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High School: 9th Grade
adversary     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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settled method of government to administer; system of public or official administration
opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition
person with exceptional talents or powers; wonder
change something into another form; transform
refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port
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babble     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment
talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
continue; insist; persevere
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bluster     Speak
 
(3)
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find or declare guilty
constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
narrate or tell; count over again
blow in heavy gusts; speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner
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coincide     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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keep under control; hold back ; place limits on
compute; determine; estimate
refrain from buying or using
rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
occur at the same time as; correspond
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corrode     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
lower in spirits; press down
have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
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disrupt     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
defeat; cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force ; charge someone with too many tasks
destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
upset; throw into confusion or disorder
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dwell     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
pierce; go through; permeate
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eternal     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite
difficult to handle or manage
moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
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fluctuate     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
pierce; go through; permeate
extend out or project in space; stick out
dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
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guileless     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
free from deceit; sincere; honest
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
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inept     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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reliable; worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
free from deceit; sincere; honest
low or inferior in station or quality; modest
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lecture     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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teaching by giving a discourse on some subject; speech that is open to the public
gain information about enemy; inspection or exploration of an area
travel; journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult
result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference
air of compelling charm, romance, and excitement, especially when delusively alluring; magic spell
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obsolete     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect
dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper
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penetrate     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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pierce; go through; permeate
place in front of, or over against; set opposite; exhibit; confront; resist; withstand
deliver;give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
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pressure     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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lack of trust or confidence
any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
stress; tension; condition of being pressed
personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle
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prodigy     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach
improper use or handling; misuse
almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
unfortunate accident; bad luck
person with exceptional talents or powers; wonder
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salvage     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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compute; determine; estimate
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
modify; cause to change; make different; convert
mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
become slower; loosen; become less vigorous, intense, or severe
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sincere     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
careful about money; economical
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symptom     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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clothes, especially fine or formal ones; dress
result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference
discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points
sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
mildness; quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case
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treaty     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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elaborate and systematic plan; plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal
weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age
any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
ally; form a group or unite
act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation
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