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High School: 12th Grade
apathetic     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
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banal     Speak
 
(2)
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serving or designed to reform
counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
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chagrin     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
unnatural and violent contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body; any violent and irregular motion or agitation; violent shaking; tumult
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
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consul     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
a grand and imposing entrance; a short vein that carries blood into the liver
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deference     Speak
 
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n.  
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willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
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dilate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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arrange or enter in tabular form; shape or cut with a flat surface
process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
appoint to a clerical posts; dedicate to a deity by a vow; render holy by means of religious rites
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emit     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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debase; degrade; spread negative information about
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
give off; send out; give out as sound
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exacerbate     Speak
 
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v.  
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advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
approve formally; confirm; verify
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; fill with inhabitants
criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
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frivolous     Speak
 
(9)
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expecting the worst possible outcome
very wicked; infamous by being extremely wicked
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
existing, happening, or done at the same time
lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
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hysteria     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
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inkling     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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god; divinity; supernatural things
slight hint or indication; slight understanding
testimony under oath; act of depositing, especially laying down of matter by natural process
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
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intolerable     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
incapable of being put up with; unable to be endured
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
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negotiate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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to give an account or tell the story of
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
discuss the terms of an arrangement
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ordinance     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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decree; authoritative command or order
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
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pigment     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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the exercise of control or influence over someone or something
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
the quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
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radiate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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to give an account or tell the story of
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
arrange or enter in tabular form; shape or cut with a flat surface
spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
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respite     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance
usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
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skirmish     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
an important or influential person, and often overbearing
change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
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transcribe     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
copy; write over again in same words
cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
debase; degrade; spread negative information about
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vigilant     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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existing, happening, or done at the same time
attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
essential or necessary for completeness; entire
displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
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