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High School: 12th Grade
allusion     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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flow under pressure; an unrestrained expression of emotion
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
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broach     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
pollute; make dirty or spotty
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
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catharsis     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
over regulated administrative system
a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
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concurrence     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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a state of cooperation; agreement of results or opinions; acting together
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
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deft     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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not liable to error; always right or accurate
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
composed of elements from a variety of sources
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
incapable of being put up with; unable to be endured
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docile     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
incapable of being put up with; unable to be endured
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative
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droll     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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queer; amusingly odd; comical
full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
directly ahead; straightforward
having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
unoriginal; derived from another source
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eradicate     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
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foment     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
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humiliate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
scold harshly; criticize severely
spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
pay back for some expense incurred
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
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indisposed     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
performed with a natural or offhand ease
of or relating to a focus; having or localized centrally at a focus
coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
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listless     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort
coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
pertaining to the universe; vast
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manor     Speak
 
(13)
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
addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
the mansion of a lord or wealthy person; the landed estate of a lord
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
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panorama     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
arrange or enter in tabular form; shape or cut with a flat surface
complete view in every direction.
make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
organize anew, as after a setback
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pinnacle     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
something that has been in a family for generations
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
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reimburse     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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pay back for some expense incurred
examine closely and critically
assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
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resolute     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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of or relating to neurons; relating to a nerve or the nervous system
firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
consistent with; based on; using reason
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stance     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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over regulated administrative system
attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
particular aspect of life or activity; body of people who form part of society or economy
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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surreptitious     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous
habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
defending or protecting from disease or infection
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wan     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
essential or necessary for completeness; entire
having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
simple and healthful and close to nature
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