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High School: 12th Grade
abject     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
having a good reputation; honorable
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
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aphorism     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
person who eats too much food and drink
flow under pressure; an unrestrained expression of emotion
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castigate     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
debase; degrade; spread negative information about
spread or flow throughout; pervade
combine something into a larger whole; unite
criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
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crucial     Speak
 
(4)
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obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
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debutante     Speak
 
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n.  
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young woman making formal entrance into society
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
an expert who gives advice
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disquiet     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; fill with inhabitants
assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
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embellish     Speak
 
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v.  
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soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
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expatriate     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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an epic poem adapted for recitation
oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
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frivolous     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
untidy; dirty; uncared for in appearance
improperly forward or bold; rude
lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
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granulate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
copy; write over again in same words
lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
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insufferable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable
secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
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listless     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort
youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
improperly forward or bold; rude
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medley     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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the exercise of control or influence over someone or something
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
testimony under oath; act of depositing, especially laying down of matter by natural process
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passive     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
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pliable     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; adhering to ethical and moral principles
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
directly ahead; straightforward
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reimburse     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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pay back for some expense incurred
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing
complete view in every direction.
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sear     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
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sodden     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
rich and superior in quality
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
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tabulate     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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arrange or enter in tabular form; shape or cut with a flat surface
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
become progressively worse; decline
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
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variable     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant
body excluding head and neck and limbs
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
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