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High School: 11th Grade
absorption     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods
process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
necessary requirement; indispensable item
the property of being perpetual, seemingly ceaseless
conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease; sanitation
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alliteration     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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state of being public; information to attract public notice
repetition of beginning sound in poetry
gap; a long narrow opening
a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence; mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
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bane     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing
a college or university building for student living; a large bedroom where several people sleep
tendency to expect the best possible outcome; belief that the universe is improving and good will win over evil
noise; loud outcry; expression of discontent or protest
something causes misery or death; curse; fatal injury or ruin
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bethink     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
shift to clockwise direction; turn sharply; change direction abruptly
cause oneself to consider something; consider or ponder something carefully
pull up; displace; destroy completely, as if down to the roots; eradicate
spread or daub a surface; smear or cover with a greasy or sticky substance
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contemplative     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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deeply or seriously thoughtful
animated; lively; vigorous and active
marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm and resolute
in a comically or distorted manner
arduous; intense; performed with much energy or force;
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cryptic     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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altogether; entirely; without reservation or exception
having hidden meaning; mystifying; using code or cipher
deeply or seriously thoughtful
inadvertently; by chance; casually; fortuitously; not essentially or intrinsically
with sadness; in a sorrowful manner
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dormitory     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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a college or university building for student living; a large bedroom where several people sleep
freedom from risk or danger; safety
practical method or art applied to some particular task; skillfulness
gap; a long narrow opening
a long and complicated and confusing procedure
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embroil     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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spread or daub a surface; smear or cover with a greasy or sticky substance
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
shift to clockwise direction; turn sharply; change direction abruptly
cause the downfall of; destroy property or hinder normal operations; corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
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foursome     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan
four people considered as a unit; the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
bringing again into activity and prominence
a garment worn under other garments
extent; greatness of rank, size, or position
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hybrid     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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something of mixed origin or composition
the act of tying or binding things together
situation; condition; detail accompanying or surrounding an event
person who carries a message
too much production or more than expected
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innocence     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
extent; greatness of rank, size, or position
the quality of naivete; the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
a long and complicated and confusing procedure
an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
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luxury     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness
hardship; state of extreme poverty
putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time; slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it
something that is an indulgence rather than necessity; excessively expensive
one who does not hold same religious beliefs as another
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outlive     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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live longer than; survive or last beyond
be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
contradict; give a false impression
estimate the value of; draw from specific cases for more general cases
speak distinctly; state or set forth precisely or systematically; pronounce; articulate
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pageant     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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one who does not hold same religious beliefs as another
elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainment; show, spectacle, or display
one of a class of agricultural laborers; a country person
funding; money set aside for a specific purpose
the act of reaching out; the extent or length of reaching out
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philanthropy     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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composition; structure; the way in which someone or something is composed
study; investigation; process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts
process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist
voluntary promotion of human welfare
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regard     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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make too low an estimate of
deem to be; connect closely and often incriminatingly; look at attentively
excite suddenly and intensely; charge a conductor with electricity; equip for use with electricity
spread or daub a surface; smear or cover with a greasy or sticky substance
to take great pleasure or delight; make merry
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sensibility     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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ability to feel or perceive; keen intellectual perception
reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
a man from your own country; a man who lives in the country and has country ways
the act of operating on living animals, especially in scientific research
the respect with which a person is held; an approximate calculation of quantity; a judgment of the qualities
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stagy     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened
having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality
adequate; enough; being as much as is needed
worthy of consideration; large in amount, extent, or degree
furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
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tattletale     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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living quarters provided for public convenience; something that meets a need; convenience
exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey
someone who gossips indiscreetly
bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels
a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
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unpleasant     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings
in an intermittent manner
easy to destroy, delicate, not strong
occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; causing fear or dread or terror
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