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High School: 12th Grade
allusion     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
list, especially of names
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe; a period of sleeplessness
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bogus     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; having a sophisticated charm
broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
not liable to error; always right or accurate
counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
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cognizant     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
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crypt     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling
inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
a person who gives financial or other support to people or activity; regular customer
animal, such as an insect, that lacks backbone or spinal column
a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber, especially beneath a church
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default     Speak
 
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n.  
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an activity without interruption; the period of time during which something continues
puzzle; a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
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disuse     Speak
 
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n.  
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puzzle; a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand
the state of something that has been unused and neglected
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
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embellish     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
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expatriate     Speak
 
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n.  
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someone who has withdrawn from his native land
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe; a period of sleeplessness
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foible     Speak
 
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n.  
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indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of ligh; optical properties
a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
a contrast or opposition between two things; direct contrast
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gratify     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
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inclusive     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious
of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
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laud     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
become progressively worse; decline
free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
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morbid     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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expecting the worst possible outcome
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious
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ordinance     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
decree; authoritative command or order
the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
particular aspect of life or activity; body of people who form part of society or economy
something that has been in a family for generations
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proficient     Speak
 
(15)
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relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic
stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
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reformatory     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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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
inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
expecting the worst possible outcome
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resolute     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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too many to be counted; numerous
firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
incapable of being put up with; unable to be endured
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slothful     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
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theorem     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates
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wend     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; fill with inhabitants
make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing
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