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High School: 12th Grade
adept     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
according with propriety, dignity, good taste in manners and conduct
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aphorism     Speak
 
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n.  
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dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color; an outline of a solid object, as cast by its shadow
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
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cater     Speak
 
(3)
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pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasion
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concurrent     Speak
 
(4)
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possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid
simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
according with propriety, dignity, good taste in manners and conduct
unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
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n.  
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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
preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
mental keenness; quickness of perception
a grand and imposing entrance; a short vein that carries blood into the liver
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deteriorate     Speak
 
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v.  
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become progressively worse; decline
make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
scold harshly; criticize severely
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
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emboss     Speak
 
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v.  
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infuse or fill completely; fertilize and cause to grow; make pregnant
cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence
display proudly or shamelessly; show oneself off
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evasion     Speak
 
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n.  
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a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
the deliberate act of failing to pay money; the act of physically escaping from something by some adroit maneuver
the condition of having a highly technical implementation; the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology
a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
person who eats too much food and drink
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frontage     Speak
 
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n.  
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a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; an enclosed conduit for a fluid
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
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humdrum     Speak
 
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simple and healthful and close to nature
evoking lifelike images within the mind; pertaining to or consisting of pictures
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
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infernal     Speak
 
(11)
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determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
performed with a natural or offhand ease
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
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intolerant     Speak
 
(12)
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lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
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mendicant     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
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(14)
n.  
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anger; wrath; keen resentment; irritate
long and slender with a very small internal diameter
act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
the state of something that has been unused and neglected
an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
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(15)
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lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
unoriginal; derived from another source
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rebuff     Speak
 
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v.  
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introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
to give an account or tell the story of
combine something into a larger whole; unite
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
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saturate     Speak
 
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v.  
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approve formally; confirm; verify
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
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sediment     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
mental keenness; quickness of perception
expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult
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taint     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
combine something into a larger whole; unite
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vilify     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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call on or summon by sacred name or in solemn manner; implore earnestly; practice magical arts
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
debase; degrade; spread negative information about
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
regard with respect; favorable regard
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