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High School: 12th Grade
aesthetic     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious
improperly forward or bold; rude
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
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automation     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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an epic poem adapted for recitation
act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source
something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
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charlatan     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a promotional statement; a short description of a book, movie, or other product for promotional purposes
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
something formed in the mind; thought or notion
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
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confound     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
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debutante     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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young woman making formal entrance into society
moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices; the act of letting the air out of something
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dispense     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence
copy; write over again in same words
arrange or enter in tabular form; shape or cut with a flat surface
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dormant     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
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equivocation     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
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flaunt     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
display proudly or shamelessly; show oneself off
form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
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humdrum     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
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innumerable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
too many to be counted; numerous
thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
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jargon     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe; a period of sleeplessness
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
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mutation     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
an exaggerated expression, usually of praise; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance
animal, such as an insect, that lacks backbone or spinal column
change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
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patron     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a person who gives financial or other support to people or activity; regular customer
frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
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progression     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
the state of something that has been unused and neglected
an important or influential person, and often overbearing
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
sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
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qualm     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place
transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation
the exercise of control or influence over someone or something
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ritual     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
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stupefy     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
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superimpose     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
discuss the terms of an arrangement
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
place over something else; place on top of
make visual, or visible; see in fancy; form a mental image of
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ultimatum     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie
testimony under oath; act of depositing, especially laying down of matter by natural process
shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
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