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High School: 9th Grade
appoint     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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assign a job or role to someone; designate; nominate
hand out; disseminate; allocate
enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
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blossom     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
fight; noisy quarrel or fight; loud party
reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
a person who defeats an enemy or opponent in competition; winner
sovereignty; rule; dominance or widespread influence
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captivity     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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decree ,especially issued by a sovereign; official command
prison; confinement; state of being a prisoner
fight; noisy quarrel or fight; loud party
discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation
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console     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity; come near
destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
throw or bend back light from a surface; give back or show an image of; mirror
cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
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deciduous     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful
falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth
capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
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depress     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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provide written evidence; record in detail
put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
lower in spirits; press down
be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
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drought     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness
dry period; aridity; long period of abnormally low rainfall
protection; exemption from normal legal duties
follow a certain course; move ahead; travel onward
lack of money; state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts
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epidemic     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system
one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him; substitute in office
receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely; widely prevalent
delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
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ferry     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make money
group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
shuttle; transport by boat or aircraft
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grove     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
moral corruption or contamination; invasion of body which can lead to tissue damage and disease
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indomitable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
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justify     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity; come near
deliver;give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
assign a job or role to someone; designate; nominate
adjust the spaces between words; show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
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marine     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
of, found in, or produced by the sea; naval
falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth
effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
impartial; not supporting one side over another
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outstanding     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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distinguished from others in excellence
practical and functional, not just for show
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
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pesky     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
pestering; vexatious; troublesome; causing irritation or annoyance
careful about money; economical
given with strong assurance; firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty
dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
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reciprocal     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
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retain     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce
keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
be made up or composed; be comprised or contained in
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scurry     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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set up; connect or set in position and prepare for use
deliver;give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
go with light running steps; move about or proceed hurriedly
stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
combine; blend; become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
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span     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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someone who has given long service
practice of cooperating; joint operation or action
boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make money
duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points
a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
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vacant     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
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