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High School: 10th Grade
abrasive     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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sky blue; light purplish blue
uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
everlasting; continuing without interruption
in utter disorder; lacking visible order or organization
rubbing away; tending to grind down
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amaze     Speak
 
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v.  
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astonish; surprise greatly; affect with wonder
distribute; spread; scatter like seeds
make rich; richen; improve
support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
make strong or stronger; prepare oneself for a military confrontation
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balmy     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest
having no adverse effect; harmless
mild and pleasant; extremely foolish
of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer
having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless
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carcinogen     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who has legal title to something; owner
any substance that produces cancer
the activity of writing by hand; something written by hand
state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition
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contravened     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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deny the truth of; go against, as of rules and laws
position troops in readiness for combat, as along a front or line; put into use or action
explode; burst out; become violently active
provoke the hostility of; act in opposition to
outlive; live or last longer than
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critique     Speak
 
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n.  
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noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression
critical review or commentary, especially one dealing with works of art or literature
offensive or insulting treatment
descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
wild and exciting undertaking; adventurous or unconventional act
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efface     Speak
 
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v.  
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rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
pay attention to; listen to and consider
form by assembling or combining parts; build; create
do punishment in return for injury or insult; avenge
keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting
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extirpate     Speak
 
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v.  
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make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
root out; eradicate, literally or figuratively; destroy wholly
form by assembling or combining parts; build; create
throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; obscure; cover with a superior influence
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fortify     Speak
 
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v.  
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surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
make strong or stronger; prepare oneself for a military confrontation
prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
pay attention to; listen to and consider
cease to proceed or act; stop; forbear
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headquarter     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
an unrestrained expression of emotion; a sudden intense happening
exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners
main office of large organization
act of waiting; delay; stay or continuance in a place
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inertia     Speak
 
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n.  
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property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction
general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
act of making timid or fearful , of deterring by threats; state of being intimidated
loyalty to a nation, sovereign, or cause; fidelity to any person or thing; devotion
copy or reproduction of a work of art
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irrevocable     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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irritable; easily angered; excited by or arising from anger
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
tireless; showing sustained enthusiastic action
excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion
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masquerade     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
the activity of writing by hand; something written by hand
appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence
assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions; dramatic performance by actors in masks
properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality
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onset     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
one who lives in solitude; withdrawn from the world; reclusive
any substance that produces cancer
beginning or early stages; offensive against enemy
art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
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perceptible     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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injured by freezing or partial freezing
rubbing away; tending to grind down
difficult to believe; incredible; skeptical
capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable
skillful; handy; agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance; attractive
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poll     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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voting; survey; number of votes cast or recorded
one who has legal title to something; owner
the process of scraping or wearing away; scratch; friction
long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation
translation, often interpretive; performance of a musical or dramatic work
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pulchritude     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who lives in solitude; withdrawn from the world; reclusive
pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing
great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty
formal essay; paper written by candidate for doctoral degree at university
something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition
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revenge     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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do punishment in return for injury or insult; avenge
pass or flow through, as an aperture; permeate; pass or spread through the whole extent of
position troops in readiness for combat, as along a front or line; put into use or action
bring out; arouse; call forth
tie with rope; fasten or restrict with rope or chain
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session     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; worry; annoyance; anxiety.
patience; restraint of passions; act of forbearing or waiting
enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
meeting devoted to a particular activity; time for school to hold classes
seat, especially a royal seat; throne; rank; grade; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding or investing of a place by army
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trident     Speak
 
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n.  
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pretense; something intended to misrepresent
a spear with three prongs
settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; written agreement between two states
superiority in numbers or amount
event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
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