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High School: 12th Grade
abstruse     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
energetic; vigorously active
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort
existing, happening, or done at the same time
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brandish     Speak
 
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v.  
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scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
organize anew, as after a setback
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
make amends for; pay compensation for; secure against future loss, damage, or liability
move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
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cater     Speak
 
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cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
encourage; motivate; arouse; spur; excite or invigorate with a stimulant
organize anew, as after a setback
supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasion
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convivial     Speak
 
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fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; having a sophisticated charm
queer; amusingly odd; comical
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daunt     Speak
 
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v.  
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criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
copy; write over again in same words
frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
make amends for; pay compensation for; secure against future loss, damage, or liability
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dialect     Speak
 
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n.  
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the act of using; accepted or habitual practice; the customary manner in which a language is spoken or written
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
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dormant     Speak
 
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expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
untidy; dirty; uncared for in appearance
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extradition     Speak
 
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n.  
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essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
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flange     Speak
 
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n.  
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change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
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idiom     Speak
 
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a sudden rushing forth or activity; an excursion or trip, usually off the main course; witty remark
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
something that has been in a family for generations
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
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impertinent     Speak
 
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fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
improperly forward or bold; rude
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
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legacy     Speak
 
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n.  
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calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
mental keenness; quickness of perception
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mire     Speak
 
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v.  
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voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
give off; send out; give out as sound
reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
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permeate     Speak
 
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soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
spread or flow throughout; pervade
occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing
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progression     Speak
 
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n.  
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concluding part; closing section
legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep
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querulous     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
existing, happening, or done at the same time
essential or necessary for completeness; entire
habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
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roster     Speak
 
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n.  
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animal, such as an insect, that lacks backbone or spinal column
savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
list, especially of names
act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
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stupefy     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
make senseless or dizzy; be mystery or bewildering to
try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
combine something into a larger whole; unite
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tout     Speak
 
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v.  
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occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
drive or hunt out of hiding; uncover and bring to light by searching
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
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wend     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence
crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
call upon; ask for; request earnestly
go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
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