract, attract, backed, compact, contract, distract, exact, fact, impact, intact, jacked, packed, pact, protract, racked, react, slacked, smacked, snacked, subtract, tact, tracked, tract
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action
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abstraction, attraction, distraction, extraction, faction, fraction, reaction, satisfaction, subtraction, traction, transaction
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active
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attractive, extractive, inactive, proactive, radioactive, reactive
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actor
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benefactor, contractor, detractor, distracter, extractor, factor, reactor, refractor, tractor
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actual
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contractual, factual
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addict
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conflict, constrict, contradict, convict, derelict, evict, flicked, inflict, licked, predict, pricked, strict
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addiction
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affliction, benediction, contradiction, conviction, crucifixion, depiction, diction, eviction, fiction, friction, jurisdiction, prediction, restriction
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admire
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acquire, amplifier, aspire, attire, buyer, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, desire, dire, dryer, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flier, friar, higher, hire, inquire, inspire, justifier, liar, magnifier, multiplier, mystifier, perspire, prior, prophesier, require, retire, satisfier, sire, squire, supplier, testifier, tire, transpire, wire
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admirer
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direr, enquirer, hirer, inquirer, inspirer, wirer
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adopt
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copped, flopped, mopped, opt, popped, stopped,
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adventure
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denture, indenture, misadventure, venture
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advice
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concise, device, dice, entice, ice, lice, mice, nice, paradise, precise, price, rice, sacrifice, spice, splice, suffice, thrice, twice, vice
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affection
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bisection, circumspection, collection, complexion, connection, correction, defection, deflection, detection, direction, disaffection, dissection, ejection, election, erection, imperfection, infection, inflection, inspection, intersection, introspection, objection, perfection, projection, protection, reflection, rejection, resurrection, retrospection, section, selection, vivisection
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afraid
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aid, arcade, barricade blade, blockade, braid, brayed, brigade, centigrade, charade, crusade, degrade, dismayed, dissuade, downgrade, escapade, evade, fade, grade, grenade, hayed, invade, laid, lemonade, made, maid, masquerade, paid, parade, persuade, played, promenade, raid, renegade, serenade, shade, spade, stockade, suede, tirade, trade
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after
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grafter, hereafter, laughter, rafter, thereafter
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again
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abstain, airplane, arraign, ascertain, attain, brain, Cain, campaign, cane, chain, champagne, cocaine, complain, contain, crane, detain, disdain, domain, drain, entertain, explain, feign, gain, grain, humane, hurricane, hydroplane, insane, lane, main, Maine, maintain, mane, migraine, obtain, ordain, pain, pane, pertain, plain, plane, profane, propane, rain, refrain, reign, rein, remain, sane, slain, Spain, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, train, vain, vane, vein, wane, windowpane
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against
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condensed, fenced, sensed
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age
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cage, gage, page, rampage, sage, stage, wage
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ailment
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curtailment, impalement, implement
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aim
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acclaim, became, blame, came, claim, exclaim, fame, flame, game, inflame, lame, maim, name, proclaim, same, shame, tame
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air
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affair, anywhere, aware, bare, bear, billionaire, blare, care, chair, compare, dare, debonair, declare, despair, disrepair, elsewhere, everywhere, fair, fare, flair, glare, hair, hare, heir, impair, legionnaire, mare, midair, millionaire, nightmare, pair, pare, pear, Pierre, pray, prepare, rare, ready-to-wear, repair, scare, snare, solitaire, somewhere, spare, square, stair, stare, swear, tear, their, there, thorough, unaware, underwear, unfair, ware, wear, where
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alarm
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arm, charm, disarm, farm, forearm, harm
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album
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aquarium, auditorium, become, bum, burdensome, Christendom, come, cranium, crematorium, crumb, curriculum, drum, dumb, emporium, fee-fi-fo-fum, glum, gum, gymnasium, hum, kettledrum, kingdom, martyrdom, maximum, mum, museum, numb, opium, overcome, pendulum, petroleum, platinum, plum, premium, quarrelsome, radium, random, rum, sanitarium, scum , slum, some, strum, succumb, sum, swun, tedium, thumb, Tom Thumb, Tweedledum, uranium, worrisome, yum
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ale
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bail, bale, blackmail, braille, cocktail, curtail, exhale, fail, female, flail, frail, hail, hale, impale, inhale, jail, mail, male, nail, pale, prevail, rail, regale, sail, sale, scale, shale, snail, stale, tail, they'll, veil, whale
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alien
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Australian, Espiscolpalian
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alimony
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acrimony, baloney, bony, crony, macaroni, matrimony, patrimony, phony, pony, sanctimony, stony, testimony, Tony
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all
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ball, bawl, brawl, call, crawl, doll, drawl, enthrall, fall, gall, haul, install, mall, maul, Montreal, nightfall, overhaul, parasol, pitfall, protocol, rainfall, scrawl, shawl, small, snowfall, sprawl, stall, tall, thrall, wall, waterfall, y'all
