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High School: 9th Grade
appoint     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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consider; think about carefully; weigh
assign a job or role to someone; designate; nominate
cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
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attain     Speak
 
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v.  
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force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
achieve or accomplish; gain
constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete
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capable     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
idealistic without regard to practicality
awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth
having the ability required for a specific task
full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
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content     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
breaking of contract or duty
king; sole and absolute ruler; sovereign, such as a king or empress
inflammation of the lungs
volume; something contained; material, including text and images
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demolish     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
extend out or project in space; stick out
keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
be superior; distinguish oneself
raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
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distress     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
sovereignty; rule; dominance or widespread influence
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effective     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive
expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two
efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
capable of arousing and holding the attention
marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
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engulf     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear
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flammable     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
late; delayed; moving slowly
easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable
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grudge     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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set up; connect or set in position and prepare for use
agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill man
be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
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hazy     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
slightly obscure; unclear, confused, or uncertain
seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible; optical
easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable
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lance     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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weapon, consisting of long handle and steel blade or head; spear carried by horsemen, often decorated with small flag
enemy; one who entertains hatred, grudge; adversary
warning serves; alarm; condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
anything that contributes causally to a result; element; variable
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moisture     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
wetness caused by water
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition
a widely known person; the state of being well known
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ozone     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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person with discriminating taste in food and wine
enclosure for confining livestock; enclosure formed by a circle of wagons for defense against attack during an encampment
mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen
any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
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prey     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen
mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
anything that contributes causally to a result; element; variable
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proliferate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
grow rapidly; propagate; reproduce
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
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reliable     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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every two years; lasting or living for two years
fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
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sinister     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
no longer usable or practical; obsolete; not in fashion
engaging in a contest; being in the state of competition, often unintentionally
being in low spirits; depressed
suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
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tariff     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
tax on goods coming into a country
severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
king; sole and absolute ruler; sovereign, such as a king or empress
legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
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toxic     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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engaging in a contest; being in the state of competition, often unintentionally
large; broad; extensive; very great in size, number, amount, or quantity
poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
capable of arousing and holding the attention
appropriate to a purpose or an occasion
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