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High School: 12th Grade
aesthetic     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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capable of being accomplished or brought about
youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
very wicked; infamous by being extremely wicked
elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
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authoritative     Speak
 
(2)
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thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
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cognizant     Speak
 
(3)
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youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
rich and superior in quality
being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable
having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
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cosmic     Speak
 
(4)
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youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
pertaining to the universe; vast
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
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deference     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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humanistic study of language and literature
mental keenness; quickness of perception
homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
the exercise of control or influence over someone or something
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disillusion     Speak
 
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n.  
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a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
the quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
concluding part; closing section
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
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emboss     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
encourage; motivate; arouse; spur; excite or invigorate with a stimulant
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
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expatriate     Speak
 
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n.  
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a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
someone who has withdrawn from his native land
last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
person who eats too much food and drink
the condition of having a highly technical implementation; the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology
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gainsay     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
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hysteria     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe; a period of sleeplessness
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
the condition of having a highly technical implementation; the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology
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incandescent     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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improperly forward or bold; rude
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
unreachable; not available; unattainable
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lucid     Speak
 
(12)
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fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
not liable to error; always right or accurate
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous
bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
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mystical     Speak
 
(13)
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disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
increasing by successive addition
incapable of being made smaller or simpler
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
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obnoxious     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
consistent with; based on; using reason
energetic; vigorously active
secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
too many to be counted; numerous
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prose     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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a person who gives financial or other support to people or activity; regular customer
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
mental keenness; quickness of perception
introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
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reorganize     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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debase; degrade; spread negative information about
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
organize anew, as after a setback
copy; write over again in same words
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
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ritual     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
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spasm     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
flow under pressure; an unrestrained expression of emotion
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
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tout     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
restore to good condition; renew
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
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usurp     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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exude or expel foam; make froth or foam and become bubbly
restore to good condition; renew
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
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