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High School: 12th Grade
abysmal     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
differing in some characteristics; various
shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
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candor     Speak
 
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n.  
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addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
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compression     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
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consultant     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
an expert who gives advice
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
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definitive     Speak
 
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passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
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disreputable     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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capable of being transmitted by infection, especially for disease; readily communicated
sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
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enhance     Speak
 
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v.  
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spread or flow throughout; pervade
make visual, or visible; see in fancy; form a mental image of
organize anew, as after a setback
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
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exacerbate     Speak
 
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v.  
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exude or expel foam; make froth or foam and become bubbly
feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
decide upon and express in words
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
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gainsay     Speak
 
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v.  
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excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
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gratify     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
make visual, or visible; see in fancy; form a mental image of
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
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inkling     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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an epic poem adapted for recitation
an important or influential person, and often overbearing
long and slender with a very small internal diameter
intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
slight hint or indication; slight understanding
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laud     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
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narcotic     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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god; divinity; supernatural things
addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
body excluding head and neck and limbs
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obtuse     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
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portal     Speak
 
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n.  
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noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
district or division of city; place or enclosure by definite limits
a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
a grand and imposing entrance; a short vein that carries blood into the liver
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reimburse     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
pay back for some expense incurred
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
thresh about; give a thrashing to; beat hard
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
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repudiate     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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regard with respect; favorable regard
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
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segregate     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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combine something into a larger whole; unite
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
examine closely and critically
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
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synthetic     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
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waif     Speak
 
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n.  
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something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive
homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
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