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High School: 12th Grade
annul     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing
indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
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aphorism     Speak
 
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n.  
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frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
act of providing or preparing for future use or application; making ready; preparation; foresight
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castigate     Speak
 
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to give an account or tell the story of
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
encourage; motivate; arouse; spur; excite or invigorate with a stimulant
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
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contradictory     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
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debit     Speak
 
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n.  
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energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant
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dignitary     Speak
 
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n.  
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intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
testimony under oath; act of depositing, especially laying down of matter by natural process
an important or influential person, and often overbearing
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
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dupe     Speak
 
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n.  
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easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
an exaggerated expression, usually of praise; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of ligh; optical properties
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equanimity     Speak
 
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n.  
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a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
concluding part; closing section
small or simply constructed dwelling; small, wretched house
calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
the condition of having a highly technical implementation; the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology
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finesse     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
flow under pressure; an unrestrained expression of emotion
place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
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humiliate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
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infatuate     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; fill with inhabitants
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
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lucid     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
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necessitate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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encourage; motivate; arouse; spur; excite or invigorate with a stimulant
examine closely and critically
make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
arrange or enter in tabular form; shape or cut with a flat surface
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parse     Speak
 
(14)
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scold harshly; criticize severely
place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
discuss the terms of an arrangement
analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence
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preoccupy     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
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rebuke     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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to give an account or tell the story of
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
scold harshly; criticize severely
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
spread or flow throughout; pervade
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sally     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
a sudden rushing forth or activity; an excursion or trip, usually off the main course; witty remark
a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
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solitude     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe; a period of sleeplessness
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
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tributary     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; an enclosed conduit for a fluid
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uncouth     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; having a sophisticated charm
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
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