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High School: 12th Grade
abdicate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
organize anew, as after a setback
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
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appalling     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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unoriginal; derived from another source
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
serving or designed to reform
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
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capricious     Speak
 
(3)
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sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
incapable of being put up with; unable to be endured
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous
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convulsion     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
unnatural and violent contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body; any violent and irregular motion or agitation; violent shaking; tumult
addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
decree; authoritative command or order
participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
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default     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
an expert who gives advice
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
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diaphragm     Speak
 
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n.  
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form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
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emit     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
appoint to a clerical posts; dedicate to a deity by a vow; render holy by means of religious rites
give off; send out; give out as sound
move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
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feign     Speak
 
(8)
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frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
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forthright     Speak
 
(9)
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feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
directly ahead; straightforward
capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
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grotesque     Speak
 
(10)
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coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
consistent with; based on; using reason
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inquisitive     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
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kinetic     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
consistent with; based on; using reason
capable of being accomplished or brought about
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
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maternal     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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untidy; dirty; uncared for in appearance
motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
secretive; not openly acknowledged or displayed
counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
pertaining to the universe; vast
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obscene     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
the rate of change at a point of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve; a curving or bending, often abnormal
divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
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precept     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; an enclosed conduit for a fluid
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
a contrast or opposition between two things; direct contrast
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renounce     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
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satire     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
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slothful     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
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theorem     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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flow under pressure; an unrestrained expression of emotion
the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation
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usurp     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
infuse or fill completely; fertilize and cause to grow; make pregnant
crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
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