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High School: 9th Grade
appoint     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
fall or tumble down; destroy; devastate; exterminate
assign a job or role to someone; designate; nominate
eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill man
stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
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assemble     Speak
 
(2)
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give help or support to, especially as a subordinate
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
provide; bestow a quality on
carry from one place to another; carry away; deport
put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
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captive     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
small, smooth, flat surface, as on a bone or tooth; side; a smooth surface
prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff; overwhelming electoral victory
most important thing; a fixed reference point; center of interest or activity
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conspicuous     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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practical and functional, not just for show
causing sadness, compassion, or pity
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
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crimson     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
being in low spirits; depressed
difficult to handle or manage
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document     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
endeavor; struggle or fight forcefully; exert much effort or energy
provide written evidence; record in detail
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
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embark     Speak
 
(7)
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hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey
upset; throw into confusion or disorder
hesitate as if in fear or doubt; shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment
wet through and through; soak; put potion down throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly
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export     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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keep under control; hold back ; place limits on
take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
be superior; distinguish oneself
move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
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finance     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port
management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
act of executing or performing any duty; assigned duty or activity
almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
strong, foul odor; stink; foul quality; offensive odor
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gambol     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
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inept     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
causing sadness, compassion, or pity
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lament     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
be superior; distinguish oneself
run with speed; run or move in a quick, hurried manner; hasten away
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misery     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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violent or riotous behavior; state of excitement, passion, or debauchery
mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
mildness; quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case
guarantee; assurance by seller; authorization or certification
great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
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overwhelm     Speak
 
(14)
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defeat; cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force ; charge someone with too many tasks
occur at the same time as; correspond
restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
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prime     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
relating to region on either side of the equator; hot and humid
first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion
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quest     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
large extent of land; organized portion of country
patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
ally; form a group or unite
act of searching for something
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ruin     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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fall or tumble down; destroy; devastate; exterminate
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
provide; bestow a quality on
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
disappear; pass out of sight, especially quickly; die out
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solitary     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
of or relating to nonmilitary life
isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
capable of arousing and holding the attention
seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible; optical
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supervisor     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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unfortunate accident; bad luck
legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system
sickness; illness; affliction
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thrifty     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive
relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful
careful about money; economical
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
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