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allege
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dredge, edge, fledge, hedge, ledge, privilege, sacrilege, sledge, wedge
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alley
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dilly-dally, rally, Sally, tally, valley
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allow
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avow, bough, bow, brow, chow, cow, disavow, endow, frau, how, kowtow, now, ow, plough, plow, row, slough, somehow, sow, thou, vow, wow
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almighty
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Aphrodite, flighty, mightily, righty
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alone
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atone, backbone, baritone, blown, bone, chaperon, clone, condone, cone, cornerstone, cyclone, Dictaphone, flown, full-blown, full-grown, gramophone, grindstone, groan, grown, headstone, known, loan, lone, microphone, milestone, moan, monotone, mown, overgrown, overthrown, own, phone, postpone, prone, saxophone, sewn, shown, stone, telephone, thrown, tone, trombone, unknown, xylophone, zone
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along
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belong, bong, ding-dong, gong, Hong Kong, long, Ping-Pong, prong, song, throng, wrong
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altar
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alter, defaulter, falter Gibraltar, halter, Psalter
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always
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hallways, small ways
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am
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Amsterdam, anagram, Birmingham, cam, clam, cram, dam, damn, diaphragm, gram, ham, jam, lamb, ma'am, madame, scram, sham, slam, swarm, telegram, tram, yam
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amaze
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ablaze, appraise, bays, blaze, braze, craze, days, daze, faze, gaze, glaze, graze, haze, malaise, mayonnaise, maze, nays, nowadays, plays, polonaise, praise, ways
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amble
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gamble, ramble, scramble, shamble
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amen
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citizen, den, fen, hen, hydrogen, Ken, oxygen, pen, regimen, specimen, ten, then, yen, Zen
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amorous
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clamorous, glamorous
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amount
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camp, champ, clamp, cramp, damp, lamp, ramp, stamp, vamp
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analysis
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catalysis, dialysis, paralysis, miss
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anchor
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banker, canker, flanker, franker, rancor, ranker, spanker, tanker, thank'er
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and
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band, brand, canned, command, contraband, demand, expand, fanned, grand, hand, land, panned, planned, reprimand, Rio Grande, sand, stand
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angelic
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relic
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angle
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dangle, entangle, jangle, mangle, spangle, strangle, tangle, triangle, wrangle
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anguish
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languish
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anniversary
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cursory, nursery
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annoy
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(see boy)
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annual
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manual
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another
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brother, mother, other, somther
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ant
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aunt, can't, chant, decant, enchant, grant, implant, plant, rant, scant, shan't, slant, transplant
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anxiety
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impropriety, notoriety, piety, propriety, sobriety, society, variety (see Be)
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any
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Benny, lenny, many, penny
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anyone
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begun, bun, comparison, done, everyone, fun, Galveston, gun, hon, Hun, jettison, none, nun, oblivion, one, outdone, outrun, overdone, overrun, phenomenon, pun, run, shun, simpleton, skeleton, son, stun, sun, ton, unison, venison, won
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apart
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art, chart, counterpart, dart, depart, heart, mart, part, smart, start, sweetheart, tart, upstart
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ape
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cape, cityscape, drape, escape, grape, landscape, rape, seascape, shape, tape
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apostle
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colossal, docile, fossil, jostle
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appalled
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bald, scald
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appearance
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adherence, clearance, coherence, disappearance, incoherence, interference, perseverance
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applaud
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abroad, awed, broad, clod, cod, defraud, façade, fraud, God, guffawed, Izod, nod, odd, pod, prod, promenade, quad, rod, roughshod, shod, sod, squad, trod, wad
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applauding
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defrauding, lauding, marauding, plodding, prodding
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applause
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because, cause, clause, claws, gauze, laws, menopause, Oz, pause, paws, Santa Claus, was
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apple
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chapel, dapple, grapple, scrapple
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appliance
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alliance, compliance, defiance, reliance
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apprehensive
