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High School: 12th Grade
abate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
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candor     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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the exercise of control or influence over someone or something
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
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catharsis     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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young woman making formal entrance into society
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
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covert     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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secretive; not openly acknowledged or displayed
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
differing in some characteristics; various
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
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cynical     Speak
 
(5)
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final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
consistent with; based on; using reason
too many to be counted; numerous
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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disquiet     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
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eminent     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
capable of being accomplished or brought about
bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
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equivocation     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
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frustrate     Speak
 
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make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
pay back for some expense incurred
regard with respect; favorable regard
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
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humdrum     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
extremely hungry; voracious; eager for prey
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incorporate     Speak
 
(11)
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cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
complete view in every direction.
combine something into a larger whole; unite
decide upon and express in words
exude or expel foam; make froth or foam and become bubbly
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jargon     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
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minutiae     Speak
 
(13)
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frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; trait of judging wisely and objectively
list, especially of names
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pertinent     Speak
 
(14)
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secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
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pinnacle     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
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qualm     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of ligh; optical properties
mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
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rogue     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
cutting into a substance; cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery
mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
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silhouette     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber, especially beneath a church
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color; an outline of a solid object, as cast by its shadow
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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
cut open or cut apart; make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
combine something into a larger whole; unite
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
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unerring     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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not liable to error; always right or accurate
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
energetic; vigorously active
drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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