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High School: 9th Grade
abuse     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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improper use or handling; misuse
great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving
wetness caused by water
one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile
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assuage     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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come into prominence; spring up; appear
connect or join together; combine
avoid cleverly; escape perception of
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
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blunt     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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easy and graceful in shape; graceful; smooth and unconstrained in movement
of first rank or importance or value; essential or basic
careful about money; economical
having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
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conclude     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
deliver;give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
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degrade     Speak
 
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v.  
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go with light running steps; move about or proceed hurriedly
turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
be made up or composed; be comprised or contained in
reduce level; lower grade of something
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
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deplete     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
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ease     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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unfortunate accident; bad luck
fight; noisy quarrel or fight; loud party
sudden jerking, as from a heavy blow; sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment
teaching by giving a discourse on some subject; speech that is open to the public
satisfaction; pleasure; entertainment; freedom from care
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engulf     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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blow in heavy gusts; speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner
declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
expand; fill with air or gas; increase the amount or availability of
absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
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festive     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of body
disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity; receptive
of or relating to nonmilitary life
offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit
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grumble     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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come into prominence; spring up; appear
avoid cleverly; escape perception of
utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
follow, discover; make a mark or lines on a surface
cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water
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immunity     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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protection; exemption from normal legal duties
a physical attack; onslaught
a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
consent; approval to do something
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leniency     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
change something into another form; transform
mildness; quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case
pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment
protection; exemption from normal legal duties
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neutral     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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completely lacking; barren or empty
careful about money; economical
impartial; not supporting one side over another
thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect
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peer     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
make products by hand or machinery; make from raw materials
strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
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placid     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number
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progeny     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
gnawing; biting; corroding; any of various mammals of rodent, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel,
shortage of food; starvation
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
follow a certain course; move ahead; travel onward
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rigid     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending; not flexible
relating to region on either side of the equator; hot and humid
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
of or relating to nonmilitary life
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sinister     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster
open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
being nothing more than what is specified; considered apart from anything else; small; slight
too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
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sustain     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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provide; bestow a quality on
admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
wet through and through; soak; put potion down throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly
talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
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tropical     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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unhurried; slow; taking abundant time
dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
of, found in, or produced by the sea; naval
relating to region on either side of the equator; hot and humid
broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
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