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High School: 12th Grade
annihilate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
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bourgeois     Speak
 
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like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
performed with a natural or offhand ease
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charisma     Speak
 
(3)
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 exercise of control or influence over someone or something
extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
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credentials     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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young woman making formal entrance into society
expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
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decorous     Speak
 
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counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
according with propriety, dignity, good taste in manners and conduct
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; having a sophisticated charm
untidy; dirty; uncared for in appearance
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dispensary     Speak
 
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n.  
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clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
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embellish     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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make amends for; pay compensation for; secure against future loss, damage, or liability
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
restore to good condition; renew
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enthrall     Speak
 
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capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
organize anew, as after a setback
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
regard with respect; favorable regard
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frugal     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
pertaining to the universe; vast
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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heritage     Speak
 
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n.  
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calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
a prominent supporter; a central cohesive source of support and stability
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inducement     Speak
 
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n.  
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something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe; a period of sleeplessness
shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
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listless     Speak
 
(12)
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conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; adhering to ethical and moral principles
displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
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mire     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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debase; degrade; spread negative information about
restore to good condition; renew
cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
copy; write over again in same words
dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
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organic     Speak
 
(14)
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quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
simple and healthful and close to nature
effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative
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pregnant     Speak
 
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decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
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ravenous     Speak
 
(16)
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incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
extremely hungry; voracious; eager for prey
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
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sally     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
a sudden rushing forth or activity; an excursion or trip, usually off the main course; witty remark
long and slender with a very small internal diameter
addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
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sediment     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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body excluding head and neck and limbs
attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
a journey to a sacred place
deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
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tier     Speak
 
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n.  
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immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
form, appearance, or belongings of a person; external appearance, stature, figure, air
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wan     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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capable of being transmitted by infection, especially for disease; readily communicated
increasing by successive addition
serving or designed to reform
having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
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