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Vocabulary Study Online By Level (VSOBL) is a fast, reliable, and handy tool to prepare English exam vocabulary. It has lots of built-in word lists to load by level.
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High School: 9th Grade
abstract     Speak
 
(1)
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full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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attentive     Speak
 
(2)
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lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
large; broad; extensive; very great in size, number, amount, or quantity
enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
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brittle     Speak
 
(3)
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efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic
nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine
easy and graceful in shape; graceful; smooth and unconstrained in movement
easily broken; having little elasticity
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conspicuous     Speak
 
(4)
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noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
not permanent; lasting for only a limited period of time
divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
relating to region on either side of the equator; hot and humid
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cordial     Speak
 
(5)
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gracious; showing warm and friendliness
no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion
stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
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despair     Speak
 
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n.  
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one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
fight; noisy quarrel or fight; loud party
doubter; person who suspends judgment until evidence has been examined
harmless form of the germs that cause a disease to prevent people getting the actual disease
loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
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dual     Speak
 
(7)
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distinguished from others in excellence
offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
without money; poor; penniless
expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two
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eternal     Speak
 
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practical and functional, not just for show
forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite
dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks
relating to health or the protection of health
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
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fragrant     Speak
 
(9)
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alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
of or relating to nonmilitary life
having a pleasant or sweet smell; odorous
existing or occurring before something else
gracious; showing warm and friendliness
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gauche     Speak
 
(10)
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large; broad; extensive; very great in size, number, amount, or quantity
fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth
having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive
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hobble     Speak
 
(11)
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enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
modify; cause to change; make different; convert
cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete
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linger     Speak
 
(12)
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be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
breed; emerge from the egg
narrate or tell; count over again
appear or take shape, usually in enlarged or distorted form
judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate
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neutral     Speak
 
(13)
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appropriate to a purpose or an occasion
slightly obscure; unclear, confused, or uncertain
dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
impartial; not supporting one side over another
causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
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outline     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
line that appears to bound an object; shape of an object or figure; summary of a written work or speech
doubter; person who suspends judgment until evidence has been examined
protection; exemption from normal legal duties
satisfaction; pleasure; entertainment; freedom from care
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prey     Speak
 
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n.  
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wetness caused by water
state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of
target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age
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quiver     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
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reinforce     Speak
 
(17)
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provide written evidence; record in detail
put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
combine; blend; become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
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shrivel     Speak
 
(18)
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scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity; come near
turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
include; surround on all sides; close in
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
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(19)
v.  
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get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow
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treaty     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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any substance used to make soil more fertile
line that appears to bound an object; shape of an object or figure; summary of a written work or speech
shuttle; transport by boat or aircraft
act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation
an achievement that requires great courage, skill, or strength; accomplishment
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