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High School: 12th Grade
acerbic     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
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bureaucracy     Speak
 
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n.  
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decree; authoritative command or order
the exercise of control or influence over someone or something
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
over regulated administrative system
puzzle; a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand
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choreography     Speak
 
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n.  
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disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
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consecrate     Speak
 
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substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasion
appoint to a clerical posts; dedicate to a deity by a vow; render holy by means of religious rites
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
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deity     Speak
 
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n.  
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god; divinity; supernatural things
central or essential part around which other parts are gathered or grouped; core
thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
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dignitary     Speak
 
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n.  
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an important or influential person, and often overbearing
a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
an epic poem adapted for recitation
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enhance     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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approve formally; confirm; verify
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
cut open or cut apart; make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
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expedite     Speak
 
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v.  
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process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
organize anew, as after a setback
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
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forthright     Speak
 
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impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
directly ahead; straightforward
decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
marked by or given to doubt; questioning
tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
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heirloom     Speak
 
(10)
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a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber, especially beneath a church
something that has been in a family for generations
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
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impoverish     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
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liberalism     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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state of being unmarried; single life
a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
concluding part; closing section
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metaphysical     Speak
 
(13)
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obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
lasting for long period; marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases
evoking lifelike images within the mind; pertaining to or consisting of pictures
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
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overture     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
a person who gives financial or other support to people or activity; regular customer
an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
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plebeian     Speak
 
(15)
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strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
of or relating to the cervix of the uterus; relating to the neck
crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
consistent with; based on; using reason
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radiate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
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satire     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a prominent supporter; a central cohesive source of support and stability
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation
participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
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sediment     Speak
 
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n.  
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applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
an expert who gives advice
death notice; list of dead
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tantalize     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
arrange or enter in tabular form; shape or cut with a flat surface
restore to good condition; renew
cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
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usage     Speak
 
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n.  
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mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope
the act of using; accepted or habitual practice; the customary manner in which a language is spoken or written
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