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High School: 12th Grade
adept     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented
arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
unoriginal; derived from another source
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bland     Speak
 
(2)
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without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
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complicity     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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the mansion of a lord or wealthy person; the landed estate of a lord
participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
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curtail     Speak
 
(4)
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cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
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debit     Speak
 
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n.  
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minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
unnatural and violent contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body; any violent and irregular motion or agitation; violent shaking; tumult
humanistic study of language and literature
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
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dispensary     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
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duct     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
act of providing or preparing for future use or application; making ready; preparation; foresight
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; an enclosed conduit for a fluid
particular aspect of life or activity; body of people who form part of society or economy
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expressly     Speak
 
(8)
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particularly; specifically; in an explicit manner
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
performed with a natural or offhand ease
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
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formulate     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
decide upon and express in words
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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heritage     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie
list, especially of names
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induce     Speak
 
(11)
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appoint to a clerical posts; dedicate to a deity by a vow; render holy by means of religious rites
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasion
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intolerant     Speak
 
(12)
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directly ahead; straightforward
capable of being transmitted by infection, especially for disease; readily communicated
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
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necessitate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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infuse or fill completely; fertilize and cause to grow; make pregnant
display proudly or shamelessly; show oneself off
place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
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permeate     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
spread or flow throughout; pervade
decide upon and express in words
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pigment     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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an epic poem adapted for recitation
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
a contrast or opposition between two things; direct contrast
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; trait of judging wisely and objectively
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reformatory     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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serving or designed to reform
according with propriety, dignity, good taste in manners and conduct
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
rich and superior in quality
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rue     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
come into being; become reality
treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
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stupefy     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
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superlative     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
an exaggerated expression, usually of praise; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant
divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
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vigilant     Speak
 
(20)
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of or relating to neurons; relating to a nerve or the nervous system
attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
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