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High School: 12th Grade
acumen     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
mental keenness; quickness of perception
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe; a period of sleeplessness
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
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bureaucracy     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
over regulated administrative system
indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
state of being unmarried; single life
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
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carnivorous     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
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convivial     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
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delve     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
call upon; ask for; request earnestly
dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
restore to good condition; renew
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devastate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; fill with inhabitants
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dynamic     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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performed with a natural or offhand ease
unoriginal; derived from another source
energetic; vigorously active
arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented
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feasible     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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consistent with; based on; using reason
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
capable of being accomplished or brought about
habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
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focal     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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existing, happening, or done at the same time
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
of or relating to a focus; having or localized centrally at a focus
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guerrilla     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
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inert     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
too many to be counted; numerous
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
consistent with; based on; using reason
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
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irony     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
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negotiate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
copy; write over again in same words
approve formally; confirm; verify
discuss the terms of an arrangement
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opaque     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic
differing in some characteristics; various
disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
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pigment     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope
death notice; list of dead
savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
concluding part; closing section
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quell     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
spread or flow throughout; pervade
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
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residue     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
list, especially of names
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
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segregate     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to
completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
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taint     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
combine something into a larger whole; unite
distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
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vigil     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe; a period of sleeplessness
young woman making formal entrance into society
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
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