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High School: 10th Grade
abet     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
recollect and tell of past experiences or events; talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories
cease to proceed or act; stop; forbear
support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
explode; burst out; become violently active
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apprehend     Speak
 
(2)
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take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
make rich; richen; improve
fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
dictate; guide; advise the use of; assert a right; claim
exceed or surpass; leave behind
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barrage     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration
position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
artificial obstruction; heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles
subject of conversation or discussion; topic; essay
external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; small ornamental piece
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broadcast     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
choice and use of words in speech or writing
message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show
refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
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conservative     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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kindly; favorable; not malignant
favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
unhappy; dissatisfied; frustrated
being beyond what is required or sufficient
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corrupt     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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characterized by unrest or disorder
unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh
very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
deserving of praise; worthy of high praise
changed from sound to putrid state; spoiled; tainted
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disparity     Speak
 
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n.  
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difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree
long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation
a hope or ambition of achieving something; the action or process of drawing breath
a spear with three prongs
great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
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famished     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless
twisted; knotty; made rough by age or hard work
fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless
extremely hungry; exhausted through want of food or drink
abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
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filibuster     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony
make fit for; change to suit a new purpose
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
block legislation by making long speeches
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graze     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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provoke the hostility of; act in opposition to
turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position, order, or condition of
ward off; make an effort to resist; keep off; prevent from entering
scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
supervise; manage; watch over and direct; examine or inspect
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infatuated     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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possessed by an unreasoning passion or attraction; overcome by some foolish passion or desire
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
in utter disorder; lacking visible order or organization
lacking discretion; injudicious
yielding; lenient; forbearing or tolerant
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intransigence     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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collection of facts, observations, or other information related to a particular question or problem
refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula; verbal charm or spell
person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection; fugitive from the law; habitual criminal
watching; inspection; close observation of a person or group; supervision
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muster     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel
grasp and hold tightly; attempt to grasp or seize
call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up
steer; direct; follow a planned course on, across, or through
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ordain     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
recollect and tell of past experiences or events; talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories
degrade; debase, as in dignity or social standing
cancel; put an end to; destroy completely
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pedestal     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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architectural support or base, as for a column or statue; support or foundation
act of waiting; delay; stay or continuance in a place
someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
mixed emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder; fear, as of something evil
loyalty to a nation, sovereign, or cause; fidelity to any person or thing; devotion
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polar     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
pertaining to one of the poles of the earth; of the poles
apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control
associated with a divine power; made holy; worthy of religious veneration
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recompense     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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render an equivalent to, for service, loss; requite; remunerate; compensate; give in return; pay back
consume; eat greedily; destroy completely
beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
vaporize; disappear; change into a vapor
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retaliate     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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provoke the hostility of; act in opposition to
find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
dictate; guide; advise the use of; assert a right; claim
do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront
raise in rank or dignity; praise
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slovenly     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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deserving or bringing disgrace or shame, used of conduct or character
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
possessed by an unreasoning passion or attraction; overcome by some foolish passion or desire
messy and dirty; careless and excessively casual
impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
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vicinity     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
state of being near in space or relationship; proximity
position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
durable goods for home or office use; device or instrument for household use
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