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High School: 12th Grade
acquiesce     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
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authoritative     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
according with propriety, dignity, good taste in manners and conduct
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
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cognizant     Speak
 
(3)
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evoking lifelike images within the mind; pertaining to or consisting of pictures
having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
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consul     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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testimony under oath; act of depositing, especially laying down of matter by natural process
act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
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default     Speak
 
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state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
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designate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
thresh about; give a thrashing to; beat hard
force someone to have sex against their will; hold spellbound
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dynamic     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
energetic; vigorously active
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
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equilibrium     Speak
 
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n.  
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body excluding head and neck and limbs
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
small or simply constructed dwelling; small, wretched house
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
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foible     Speak
 
(9)
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agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
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hackneyed     Speak
 
(10)
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barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
serving or designed to reform
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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imperial     Speak
 
(11)
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deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
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mainstay     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
a prominent supporter; a central cohesive source of support and stability
divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
a grand and imposing entrance; a short vein that carries blood into the liver
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maternal     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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oblivion     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
body excluding head and neck and limbs
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pliable     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable
full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
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reinstate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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isolate; separate; divide from the main body
place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
complete view in every direction.
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revere     Speak
 
(17)
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return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
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spasm     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
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tantalize     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence
debase; degrade; spread negative information about
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ultimatum     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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state of being unmarried; single life
sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber, especially beneath a church
a prominent supporter; a central cohesive source of support and stability
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