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High School: 12th Grade
abdicate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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make amends for; pay compensation for; secure against future loss, damage, or liability
arrange or enter in tabular form; shape or cut with a flat surface
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
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auspicious     Speak
 
(2)
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deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
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concept     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
something formed in the mind; thought or notion
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
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contradictory     Speak
 
(4)
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like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
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deficient     Speak
 
(5)
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inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
too many to be counted; numerous
high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
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discretion     Speak
 
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n.  
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the condition of having a highly technical implementation; the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; trait of judging wisely and objectively
a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices; the act of letting the air out of something
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embellish     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence
make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
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entreaty     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
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folio     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
animal, such as an insect, that lacks backbone or spinal column
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
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impeach     Speak
 
(10)
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lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
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impregnate     Speak
 
(11)
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place over something else; place on top of
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
infuse or fill completely; fertilize and cause to grow; make pregnant
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irreducible     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
incapable of being made smaller or simpler
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
pertaining to the universe; vast
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narcotic     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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a promotional statement; a short description of a book, movie, or other product for promotional purposes
expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
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oratory     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive
gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
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proficient     Speak
 
(15)
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expecting the worst possible outcome
disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
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rebuke     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
encourage; motivate; arouse; spur; excite or invigorate with a stimulant
scold harshly; criticize severely
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repudiate     Speak
 
(17)
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treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
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slothful     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; having a sophisticated charm
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
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torso     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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decree; authoritative command or order
body excluding head and neck and limbs
anger; wrath; keen resentment; irritate
savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
sediment settled at bottom of liquid; waste or worthless matter
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ultimatum     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
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