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High School: 9th Grade
abuse     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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a tiny piece of anything
discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
improper use or handling; misuse
patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
decree ,especially issued by a sovereign; official command
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babble     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
put force upon; force; constrain; compel; put in motion or action by violence
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
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bonanza     Speak
 
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n.  
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follow a certain course; move ahead; travel onward
boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make money
sickness; illness; affliction
reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
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colossal     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
in great numbers; in a plentiful or sufficient degree; plentifully
forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite
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dapper     Speak
 
(5)
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no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion
neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
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diminish     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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leave undone or leave out ; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention
dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
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dwell     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
engage the services of; put to work; apply
explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
shuffle; fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters; wrestle in a rough fashion
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
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expanse     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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pain of a guilty conscience; feeling of deep regret
result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference
patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
warning serves; alarm; condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
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function     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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stress; tension; condition of being pressed
act that violates of the rules of a sport
shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
act of executing or performing any duty; assigned duty or activity
line that appears to bound an object; shape of an object or figure; summary of a written work or speech
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gait     Speak
 
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n.  
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manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving
harmless form of the germs that cause a disease to prevent people getting the actual disease
group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
pain of a guilty conscience; feeling of deep regret
result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference
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hospitable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive
being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity; receptive
broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
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justify     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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adjust the spaces between words; show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
disappear; pass out of sight, especially quickly; die out
destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
continue; insist; persevere
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neglect     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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continue; insist; persevere
hesitate as if in fear or doubt; shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment
lower in spirits; press down
disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
go with light running steps; move about or proceed hurriedly
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permission     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
consent; approval to do something
tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
small, smooth, flat surface, as on a bone or tooth; side; a smooth surface
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
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plummet     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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endeavor; struggle or fight forcefully; exert much effort or energy
live in; occupy; reside in
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
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protrude     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
provide written evidence; record in detail
breed; emerge from the egg
extend out or project in space; stick out
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retain     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
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scrumptious     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine
not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
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tariff     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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tax on goods coming into a country
king; sole and absolute ruler; sovereign, such as a king or empress
shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
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troublesome     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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capable of arousing and holding the attention
causing difficulty or annoyance; bothersome
many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number
low or inferior in station or quality; modest
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
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