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High School: 12th Grade
annihilate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
pollute; make dirty or spotty
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
come into being; become reality
distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
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blurb     Speak
 
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n.  
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mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
the exercise of control or influence over someone or something
the state of something that has been unused and neglected
a promotional statement; a short description of a book, movie, or other product for promotional purposes
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compression     Speak
 
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n.  
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failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
an epic poem adapted for recitation
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contentious     Speak
 
(4)
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without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
pervading; spread throughout every part
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
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deflation     Speak
 
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mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
a contrast or opposition between two things; direct contrast
a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices; the act of letting the air out of something
homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
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dispel     Speak
 
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v.  
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ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
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emit     Speak
 
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v.  
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occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
give off; send out; give out as sound
encourage; motivate; arouse; spur; excite or invigorate with a stimulant
analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence
cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut
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expatriate     Speak
 
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n.  
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factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
something formed in the mind; thought or notion
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focal     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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of or relating to a focus; having or localized centrally at a focus
removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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hysteria     Speak
 
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n.  
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shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
body excluding head and neck and limbs
a promotional statement; a short description of a book, movie, or other product for promotional purposes
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
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inkling     Speak
 
(11)
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slight hint or indication; slight understanding
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
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legacy     Speak
 
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failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
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obituary     Speak
 
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n.  
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death notice; list of dead
intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
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obscene     Speak
 
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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
a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie
preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
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preoccupy     Speak
 
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v.  
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melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
scold harshly; criticize severely
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
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reorganize     Speak
 
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v.  
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organize anew, as after a setback
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
to give an account or tell the story of
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
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respite     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices; the act of letting the air out of something
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
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stolid     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
unoriginal; derived from another source
dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
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transpose     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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appoint to a clerical posts; dedicate to a deity by a vow; render holy by means of religious rites
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
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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
lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
restore to good condition; renew
make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
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