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High School: 12th Grade
abject     Speak
 
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repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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auspicious     Speak
 
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having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
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chronic     Speak
 
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sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
having a good reputation; honorable
lasting for long period; marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases
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crucial     Speak
 
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having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
cheap in nature or appearance; tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
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deft     Speak
 
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quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
unoriginal; derived from another source
capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
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dignitary     Speak
 
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n.  
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language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
an important or influential person, and often overbearing
change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
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eccentric     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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differing in some characteristics; various
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
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facetious     Speak
 
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possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid
skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
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frivolous     Speak
 
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attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
directly ahead; straightforward
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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hysteria     Speak
 
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n.  
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a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices; the act of letting the air out of something
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
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impoverish     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
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liquidate     Speak
 
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sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
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mystical     Speak
 
(13)
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various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
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ordinance     Speak
 
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n.  
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extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
a journey to a sacred place
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
decree; authoritative command or order
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prose     Speak
 
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n.  
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essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place
a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber, especially beneath a church
a promotional statement; a short description of a book, movie, or other product for promotional purposes
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
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renovate     Speak
 
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v.  
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come into being; become reality
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
restore to good condition; renew
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
force someone to have sex against their will; hold spellbound
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satire     Speak
 
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n.  
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a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
a person who gives financial or other support to people or activity; regular customer
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
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stance     Speak
 
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n.  
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attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
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superlative     Speak
 
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n.  
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the act of using; accepted or habitual practice; the customary manner in which a language is spoken or written
the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
an exaggerated expression, usually of praise; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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usage     Speak
 
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n.  
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a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
the act of using; accepted or habitual practice; the customary manner in which a language is spoken or written
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
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