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  • 81exam — noun 1 formal test ⇨ See also ↑examination ADJECTIVE ▪ difficult ▪ easy ▪ entrance, placement (AmE) (placement test in BrE) ▪ …

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  • 82antihypertensive — noun a drug that reduces high blood pressure • Syn: ↑antihypertensive drug • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑medicinal drug • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 83high-low-jack — noun card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game • Syn: ↑all fours • Hypernyms: ↑card game, ↑cards • Hyponyms: ↑cinch, ↑pitch, ↑auction pitch, ↑ …

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  • 84lawn tennis — noun a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court • Syn: ↑tennis • Members of this Topic: ↑double fault, ↑break, ↑break of serve, ↑cut, ↑undercut, ↑ …

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  • 85PhD — noun a doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study • Syn: ↑Ph.D. • Hypernyms: ↑Doctor of Philosophy * * * abbr. Doctor of Philosophy Origin: from Latin philosophiae… …

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  • 86playing card — noun one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games • Hypernyms: ↑card • Hyponyms: ↑crib, ↑ace, ↑club, ↑deuce, ↑two, ↑diamond, ↑draw, ↑ …

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  • 87straight flush — noun a poker hand with consecutive cards in the same suit • Hypernyms: ↑poker hand * * * noun : a poker hand containing five cards of the same suit in sequence and except when there are wild cards being the highest ranking hand see royal flush;… …

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  • 88aircraft — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fixed wing, jet, light, low flying, supersonic ▪ Three men were flying in a light aircraft at low altitude when a passenger jet approached. ▪ attacks by helicopters and fixed wing aircraft …

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  • 89snooker — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ professional … OF SNOOKER ▪ frame, game ▪ We played a couple of frames of snooker in the evening. VERB + SNOOKER ▪ …

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  • 90soccer — noun ⇨ See also ↑football ADJECTIVE ▪ amateur, pro (AmE), professional ▪ top class ▪ junior, kids (esp. AmE), senior …

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