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High School: 9th Grade
anathema     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points
teaching by giving a discourse on some subject; speech that is open to the public
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babble     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
become slower; loosen; become less vigorous, intense, or severe
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
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captive     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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someone who has given long service
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
journey organized for a particular purpose
a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land
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cherish     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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be present at; go to; take care of; tend
harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear
combine; blend; become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
recover; find and bring in; get back
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decipher     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
throw or bend back light from a surface; give back or show an image of; mirror
breed; emerge from the egg
shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
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displace     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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avoid cleverly; escape perception of
move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
shuffle; fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters; wrestle in a rough fashion
follow in; go in search of or hunt for
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
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elevate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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go with light running steps; move about or proceed hurriedly
stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
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famine     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system
tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
shortage of food; starvation
allotment; allowance; portion; allot; distribute in rations
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focus     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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most important thing; a fixed reference point; center of interest or activity
act of reconciling, or state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship
protection; exemption from normal legal duties
quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
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hatch     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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recover; find and bring in; get back
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
conquer; overcome; come out better in a competition
breed; emerge from the egg
mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
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hobble     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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reduce level; lower grade of something
shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
combine; blend; become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
leave undone or leave out ; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention
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leisurely     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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reliable; worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
large; broad; extensive; very great in size, number, amount, or quantity
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring
marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
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marine     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
of, found in, or produced by the sea; naval
capable of arousing and holding the attention
first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
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omniscient     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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having total knowledge; knowing everything
appropriate to a purpose or an occasion
causing sadness, compassion, or pity
disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity; receptive
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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portable     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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mobile; easily or conveniently transported
poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
causing difficulty or annoyance; bothersome
likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
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raillery     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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entire range; all notes in musical scale
pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment
an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port
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rejoice     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
make products by hand or machinery; make from raw materials
blow in heavy gusts; speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner
stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
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scoff     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
make sure or certain; insure; assure
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
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tardy     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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causing sadness, compassion, or pity
void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
late; delayed; moving slowly
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transfer     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system
shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age
lack of money; state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts
reasoned and reasonable judgment; a system of reasoning
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