Vocabulary

Vocabulary Level 5 · Grade 10 flashcards

12 decks · 600 cards · built into Willys · free samples below

Written against: Our own grade placement (VOCABULARY-PLAN.md): word frequency (wordfreq, CC BY-SA 4.0) and editorial review; no publisher's grade or word list is reproduced. Updated 2026-10-10.

What's in it

Every deck follows the course outline, with tags you can study or suspend topic by topic. Open a deck to study its free sample right here.

Learn · 6 decks · 400 cards

Concepts, mechanisms and the questions a course or exam asks about them.

Set 1: Meanings The 100 most common of the 300 Grade 10 words, from hence and faculty to precedent and suffrage: pronunciation, a plain definition and three example sentences, the most common use first. 10 free · 100 cards in the app Set 1: In Context Fill the blank: 34 of the Set 1 words, each in a new sentence whose clues point to exactly one word. 10 free · 34 cards in the app Set 2: Meanings The next 100 of the 300 Grade 10 words, from abstain to zeal: pronunciation, a plain definition and three example sentences, the most common use first. 10 free · 100 cards in the app Set 2: In Context Fill the blank: 33 of the Set 2 words, each in a new sentence whose clues point to exactly one word. 10 free · 33 cards in the app Set 3: Meanings The last 100 of the 300 Grade 10 words, the least common: pronunciation, a plain definition and three example sentences, the most common use first. 10 free · 100 cards in the app Set 3: In Context Fill the blank: 33 of the Set 3 words, each in a new sentence whose clues point to one word (where a second also fits, the back says so). 10 free · 33 cards in the app

Drills · 3 decks · 100 cards

Short answers and cloze blanks for the facts you simply have to know cold.

Set 1: Quick Drills Meaning to word: 33 of the Set 1 words, from a fresh one-line definition back to the word itself. 10 free · 33 cards in the app Set 2: Quick Drills Meaning to word: 34 of the Set 2 words, from a fresh one-line definition back to the word itself. 10 free · 34 cards in the app Set 3: Quick Drills Meaning to word: 33 of the Set 3 words, from a fresh one-line definition back to the word itself. 10 free · 33 cards in the app

Practice · 3 decks · 100 questions

Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, with the reasoning.

Set 1: Practice Thirty-three sentence-completion questions on the Set 1 words: four choices, one blank, and why the tempting wrong answer fails. 6 free · 33 questions in the app Set 2: Practice Thirty-three sentence-completion questions on the Set 2 words: four choices, one blank, and why the tempting wrong answer fails. 6 free · 33 questions in the app Set 3: Practice Thirty-four sentence-completion questions on the Set 3 words: four choices, one blank, and why the tempting wrong answer fails. 6 free · 34 questions in the app

Study guide

Topics covered

The decks follow the order of the course outline. Numbers are cards per topic.

Character & Behavior 80
Feelings & Attitudes 74
Thinking & Knowing 50
Speaking & Arguing 66
Actions & Effort 78
Change & Growth 60
Size & Amount 42
Quality & Judgment 38
Society & Power 62
Nature & Time 50

A study plan

22 new cards a day covers everything in a month, leaving the last weeks for review.
11 new cards a day covers everything in two months, leaving the last weeks for review.
8 new cards a day covers everything in three months, leaving the last weeks for review.

Willys schedules reviews for you (FSRS spaced repetition), so the daily number above is only for new cards; reviews of what you have learned come back on their own. Study a topic's cards right after you meet it in class, suspend topics you have not reached yet, and use the app's quiz mode in the final two weeks.

How to get these decks

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Every deck is built into Willys

All 12 Vocabulary Level 5 · Grade 10 decks (600 cards), with FSRS spaced repetition, quizzes and mock tests, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. 14-day free trial, then $14.99 a year.

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About these cards

Review status: Second-reader reviewed, with corrections applied.

Checked against:

Senses, parts of speech and sense order checked against Merriam-Webster.com, the American Heritage Dictionary and the frequency-ordered Oxford, Longman and Cambridge learner's dictionaries; all definitions, notes and example sentences are original.
Grade placement is our own, from wordfreq frequency data (CC BY-SA 4.0) and editorial review; no publisher's grade or word list is reproduced.
Facts in the question sentences checked against the Federal Register (90 FR 45047, 18 September 2025, on the 2025 naturalization civics test; no restrictions on republication), the Missouri Department of Conservation's online field guide, King County's beaver-dam guidance and a blue News (bluewin.ch) report; used for reference only, with no text copied.
Facts in the sentences checked against the U.S. EPA's Asthma Triggers: Gain Control page, the NHLBI's asthma causes and triggers page and the National Park Service's page on Jim Crow laws (reference only; no text copied).

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