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High School: 12th Grade
abdicate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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make better or more attractive; increase; improve
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
combine something into a larger whole; unite
give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
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brevity     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
the deliberate act of failing to pay money; the act of physically escaping from something by some adroit maneuver
legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
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charisma     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
the deliberate act of failing to pay money; the act of physically escaping from something by some adroit maneuver
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; an enclosed conduit for a fluid
frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
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curtail     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design
dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
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demolition     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
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devastate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
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eminent     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
defending or protecting from disease or infection
bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
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extradition     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
body excluding head and neck and limbs
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glaze     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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unnatural and violent contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body; any violent and irregular motion or agitation; violent shaking; tumult
list, especially of names
thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
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hysteria     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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over regulated administrative system
often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
a promotional statement; a short description of a book, movie, or other product for promotional purposes
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inaccessible     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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incapable of being made smaller or simpler
unreachable; not available; unattainable
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
of or relating to the cervix of the uterus; relating to the neck
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
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lucid     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
expecting the worst possible outcome
easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous
according with propriety, dignity, good taste in manners and conduct
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obituary     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
death notice; list of dead
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
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organic     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
simple and healthful and close to nature
being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
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prestige     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance
god; divinity; supernatural things
a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
something that has been in a family for generations
unnatural and violent contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body; any violent and irregular motion or agitation; violent shaking; tumult
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radiate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
infuse or fill completely; fertilize and cause to grow; make pregnant
blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
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rift     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers
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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skirmish     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
mental keenness; quickness of perception
an exaggerated expression, usually of praise; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
act of removing from office or employment
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
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transpose     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
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vestige     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
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