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High School: 9th Grade
ally     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
air of compelling charm, romance, and excitement, especially when delusively alluring; magic spell
confederate; partner; collaborator
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bluff     Speak
 
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n.  
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pretense of strength; mislead or deceive
piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
practice of cooperating; joint operation or action
gnawing; biting; corroding; any of various mammals of rodent, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel,
a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
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boycott     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate
refrain from buying or using
make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
carry from one place to another; carry away; deport
avoid cleverly; escape perception of
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coincide     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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enclose with protective covering; encase; cover up or hide
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
put out a fire; extinguish; put an end to; destroy
occur at the same time as; correspond
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demolish     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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appear or take shape, usually in enlarged or distorted form
be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
develop and reach maturity; grow old or older
agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow
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dismiss     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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connect or join together; combine
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
refrain from buying or using
agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow
stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
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dwell     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
throw or bend back light from a surface; give back or show an image of; mirror
grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
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exterminate     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill man
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water
put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
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fiber     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port
any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
decree ,especially issued by a sovereign; official command
opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition
slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure; material to make paper or cloth
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gradual     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive
boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
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humble     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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reliable; worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
low or inferior in station or quality; modest
mobile; easily or conveniently transported
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landslide     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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dangerous situation; crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
travel; journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult
reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make money
slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff; overwhelming electoral victory
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obsolete     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
mobile; easily or conveniently transported
inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive
relating to health or the protection of health
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peculiar     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive
effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
difficult to handle or manage
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placid     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
causing death; leading to failure or disaster
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reconnaissance     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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gain information about enemy; inspection or exploration of an area
patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
mildness; quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case
person with discriminating taste in food and wine
shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
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retrieve     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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recover; find and bring in; get back
harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear
enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
breed; emerge from the egg
walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
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sinister     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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of, found in, or produced by the sea; naval
inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
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temporary     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
involving advantage or good ; greater than zero; very sure; confident
difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
not permanent; lasting for only a limited period of time
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uneasy     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect
in or into a high place; high or higher up
relating to region on either side of the equator; hot and humid
authentic; sincerely and honestly felt or experienced; real or true
not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
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