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High School: 12th Grade
acquiesce     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
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brandish     Speak
 
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v.  
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make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
scold harshly; criticize severely
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
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compression     Speak
 
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n.  
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testimony under oath; act of depositing, especially laying down of matter by natural process
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
humanistic study of language and literature
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
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conjure     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
call on or summon by sacred name or in solemn manner; implore earnestly; practice magical arts
complete view in every direction.
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
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deft     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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of or relating to neurons; relating to a nerve or the nervous system
directly ahead; straightforward
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
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dialect     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
person who eats too much food and drink
sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
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droll     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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queer; amusingly odd; comical
obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
not liable to error; always right or accurate
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
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feasible     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
capable of being accomplished or brought about
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
composed of elements from a variety of sources
increasing by successive addition
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focal     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
improperly forward or bold; rude
of or relating to a focus; having or localized centrally at a focus
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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hapless     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious
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indisposed     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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linguistics     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
humanistic study of language and literature
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices; the act of letting the air out of something
a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
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narrate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters
thresh about; give a thrashing to; beat hard
cut open or cut apart; make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
to give an account or tell the story of
return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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oblivion     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
body excluding head and neck and limbs
list, especially of names
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phenomenal     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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exceedingly or unbelievably great
increasing by successive addition
attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
particularly; specifically; in an explicit manner
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
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renounce     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
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residue     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
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sterile     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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performed with a natural or offhand ease
firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
inoffensive expression of fat; stout
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torrid     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative
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vex     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
pollute; make dirty or spotty
encourage; motivate; arouse; spur; excite or invigorate with a stimulant
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