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High School: 12th Grade
admonish     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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infuse or fill completely; fertilize and cause to grow; make pregnant
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
give off; send out; give out as sound
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
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cajole     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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scold harshly; criticize severely
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
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cognizant     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
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concurrence     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
a state of cooperation; agreement of results or opinions; acting together
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
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default     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
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dispel     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
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emboss     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
thresh about; give a thrashing to; beat hard
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expatriate     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
an activity without interruption; the period of time during which something continues
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
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foible     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
something that has been in a family for generations
particular aspect of life or activity; body of people who form part of society or economy
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; trait of judging wisely and objectively
moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
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illustrious     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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modest and reserved in manner or behavior
possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
marked by or given to doubt; questioning
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impertinent     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable
improperly forward or bold; rude
very wicked; infamous by being extremely wicked
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid
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inundate     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
infuse or fill completely; fertilize and cause to grow; make pregnant
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
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obituary     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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something formed in the mind; thought or notion
homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
death notice; list of dead
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
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pensive     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
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precept     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
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reorganize     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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make better or more attractive; increase; improve
organize anew, as after a setback
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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ritual     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
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stupor     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
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tart     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie
transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation
a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
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uncouth     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
not liable to error; always right or accurate
of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
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