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High School: 12th Grade
affectation     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
form, appearance, or belongings of a person; external appearance, stature, figure, air
an activity without interruption; the period of time during which something continues
a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
a sudden rushing forth or activity; an excursion or trip, usually off the main course; witty remark
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broach     Speak
 
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v.  
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make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
organize anew, as after a setback
place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
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component     Speak
 
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n.  
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the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of ligh; optical properties
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
person who eats too much food and drink
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
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contentious     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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having a good reputation; honorable
capable of being transmitted by infection, especially for disease; readily communicated
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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dearth     Speak
 
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n.  
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something formed in the mind; thought or notion
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
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dispense     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
adjust again after an initial failure
lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
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dupe     Speak
 
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n.  
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a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
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expressive     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative
dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
of or relating to the cervix of the uterus; relating to the neck
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forthright     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
having a good reputation; honorable
broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
directly ahead; straightforward
not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
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hypocrite     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
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impoverish     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
arrange or enter in tabular form; shape or cut with a flat surface
regard with respect; favorable regard
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
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liquidate     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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make uneasy or anxious; trouble
process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
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medley     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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a journey to a sacred place
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
young woman making formal entrance into society
transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation
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oblivion     Speak
 
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n.  
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the state of something that has been unused and neglected
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
animal, such as an insect, that lacks backbone or spinal column
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
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pigment     Speak
 
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n.  
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substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
the condition of having a highly technical implementation; the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology
humanistic study of language and literature
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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reformatory     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented
habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
serving or designed to reform
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
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scrimmage     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
something that has been in a family for generations
mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
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segregate     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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discuss the terms of an arrangement
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
spread or flow throughout; pervade
assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
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sundry     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
evoking lifelike images within the mind; pertaining to or consisting of pictures
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
queer; amusingly odd; comical
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uncouth     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
rich and superior in quality
broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
queer; amusingly odd; comical
skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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