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High School: 12th Grade
acrimonious     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
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callow     Speak
 
(2)
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feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
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clemency     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
an epic poem adapted for recitation
having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
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crypt     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie
a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber, especially beneath a church
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
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definitive     Speak
 
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skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
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devastate     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
adjust again after an initial failure
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
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dregs     Speak
 
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n.  
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attitude or position of a standing person or animal; posture; mental posture; point of view
sediment settled at bottom of liquid; waste or worthless matter
the mansion of a lord or wealthy person; the landed estate of a lord
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
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eradicate     Speak
 
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v.  
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voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
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frugal     Speak
 
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not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
rich and superior in quality
sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
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illustrious     Speak
 
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increasing by successive addition
bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid
arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
queer; amusingly odd; comical
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incriminate     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
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laud     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
approve formally; confirm; verify
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
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mendicant     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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an activity without interruption; the period of time during which something continues
thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
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overture     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
form, appearance, or belongings of a person; external appearance, stature, figure, air
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phenomenal     Speak
 
(15)
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joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
composed of elements from a variety of sources
exceedingly or unbelievably great
broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
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rebuff     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
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rostrum     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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state of being unmarried; single life
an epic poem adapted for recitation
the direction in which something, such as a building, faces; the face or front of a building
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
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skeptical     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
marked by or given to doubt; questioning
serving or designed to reform
inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
not liable to error; always right or accurate
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sundry     Speak
 
(19)
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various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
defending or protecting from disease or infection
queer; amusingly odd; comical
too many to be counted; numerous
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
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ultimate     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
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