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High School: 9th Grade
appoint     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
assign a job or role to someone; designate; nominate
dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
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baffle     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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leave undone or leave out ; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention
shuffle; fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters; wrestle in a rough fashion
cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water
avoid cleverly; escape perception of
frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
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captivity     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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prison; confinement; state of being a prisoner
request for help; excuse or pretext
release of property or person in return for payment of a demanded price; price paid for such release
tax on goods coming into a country
discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
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competing     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
engaging in a contest; being in the state of competition, often unintentionally
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corral     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
a person who defeats an enemy or opponent in competition; winner
government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
enclosure for confining livestock; enclosure formed by a circle of wagons for defense against attack during an encampment
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displace     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity; come near
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elaborate     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
physically weak; easily broken
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ensure     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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make sure or certain; insure; assure
grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
give help or support to, especially as a subordinate
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
develop and reach maturity; grow old or older
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fraudulent     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
of or relating to nonmilitary life
in or into a high place; high or higher up
seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible; optical
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gamut     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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exceptional creative ability; unusual mental ability; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
pretense of strength; mislead or deceive
person with exceptional talents or powers; wonder
large extent of land; organized portion of country
entire range; all notes in musical scale
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impose     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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expand; fill with air or gas; increase the amount or availability of
demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way
achieve or accomplish; gain
turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
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inhabit     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
reduce level; lower grade of something
turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
live in; occupy; reside in
absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
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numerous     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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random; occurring from time to time; infrequent
capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number
worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
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peer     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
go with light running steps; move about or proceed hurriedly
get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
combine; blend; become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
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pneumonia     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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inflammation of the lungs
freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
sovereignty; rule; dominance or widespread influence
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pursue     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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come into prominence; spring up; appear
follow in; go in search of or hunt for
endure; be persistent, refuse to stop
demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way
appear or take shape, usually in enlarged or distorted form
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reinforce     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
hand out; disseminate; allocate
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
keep or confine within limits
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shred     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long irregular strip that is cut or torn off
exceptional creative ability; unusual mental ability; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
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tentative     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine
torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
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upheaval     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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food and drink; diet; transportation charge; a paying passenger
any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
absolute ruler; sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution
violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset
act that violates of the rules of a sport
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