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High School: 12th Grade
acquiesce     Speak
 
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v.  
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occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to
go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
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atrocious     Speak
 
(2)
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strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
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charlatan     Speak
 
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completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
the mansion of a lord or wealthy person; the landed estate of a lord
extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
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contradictory     Speak
 
(4)
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decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
unreachable; not available; unattainable
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
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delineate     Speak
 
(5)
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substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
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disreputable     Speak
 
(6)
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of or relating to neurons; relating to a nerve or the nervous system
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
simple and healthful and close to nature
of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
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dregs     Speak
 
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god; divinity; supernatural things
oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
sediment settled at bottom of liquid; waste or worthless matter
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe; a period of sleeplessness
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
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feign     Speak
 
(8)
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make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasion
cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut
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forthright     Speak
 
(9)
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coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
directly ahead; straightforward
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented
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hysteria     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
an epic poem adapted for recitation
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
an activity without interruption; the period of time during which something continues
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inducement     Speak
 
(11)
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person who eats too much food and drink
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive
over regulated administrative system
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inundate     Speak
 
(12)
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make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasion
overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
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narrate     Speak
 
(13)
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reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
to give an account or tell the story of
ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
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obnoxious     Speak
 
(14)
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causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
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precept     Speak
 
(15)
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trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
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rational     Speak
 
(16)
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motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
consistent with; based on; using reason
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satire     Speak
 
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n.  
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form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
a state of cooperation; agreement of results or opinions; acting together
a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
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silhouette     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
a contrast or opposition between two things; direct contrast
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
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
a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
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tawdry     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
capable of being transmitted by infection, especially for disease; readily communicated
cheap in nature or appearance; tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
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waif     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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an epic poem adapted for recitation
homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
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