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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
turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
provide written evidence; record in detail
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attentive     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect
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brawl     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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sudden jerking, as from a heavy blow; sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment
liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
confederate; partner; collaborator
fight; noisy quarrel or fight; loud party
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competing     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
curative; having or exhibiting healing powers; relating to healing art
engaging in a contest; being in the state of competition, often unintentionally
dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
physically weak; easily broken
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degrade     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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reduce level; lower grade of something
walk or march with labor; jog along; move wearily
blow in heavy gusts; speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner
frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
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depress     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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lower in spirits; press down
be present at; go to; take care of; tend
enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
narrate or tell; count over again
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emerge     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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endure; be persistent, refuse to stop
moisten; lessen in force or effect
come into prominence; spring up; appear
admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
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faithful     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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given with strong assurance; firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty
suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
appropriate to a purpose or an occasion
of or relating to nonmilitary life
enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
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fraudulent     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
having a pleasant or sweet smell; odorous
impartial; not supporting one side over another
unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
curative; having or exhibiting healing powers; relating to healing art
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gourmet     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port
satisfaction; pleasure; entertainment; freedom from care
unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
person with discriminating taste in food and wine
travel; journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult
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impede     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
put out a fire; extinguish; put an end to; destroy
utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
be superior; distinguish oneself
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
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inhibit     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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be superior; distinguish oneself
restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
modify; cause to change; make different; convert
make sure or certain; insure; assure
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
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modify     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
occur at the same time as; correspond
be superior; distinguish oneself
alter; make partial or minor changes to
keep or confine within limits
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omniscient     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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having total knowledge; knowing everything
being in low spirits; depressed
unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
impartial; not supporting one side over another
easy and graceful in shape; graceful; smooth and unconstrained in movement
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pressure     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
stress; tension; condition of being pressed
liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points
dangerous situation; crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
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propel     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill man
avoid cleverly; escape perception of
walk or march with labor; jog along; move wearily
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reliable     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
practical and functional, not just for show
effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
causing difficulty or annoyance; bothersome
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scoff     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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leave undone or leave out ; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
be made up or composed; be comprised or contained in
mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
engage the services of; put to work; apply
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span     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff; overwhelming electoral victory
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
tax on goods coming into a country
act of searching for something
duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points
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vacant     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
in great numbers; in a plentiful or sufficient degree; plentifully
curative; having or exhibiting healing powers; relating to healing art
void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
capable of arousing and holding the attention
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