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comprehensive, defensive, expensive, extensive, incomprehensive, inexpensive, intensive, offensive, pensive
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approach
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broach, coach, cockroach, encroach, poach, reproach, roach
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approve
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behoove, disapprove, disprove, groove, improve, move, prove, remove
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arbor
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barber, harbor
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arch
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march, parch, starch
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are
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bar, bazaar, bizarre, car, caviar, cigar, Czar, disbar, far, guitar, jar, par, scar, sitar, spar, star, tar
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area
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Bulgaria, malaria
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applause
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because, cause, clause, claws, gauze, laws, menopause, Oz, pause, paws, Santa Claus, was
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apple
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chapel, dapple, grapple, scrapple
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appliance
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alliance, compliance, defiance, reliance
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apprehensive
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comprehensive, defensive, expensive, extensive, incomprehensive, inexpensive, intensive, offensive, pensive
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approach
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broach, coach, cockroach, encroach, poach, reproach, roach
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approve
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behoove, disapprove, disprove, groove, improve, move, prove, remove
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arbor
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barber, harbor
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arch
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march, parch, starch
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are
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bar, bazaar, bizarre, car, caviar, cigar, Czar, disbar, far, guitar, jar, par, scar, sitar, spar, star, tar
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area
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Bulgaria, malaria
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arena
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Athena, concertina, hyena, Messina, subpoena, Tina
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Ark
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aardvark, arc, bark, dark, embark, hark, lark, mark, narc, park, patriarch, remark, shark, spark, stark
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arm
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alarm, charm, disarm, farm, forearm, harm
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aroma
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coma, diploma sarcoma, Sonoma, Tacoma
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arrange
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change, derange, estrange, exchange, range, strange
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art
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apart, cart, chart, counterpart, dart, depart, heart, mart, part, smart, start, sweetheart, tart, upstart
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article
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particle
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artificial
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beneficial, initial, judicial, official, sacrificial, superficial
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artisan
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partisan
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ash
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balderdash, bash, brash, cash, clash, crash, dash, flash, gnash, lash, mash, rash, rehash, slash, smash, splash, stash, thrash, trash
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ask
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bask, cask, flask, mask, masque, task
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asp
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clasp, gasp, grasp
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assault
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cobalt, exalt, fault, halt, malt, salt, somersault, vault
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assistant
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consistent, distant, existent, inconsistent, insistent, persistent, resistant, subsistent
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asteroid
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avoid, alkaloid, joyed, Llyod, Sigumd Freud, tabloid, toyed, void
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at
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acrobat, aristocrat, autocrat, bat, brat, bureaucrat, cat, chat, democrat, diplomat, drat, fat, flat, gnat, hat, mat, pat, rat, rat-a-tat-tat, sat, scat, spat, stat, thermostat, vat
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ate (one syllable)
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bait, crate, date, eight, hate, late, mate, plate, rate, skate, slate, state, straight, strait, trait, wait, weight
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ate (two syllable)
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await, berate, debate, dictate, donate, equate, estate, frustrate, irate, locate, narrate, ornate, placate, relate, rotate, sedate, translate, vacate
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ate (three syllable)
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abdicate, advocate, aggravate, agitate, amputate, animate, annotate, arbitrate, assimilate, calculate, candidate, captivate, celebrate, circulate, compensate, complicate, concentrate, confiscate, congratulate, consecrate, consolidate, constipate, consummate, contaminate, contemplate, cooperate, coordinate, correlate, culminate, cultivate, decimate, decorate, dedicate, demonstrate, desecrate, designate, detonate, devastate, dislocate, dissipate, dominate, duplicate, educate, elevate, estimate, excavate, fabricate, fascinate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, graduate, gravitate, habituate, heavyweight, hesitate, innovate, inordinate, insulate, isolate, lacerate, legislate, levitate, liberate, liquidate, lubricate, magistrate, marinate, mediate, moderate, modulate, motivate, nominate, operate, orchestrate, oscillate, overate, overstate, overweight, penetrate, perpetrate, populate, punctuate, radiate, regulate, reinstate, renovate, ruminate, saturate, second-rate, separate, simulate, situate, speculate, stimulate, stipulate, suffocate, tabulate, terminate, titillate, tolerate, underrate, understate, underweight, vacillate, validate, vegetate, ventilate, vindicate, violate
