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High School: 9th Grade
alter     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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live in; occupy; reside in
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
modify; cause to change; make different; convert
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
be present at; go to; take care of; tend
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babble     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment
keep under control; hold back ; place limits on
agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow
consider; think about carefully; weigh
talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
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breadth     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a widely known person; the state of being well known
government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families
an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of
measure or dimension from side to side; width; extent
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clammy     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
appropriate to a purpose or an occasion
open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive
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deciduous     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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engaging in a contest; being in the state of competition, often unintentionally
falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth
of, found in, or produced by the sea; naval
low or inferior in station or quality; modest
having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
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discharge     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
endeavor; struggle or fight forcefully; exert much effort or energy
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
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efficient     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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of or relating to nonmilitary life
seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible; optical
unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
spread or scattered over a considerable extent; occurring or accepted widely
effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
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excel     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity; come near
be superior; distinguish oneself
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
deliver;give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
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function     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing
allotment; allowance; portion; allot; distribute in rations
long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface
act of executing or performing any duty; assigned duty or activity
shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft
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garment     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
any article of clothing, as coat or gown
elaborate and systematic plan; plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal
almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
anything that contributes causally to a result; element; variable
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immune     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
given with strong assurance; firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty
efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
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leisurely     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
late; delayed; moving slowly
easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
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massive     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
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overwhelm     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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make sure or certain; insure; assure
shuffle; fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters; wrestle in a rough fashion
throw or bend back light from a surface; give back or show an image of; mirror
convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
defeat; cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force ; charge someone with too many tasks
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portable     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
mobile; easily or conveniently transported
causing difficulty or annoyance; bothersome
fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
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provoke     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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develop and reach maturity; grow old or older
come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity; come near
enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
adjust the spaces between words; show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
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restrain     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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keep under control; hold back ; place limits on
add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition
reduce level; lower grade of something
deliver;give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
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shabby     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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impartial; not supporting one side over another
practical and functional, not just for show
torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
relating to region on either side of the equator; hot and humid
most outstanding; highest; superior
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spasmodic     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic
clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
mobile; easily or conveniently transported
open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
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transport     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
carry from one place to another; carry away; deport
absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
set up; connect or set in position and prepare for use
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