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High School: 10th Grade
affable     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer
worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life
easily approachable; warmly friendly
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anarchy     Speak
 
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n.  
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prescribed diet and habits; a systematic plan for therapy; governmental rule or control
absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
an event that happens; the action or fact of happening or occurring
properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality
superiority in numbers or amount
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becalm     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
ward off; make an effort to resist; keep off; prevent from entering
restored to life; restore consciousness, vigor, or life to; revive
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benign     Speak
 
(4)
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kindly; favorable; not malignant
unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive
profitable; producing good profit
possessed by an unreasoning passion or attraction; overcome by some foolish passion or desire
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cliche     Speak
 
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n.  
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passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as literary or musical composition
obvious remark; overused expression or idea
an event that happens; the action or fact of happening or occurring
earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
formal essay; paper written by candidate for doctoral degree at university
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debris     Speak
 
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n.  
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traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality
facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust
unbordered picture, often a portrait; decorative design placed at beginning or end of book or chapter; short literary sketch
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devour     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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pierce with numerous holes; perforate; permeate or spread throughout
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase
start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony
consume; eat greedily; destroy completely
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erupt     Speak
 
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v.  
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provoke the hostility of; act in opposition to
explode; burst out; become violently active
block legislation by making long speeches
grasp and hold tightly; attempt to grasp or seize
copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
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frenetic     Speak
 
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stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for
fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless
excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion
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harangue     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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the process of scraping or wearing away; scratch; friction
noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression
art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
knightly skill; courtesy towards women
calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
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inexplicable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for
elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily
inclined; lying face downward; having a tendency
pertaining to one of the poles of the earth; of the poles
pleasing or sweet to taste or smell
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lackluster     Speak
 
(12)
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messy and dirty; careless and excessively casual
in the middle of; among; surrounded by
first public performance, as of a movie or play; premier
dull; lacking luster or shine
of a brilliant red color
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melancholy     Speak
 
(13)
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high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing
extremely hungry; exhausted through want of food or drink
deserving or bringing disgrace or shame, used of conduct or character
gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless
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navigate     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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slow down rate of advancement of; decrease speed of
ward off; make an effort to resist; keep off; prevent from entering
steer; direct; follow a planned course on, across, or through
agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
exceed or surpass; leave behind
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overwrought     Speak
 
(15)
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wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering
worn through till threads show; wearing old, shabby clothing; shabby and poor
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
extremely disturbed from emotion
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posterity     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
an event that happens; the action or fact of happening or occurring
any of various flies, that bite or annoy livestock and other animals; irritating person
state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty
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reclamation     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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voting; survey; number of votes cast or recorded
a landowner who leases to others; a person who rents land, a building, or an apartment to a tenant
principles presented for belief, as by religious; principle of law; act of teaching; instruction
wood or collection of trees, shrubs
rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
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restive     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control
casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed
marked by precise accordance with details
favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
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shepherd     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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the process of scraping or wearing away; scratch; friction
one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection
a herder of sheep; someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
assault; an initial attempt; a sudden short attack
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tribute     Speak
 
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n.  
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payment in money made by one ruler or nation; tax; mark of respect; praiseworthy quality
small leaf; leaf like organ or part
imaginary circle on surface of the earth through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; noon
retort; comeback; answer to a reply
fertile or green spot in a waste or desert
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