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ate (four or more syllable)
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accelerate, accentuate, accommodate, accumulate, affiliate, alienate, annihilate, appreciate, appropriate, articulate, assassinate, associate, collaborate, commemorate, commiserate, communicate, conciliate, corroborate, decapitate, deliberate, depreciate, deteriorate, deviate, discriminate, elaborate, eliminate, emancipate, emulate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, evaluate, evaporate, excommunicate, exonerate, extenuate, exterminate, facilitate, humiliate, illuminate, incapacitate, incarcerate, incorporate, incriminate, inculcate, infatuate, impersonate, insinuate, intimidate, intoxicate, invigorate, manipulate, necessitate, negotiate, obliterate, originate, participate, pontificate, precipitate, procrastinate, reciprocate, regurgitate, rehabilitate, reiterate, rejuvenate, resuscitate, retaliate, reverberate, subordinate
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athletic
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aesthetic, alphabetic, apathetic, apologetic, arithmetic, cosmetic, electromagnetic, energetic, frenetic, genetic, pathetic, poetic, sympathetic, synthetic, theoretic
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Atlantis
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mantis
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atomic
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anatomic, comic, economic
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attach
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batch, catch, detach, dispatch, hatch, latch, match, patch, scratch, snatch
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attention
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abstention, apprehension, ascension, comprehension, condescension, convention, dissension, intention, intervention, invention, mention, retention, suspension, tension
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attentive
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inattentive, incentive, inventive, retentive
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attic
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acrobatic, aristocratic, aromatic, autocratic, bureaucratic, chromatic, cinematic, climatic, democratic, dogmatic, dramatic, erratic, fanatic, melodramatic, operatic, pragmatic, problematic, static, stigmatic, systematic, thematic, traumatic
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attitude
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gratitude, latitude, platittude
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attorney
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journey, tourney
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attractive
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active, extractive, inactive, proactive, radioactive, reactive
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aura
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angora, aurora, flora, Nora, señora, Torah
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autumn
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bottom
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avoid
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alkaloid, asteroid, joyed, Lloyd, Sigmund Freud, tabloid, toyed, void
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awe
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Arkansas, bra, caw, claw, draw, flaw, gnaw, guffaw, hurrah, jaw, law, Ma, macaw, nah, overdraw, Pa, paw, raw, saw, seesaw, shah, slaw, squaw, straw, thaw, withdraw
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awesome
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blossom, possum
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awful
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lawful
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backs, fax, jacks, lax, max, relax, packs, Saks, sax, slacks, tax, wax
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babble
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dabble, rabble, scrabble
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baby
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maybe (see be)
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back
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almanac, attack, black, bric-a-braxc, Cadillac, cardiac, clickety-clack, egomaniac, feedback, hack, Hackensack, haystack, jack, kleptomaniac, knack, lack, maniac, pack, plaque, Pontiac, prozac, quack, rack, sack, shack, slack, snack, tack, track, whack, yak, zodiac
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bad
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ad, add, Brad, cad, Chad, clad, Dad, egad, fad, glad, grad, had, lad, nomad, pad, plaid, sad, shad, Trinidad
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baffle
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raffle, snaffle
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bag
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brag, drag, flag, gag, hag, lag, mag, nag, rag, sag, shag, slag, snag, stag, swag, tag, wag
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bald
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appalled, scald
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ball
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all, bawl, brawl, call, crawl, doll, drawl, fall, gall, haul, install, mall, maul, Montreal, nightfall, overhaul, parasol, pitfall, protocol, rainfall, scrawl, shawl, small, snowfall, sprawl, stall, tall, thrall, wall, waterfall, y'all,
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ballad
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invalid, salad, valid
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band
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and, bland, brand, canned, command, contraband, demand, expand, fanned, grand, hand, land, panned, planned, reprimand, Rio Grande, sand, stand
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bandstand
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grandstand, handstand
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bang
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boomerang, clang, dang, fang, orangutan, rang, sang, slang, sprang
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bank
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blank, clank, crank, dank, drank, flank, frank, hank, outrank, plank, prank, rank, sank, shrank, spank, stank, tank, thank, yank
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banker
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anchor, canker, flanker, franker, rancor, ranker, spanker, tanker, thank'er
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bar
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bazaar, bizarre, car, caviar, cigar, Czar, disbar, far, guitar, jar, par, scar, spar, star, tar
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