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High School: 12th Grade
acrimonious     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
very wicked; infamous by being extremely wicked
expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
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bureaucracy     Speak
 
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n.  
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shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
something that has been in a family for generations
over regulated administrative system
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component     Speak
 
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n.  
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last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
the rate of change at a point of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve; a curving or bending, often abnormal
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consul     Speak
 
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n.  
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a promotional statement; a short description of a book, movie, or other product for promotional purposes
usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
concluding part; closing section
something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive
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deft     Speak
 
(5)
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skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
incapable of being made smaller or simpler
capable of being transmitted by infection, especially for disease; readily communicated
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented
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diverse     Speak
 
(6)
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repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
differing in some characteristics; various
lasting for long period; marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases
incapable of being made smaller or simpler
unoriginal; derived from another source
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emit     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
give off; send out; give out as sound
place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
call upon; ask for; request earnestly
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expressive     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous
effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
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focal     Speak
 
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of or relating to a focus; having or localized centrally at a focus
marked by or given to doubt; questioning
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
deserving or inciting pity; causing feelings of sympathy
particularly; specifically; in an explicit manner
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grandiose     Speak
 
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counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
pervading; spread throughout every part
dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
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infatuate     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence
spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
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intolerable     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
evoking lifelike images within the mind; pertaining to or consisting of pictures
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
incapable of being put up with; unable to be endured
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
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minutiae     Speak
 
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n.  
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petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
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permeate     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
spread or flow throughout; pervade
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
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pigment     Speak
 
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n.  
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substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
the quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change
immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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readjust     Speak
 
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v.  
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spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
debase; degrade; spread negative information about
adjust again after an initial failure
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
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rostrum     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
something that has been in a family for generations
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
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stupefy     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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arrange or enter in tabular form; shape or cut with a flat surface
make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
regard with respect; favorable regard
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torso     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
body excluding head and neck and limbs
act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe; a period of sleeplessness
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usage     Speak
 
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n.  
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something that has been in a family for generations
the act of using; accepted or habitual practice; the customary manner in which a language is spoken or written
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
the state of something that has been unused and neglected
over regulated administrative system
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