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High School: 12th Grade
abdicate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
pay back for some expense incurred
give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
combine something into a larger whole; unite
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bland     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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not liable to error; always right or accurate
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
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compression     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
anger; wrath; keen resentment; irritate
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
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convulsion     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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unnatural and violent contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body; any violent and irregular motion or agitation; violent shaking; tumult
intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; trait of judging wisely and objectively
act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation
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cynical     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
directly ahead; straightforward
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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dignitary     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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body excluding head and neck and limbs
an important or influential person, and often overbearing
something formed in the mind; thought or notion
decree; authoritative command or order
a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
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dynamic     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
particularly; specifically; in an explicit manner
having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
energetic; vigorously active
capable of being accomplished or brought about
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expedite     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
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forum     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
mental keenness; quickness of perception
gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
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heritage     Speak
 
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n.  
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quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
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inaccessible     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative
unreachable; not available; unattainable
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
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jargon     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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person who eats too much food and drink
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
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negotiate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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organize anew, as after a setback
discuss the terms of an arrangement
ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
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ordinance     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
something formed in the mind; thought or notion
expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult
decree; authoritative command or order
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preoccupy     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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call upon; ask for; request earnestly
occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
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radiate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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pollute; make dirty or spotty
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
drive or hunt out of hiding; uncover and bring to light by searching
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rhapsody     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
an epic poem adapted for recitation
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
act of providing or preparing for future use or application; making ready; preparation; foresight
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segment     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
particular aspect of life or activity; body of people who form part of society or economy
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
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surreptitious     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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unoriginal; derived from another source
serving or designed to reform
secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; adhering to ethical and moral principles
habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
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unerring     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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not liable to error; always right or accurate
arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
pertaining to the universe; vast
full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
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