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High School: 12th Grade
aesthetic     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
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befall     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
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castigate     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
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contentious     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
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debutante     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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young woman making formal entrance into society
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
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dilate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
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eloquent     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
exceedingly or unbelievably great
rich and superior in quality
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
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expatriate     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
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forum     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
something formed in the mind; thought or notion
indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
animal, such as an insect, that lacks backbone or spinal column
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
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humdrum     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
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indisposed     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable
averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
having a good reputation; honorable
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linear     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
unoriginal; derived from another source
coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
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metaphysical     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
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permeate     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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approve formally; confirm; verify
pay back for some expense incurred
distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
spread or flow throughout; pervade
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prose     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
form, appearance, or belongings of a person; external appearance, stature, figure, air
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radiate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
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revert     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
pay back for some expense incurred
make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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simultaneous     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable
dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
existing, happening, or done at the same time
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tawdry     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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cheap in nature or appearance; tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
lasting for long period; marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases
determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
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wend     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
adjust again after an initial failure
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
come into being; become reality
form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
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