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High School: 12th Grade
amphitheater     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
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august     Speak
 
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skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
marked by or given to doubt; questioning
skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious
impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
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conclusive     Speak
 
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standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
having a good reputation; honorable
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contemptuous     Speak
 
(4)
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modest and reserved in manner or behavior
cheap in nature or appearance; tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
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deficient     Speak
 
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exceedingly or unbelievably great
inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
differing in some characteristics; various
capable of being transmitted by infection, especially for disease; readily communicated
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dispensary     Speak
 
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n.  
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something that has been in a family for generations
a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope
clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
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eccentric     Speak
 
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attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
composed of elements from a variety of sources
able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
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extradition     Speak
 
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a prominent supporter; a central cohesive source of support and stability
sequence; act of moving forward toward a goal
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
surrender of prisoner by one state to another; delivery by one state to another
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foment     Speak
 
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v.  
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try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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hapless     Speak
 
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untidy; dirty; uncared for in appearance
without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy
serving or designed to reform
attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
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incorporate     Speak
 
(11)
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settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
combine something into a larger whole; unite
lengthen; extend; make or grow longer
decide upon and express in words
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lateral     Speak
 
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coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
particularly; specifically; in an explicit manner
effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative
incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
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necessitate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
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obtuse     Speak
 
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effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
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pliable     Speak
 
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lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
composed of elements from a variety of sources
lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
unreachable; not available; unattainable
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reformatory     Speak
 
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of or relating to neurons; relating to a nerve or the nervous system
serving or designed to reform
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
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rhapsody     Speak
 
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n.  
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an epic poem adapted for recitation
concluding part; closing section
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
a deceitful and unreliable person; a dishonest or worthless person
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sterile     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
inoffensive expression of fat; stout
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tier     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista
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wan     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
composed of elements from a variety of sources
youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
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