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High School: 12th Grade
abate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
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automation     Speak
 
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n.  
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act of removing from office or employment
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult
act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
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compression     Speak
 
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a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber, especially beneath a church
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
the deliberate act of failing to pay money; the act of physically escaping from something by some adroit maneuver
central or essential part around which other parts are gathered or grouped; core
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
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contentious     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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pervading; spread throughout every part
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
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cynical     Speak
 
(5)
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tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
untidy; dirty; uncared for in appearance
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dispel     Speak
 
(6)
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extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
appoint to a clerical posts; dedicate to a deity by a vow; render holy by means of religious rites
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
decide upon and express in words
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emboss     Speak
 
(7)
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lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
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farcical     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
of or relating to a focus; having or localized centrally at a focus
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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forum     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
act of removing from office or employment
small or simply constructed dwelling; small, wretched house
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
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idiom     Speak
 
(10)
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noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
an activity without interruption; the period of time during which something continues
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
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insufferable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable
having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
energetic; vigorously active
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invincible     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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extremely hungry; voracious; eager for prey
having a good reputation; honorable
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
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maul     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasion
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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pacify     Speak
 
(14)
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make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
examine closely and critically
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pregnant     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
rich and superior in quality
coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
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recondite     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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marked by or given to doubt; questioning
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
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scrutinize     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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examine closely and critically
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
combine something into a larger whole; unite
worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
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sediment     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
form, appearance, or belongings of a person; external appearance, stature, figure, air
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
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superimpose     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
force someone to have sex against their will; hold spellbound
place over something else; place on top of
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
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venerate     Speak
 
(20)
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discuss the terms of an arrangement
treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
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