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High School: 9th Grade
applaud     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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acclaim; express approval, especially by clapping the hands
admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
recover; find and bring in; get back
utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
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assuage     Speak
 
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v.  
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frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
pierce; go through; permeate
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
put force upon; force; constrain; compel; put in motion or action by violence
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cease     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances
adjust the spaces between words; show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
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colossal     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
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dapper     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
impartial; not supporting one side over another
without money; poor; penniless
neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
mobile; easily or conveniently transported
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drab     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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physically weak; easily broken
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
having a pleasant or sweet smell; odorous
many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number
overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
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duplicate     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy place, such as a church, temple, or mosque
patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
large extent of land; organized portion of country
violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset
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fascinating     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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capable of arousing and holding the attention
having a pleasant or sweet smell; odorous
likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
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fragrant     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
having a pleasant or sweet smell; odorous
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fuss     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him; substitute in office
angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface
director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system
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ignorance     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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lack of knowledge or education
sudden jerking, as from a heavy blow; sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment
improper use or handling; misuse
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
entire range; all notes in musical scale
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linger     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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consider; think about carefully; weigh
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
provide written evidence; record in detail
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
lower in spirits; press down
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obsolete     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
not permanent; lasting for only a limited period of time
making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect
existing or occurring before something else
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permission     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age
fixed foundation; established base; region of the air; sky or heavens; the most remote of the celestial spheres
act that violates of the rules of a sport
consent; approval to do something
lack of trust or confidence
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pneumonia     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger
inflammation of the lungs
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proliferate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
hand out; disseminate; allocate
get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce
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reliable     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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most outstanding; highest; superior
worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
spread or scattered over a considerable extent; occurring or accepted widely
lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
easy and graceful in shape; graceful; smooth and unconstrained in movement
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sift     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey
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supervisor     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system
unfortunate accident; bad luck
a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long irregular strip that is cut or torn off
outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely; widely prevalent
argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate
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vaccine     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; risk of loss or injury
personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen
harmless form of the germs that cause a disease to prevent people getting the actual disease
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