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High School: 12th Grade
apathetic     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
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atrocious     Speak
 
(2)
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sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
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clientele     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
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culminate     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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make better or more attractive; increase; improve
make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; fill with inhabitants
make amends for; pay compensation for; secure against future loss, damage, or liability
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
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deference     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source
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diverse     Speak
 
(6)
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having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
differing in some characteristics; various
disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
very wicked; infamous by being extremely wicked
having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
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embellish     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
organize anew, as after a setback
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
infuse or fill completely; fertilize and cause to grow; make pregnant
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expedite     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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regard with respect; favorable regard
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
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focal     Speak
 
(9)
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inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
of or relating to a focus; having or localized centrally at a focus
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
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gratify     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
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insufferable     Speak
 
(11)
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improperly forward or bold; rude
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable
possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
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kinetic     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
extremely hungry; voracious; eager for prey
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minutiae     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
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overture     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
animal, such as an insect, that lacks backbone or spinal column
energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
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prose     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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god; divinity; supernatural things
an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
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readjust     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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adjust again after an initial failure
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
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scrutinize     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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examine closely and critically
approve formally; confirm; verify
make visual, or visible; see in fancy; form a mental image of
overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
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stupor     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
an exaggerated expression, usually of praise; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
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taint     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
drive or hunt out of hiding; uncover and bring to light by searching
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ultimate     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
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