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High School: 12th Grade
abate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
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bourgeois     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
simple and healthful and close to nature
lasting for long period; marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases
improperly forward or bold; rude
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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carnivorous     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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evoking lifelike images within the mind; pertaining to or consisting of pictures
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
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cumulative     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
increasing by successive addition
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
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decorous     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
according with propriety, dignity, good taste in manners and conduct
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
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dignitary     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
an important or influential person, and often overbearing
quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
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eminent     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
having a good reputation; honorable
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
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feign     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
make amends for; pay compensation for; secure against future loss, damage, or liability
make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
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fidelity     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
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hackneyed     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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exceedingly or unbelievably great
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
energetic; vigorously active
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infatuate     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
exude or expel foam; make froth or foam and become bubbly
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
regard with respect; favorable regard
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linguistics     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
humanistic study of language and literature
a person who gives financial or other support to people or activity; regular customer
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misconception     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista
shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
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permeate     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
exude or expel foam; make froth or foam and become bubbly
cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
spread or flow throughout; pervade
criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
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pigment     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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something that has been in a family for generations
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
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remittance     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning
change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
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sally     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
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
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
a sudden rushing forth or activity; an excursion or trip, usually off the main course; witty remark
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
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squander     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
scold harshly; criticize severely
come into being; become reality
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
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surreptitious     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
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uncouth     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
expecting the worst possible outcome
sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
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